Certificate in International Management (CIM)

Courses

BBA Student Requirements

The Certificate program of study for BBA students includes the following requirements.

Required Courses

• ECON 3510 3.00 APPLIED INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS

  Examines international economics from the viewpoint of the firm and the nation. International trade, foreign investment, tariffs, economic integration, the balance of payments, the foreign exchange market and the international system are among the topics studied. Note: Not open to iBBA students for credit.

  Prerequisite: SB/ECON 2000 3.00.

  Course Credit Exclusions: SB/INTL 2200 3.00, AP/ECON 3150 3.00, AP/ECON 3580 3.00, AP/ECON 4129 3.00, AP/ECON 4190 3.00, GL/ECON 4290 3.00.

• IBUS 3200 3.00 MANAGING INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS ACTIVITIES

  This course focuses on how to deal with the issues affecting the success of organizations operating internationally through exporting, importing, licensing or engaging in foreign direct investment. Role-playing, and development of an international business plan will be utilized in generating the skills and mind-set required for dealing with real-life international business situations.

  Prerequisites/corequisites: Enrolment in the third or fourth year of the iBBA Program or enrolment in the third or fourth year of the BBA Program. BBA students must also take SB/ECON 3510 3.0 Applied International Economics either as a corequisite or as a prerequisite for this course. The course is required for the Schulich Certificate in International Management, but students do not have to enrol in the Certificate to take the course.

• IBUS 4200 3.00 INTEGRATIVE INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS SEMINAR

  This course is the capstone for the Certificate in International Management. By exposure to senior executives operating in international business, who will be presenting seminars, and by actual visits to actual businesses, students will be able to see how real-life situations are dealt with, and what skills and mind-set are required to be successful in international business.

  Prerequisite or Co-requisite: SB/IBUS 3200 3.00

  Note: Preference will be given to students enrolled in the Certificate in International Management.

• OMIS 4560 3.00 SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT
  Supply chain management (SCM) underlies the strategy and operations of all firms that manufacture or distribute products and services. The torrid pace of improvements in information technologies made SCM both possible and, along with their global reach, also more complicated. This course will provide students with an understanding of the choices and trade-offs involved in designing and operating supply chains domestically and globally.
• ORGS 4400 3.00 MANAGING ACROSS CULTURES

  This course extends the basic frameworks and theories of Organization Behaviour (OB) into the context of international business, using fundamental OB concepts, including mind-sets and identities, interests and power, organizational roles and design, to enable students to work more effectively in terms of teams, leadership, motivation, negotiation, ethics, and organizational learning in cross-border business.

  Previously offered as: SB/OBIR 4400 3.00.

  Note: Not open to iBBA students for credit.

  Prerequisite: SB/ORGS 2200 3.00 (Previously offered as SB/ORGS 2010 3.00 or equivalent).

Required International Experiential Component

One semester on Exchange

OR:

• IBUS 4100 3.00 WORK PLACEMENT IN THE GLOBAL CONTEXT

  Work Placement in the Global Context provides undergraduate students with an opportunity to earn credit for gaining relevant work experience in a global context. Approval of work placement must be obtained by the undergraduate associate program director prior to start of the course.

Elective Courses*

Students must complete any 9.00 credits from the following list:

• SUST 4400 3.00 SUSTAINABILITY ACCOUNTING AND ACCOUNTABILITY

  This course situates corporate activity within the wider context of Sustainability. In particular, emphasis is placed upon the information that corporations produce in order to inform society about its social and environmental impacts, assessing whether such reporting is relevant and/or credible. The course also helps understand the interactions between stakeholders and the inherent issues related to their conflicting demands.
  Prerequisites: SB/ACTG 2011 3.00 and SB/ACTG 2020 3.00

• IBUS 4100 3.00 WORK PLACEMENT IN THE GLOBAL CONTEXT

  Work Placement in the Global Context provides undergraduate students with an opportunity to earn credit for gaining relevant work experience in a global context. Approval of work placement must be obtained by the undergraduate associate program director prior to start of the course.

• IBUS 4500 3.00 MANAGING BUSINESS IN DEVELOPING ECONOMIES
  The course is designed to help students understand the opportunities and problems of managing business in developing economies. Through readings, cases and projects set in various geographical regions, students will learn how country- and organizational-level characteristics of various developing economies differentially influence market entry and related business functions in these economies. Pre-requisites and/or Co-requisites: Third-year or fourth-year standing in the program.
• FINE 4400 3.00 INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT

  The course provides students with the analytical tools and frameworks required to address financial decision making in the modern global firm. The emphasis of the course is on the financial management from the perspective of global financial manager. The main issues include currency risk management using derivative contracts, cross-border investment decisions, and financing decisions in the international financial markets.

  Prerequisite: SB/FINE 3100 3.00

• MGMT 3030 3.00 CREATING GLOBAL CAPITALISM
  This course examines the role of firms and entrepreneurs in the creation of the global economy over the past two centuries. Based on a historical perspective, the course addresses many contemporary issues related to globalization: the opportunities and problems of operating abroad, the role of governments in attracting and controlling foreign investment, the contribution of multinationals to growth and prosperity. Note: Open only to students in year 3 or year 4.
• MGMT 4300 3.00 CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY IN A GLOBAL CONTEXT

  This course provides an advanced understanding of CSR by taking a distinctly global focus through readings and case analysis. The global focus not only reflects the main themes and issues raised in CSR debates, but also enables the student to appreciate the topic from the perspective of various regional settings. The emphasis is on providing a conceptual understanding of why CSR has become so important and a basic overview of how corporations have responded to this challenge.

  Prerequisites:
  BBA : SB/MGMT 2040 3.00 (previously offered as SB/MGMT 1040 3.00)
  iBBA: SB/INTL 1400 3.00 (previously offered as SB/INTL 3400 1.50 and INTL 3500 3.00)

• MKTG 4400 3.00 INTERNATIONAL MARKETING

  This course satisfies two interrelated objectives: to improve the student's marketing decision-making ability through the solution of complex multinational marketing problems; and to increase the student's sensitivity to different cultural, socio-economic and legal environments encountered in the international marketplace. The course uses readings, cases and a group project.

  Prerequisite: SB/MKTG 1030 3.00 (Previously offered as SB/MKTG 2030 3.00)

or International Business related courses taken while on exchange.*

iBBA Student Requirements

The Certificate program of study for iBBA students includes the following requirements.

Required Courses

• IBUS 3200 3.00 MANAGING INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS ACTIVITIES

  This course focuses on how to deal with the issues affecting the success of organizations operating internationally through exporting, importing, licensing or engaging in foreign direct investment. Role-playing, and development of an international business plan will be utilized in generating the skills and mind-set required for dealing with real-life international business situations.

  Prerequisites/corequisites: Enrolment in the third or fourth year of the iBBA Program or enrolment in the third or fourth year of the BBA Program. BBA students must also take SB/ECON 3510 3.0 Applied International Economics either as a corequisite or as a prerequisite for this course. The course is required for the Schulich Certificate in International Management, but students do not have to enrol in the Certificate to take the course.

• IBUS 4200 3.00 INTEGRATIVE INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS SEMINAR

  This course is the capstone for the Certificate in International Management. By exposure to senior executives operating in international business, who will be presenting seminars, and by actual visits to actual businesses, students will be able to see how real-life situations are dealt with, and what skills and mind-set are required to be successful in international business.

  Prerequisite or Co-requisite: SB/IBUS 3200 3.00

  Note: Preference will be given to students enrolled in the Certificate in International Management.

• OMIS 4560 3.00 SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT
  Supply chain management (SCM) underlies the strategy and operations of all firms that manufacture or distribute products and services. The torrid pace of improvements in information technologies made SCM both possible and, along with their global reach, also more complicated. This course will provide students with an understanding of the choices and trade-offs involved in designing and operating supply chains domestically and globally.

Required International Experiential Component

One semester on Exchange

Elective Courses*

Students must complete any 6.00 credits from the following list:

• SUST 4400 3.00 SUSTAINABILITY ACCOUNTING AND ACCOUNTABILITY

  This course situates corporate activity within the wider context of Sustainability. In particular, emphasis is placed upon the information that corporations produce in order to inform society about its social and environmental impacts, assessing whether such reporting is relevant and/or credible. The course also helps understand the interactions between stakeholders and the inherent issues related to their conflicting demands.
  Prerequisites: SB/ACTG 2011 3.00 and SB/ACTG 2020 3.00

• IBUS 4100 3.00 WORK PLACEMENT IN THE GLOBAL CONTEXT

  Work Placement in the Global Context provides undergraduate students with an opportunity to earn credit for gaining relevant work experience in a global context. Approval of work placement must be obtained by the undergraduate associate program director prior to start of the course.

• IBUS 4500 3.00 MANAGING BUSINESS IN DEVELOPING ECONOMIES
  The course is designed to help students understand the opportunities and problems of managing business in developing economies. Through readings, cases and projects set in various geographical regions, students will learn how country- and organizational-level characteristics of various developing economies differentially influence market entry and related business functions in these economies. Pre-requisites and/or Co-requisites: Third-year or fourth-year standing in the program.
• FINE 4400 3.00 INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT

  The course provides students with the analytical tools and frameworks required to address financial decision making in the modern global firm. The emphasis of the course is on the financial management from the perspective of global financial manager. The main issues include currency risk management using derivative contracts, cross-border investment decisions, and financing decisions in the international financial markets.

  Prerequisite: SB/FINE 3100 3.00

• MGMT 3030 3.00 CREATING GLOBAL CAPITALISM
  This course examines the role of firms and entrepreneurs in the creation of the global economy over the past two centuries. Based on a historical perspective, the course addresses many contemporary issues related to globalization: the opportunities and problems of operating abroad, the role of governments in attracting and controlling foreign investment, the contribution of multinationals to growth and prosperity. Note: Open only to students in year 3 or year 4.
• MGMT 4300 3.00 CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY IN A GLOBAL CONTEXT

  This course provides an advanced understanding of CSR by taking a distinctly global focus through readings and case analysis. The global focus not only reflects the main themes and issues raised in CSR debates, but also enables the student to appreciate the topic from the perspective of various regional settings. The emphasis is on providing a conceptual understanding of why CSR has become so important and a basic overview of how corporations have responded to this challenge.

  Prerequisites:
  BBA : SB/MGMT 2040 3.00 (previously offered as SB/MGMT 1040 3.00)
  iBBA: SB/INTL 1400 3.00 (previously offered as SB/INTL 3400 1.50 and INTL 3500 3.00)

• MKTG 4400 3.00 INTERNATIONAL MARKETING

  This course satisfies two interrelated objectives: to improve the student's marketing decision-making ability through the solution of complex multinational marketing problems; and to increase the student's sensitivity to different cultural, socio-economic and legal environments encountered in the international marketplace. The course uses readings, cases and a group project.

  Prerequisite: SB/MKTG 1030 3.00 (Previously offered as SB/MKTG 2030 3.00)

or International Business related courses taken while on exchange.*

^{*Elective courses may be substituted with equivalent credits of international business courses taken while on exchange. The courses that are substituted need not be the same as those listed, but they must have sufficient international business content and be approved in advance.}

^{Note: OMIS 6450 3.00 may be substituted with an equivalent course taken while on exchange and approved in advance.
If SB/IBUS 4100 3.00 is taken to satisfy the International Experiential Component, the course may not also satisfy a CIM elective requirement.}