Course details

Summary

The Master of International Business (MIntBus) is a 12-month coursework degree designed to provide graduates with the knowledge and practical skills to work across cultural boundaries in the expanding global business environment. Designed for graduates who are looking to advance their career opportunities, the programme offers a range of papers across business disciplines. For those students with appropriate language ability, there is the opportunity to further develop their language skills.

Programme Requirements

Three compulsory papers (20 points each):

• MANT 414 Research Process
• MANT 454 Global Management
• MANT 460 Advanced Global Business Strategy

Four of the following elective papers (20 points each):

• ACCT 412 International Accounting
• BSNS 401 The Environment of Business and Economics
• ECON 404 International Economics
• ENTR 411 Introduction to Entrepreneurship
• ENTR 415 New Venture Strategy
• FINC 410 Advanced International Financial Management
• MANT 415 Advanced Research Practice
• TOUR 422 Tourism and Global Environmental Change
• CHIN 441 Topics in Advanced Chinese
• FREN 441 Topics in Advanced French
• GERM 441 Topics in Advanced German
• JAPA 441 Topics in Advanced Japanese
• SPAN 441 Topics in Advanced Spanish

Plus one of the following (40 points each):

• IBUS 501 Applied Project
• IBUS 580 Research Project

Students enrolling in IBUS 580 should take MANT 415 as one of their elective papers.

Entry criteria

Every applicant must either

• be a graduate and normally have achieved an average grade of B+ in the relevant 300-level papers, or
• have equivalent alternative qualifications or experience acceptable to the Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Commerce).

In considering an applicant’s qualifications, regard will be had to the detail of the course of study followed to gain the qualification, as well as the applicant’s performance in the programme.

English Language Requirements: IELTS - Score of 6.5 in the academic module (with no individual band below 6.0); Internet-based TOEFL Score of 95 with a minimum writing score of 22.; Paper-based TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) score of 587 (TWE 4.5); Cambridge Certificate of Proficiency in English (CPE) – Overall score of 176 (with no individual band below 169); Cambridge Certificate in Advanced English (CAE) – Overall score of 176 (with no individual band below 169); APIEL Advanced Placement International English Language Examination - Grade 4 or higher; Pearson Test of English (PTE) Academic - Overall score of 64 with no communicative skills score below 57; University of Otago Foundation Studies Ltd: Completion of 'English for Postgraduate Academic Purposes' with a grade of C or higher.