Business Administration - International Business (B.A.)

"St. Andrews teaches all of us the importance of being an individual. The professors are the key element of St. Andrews and we are still in contact with them on a regular basis. My advice to students; make sure you take at least two semesters of accounting. This is the most useful class in daily life for everyone and I only wish I took more. "

- Kimberly Faye Whiley '90
International Business and Chinese
Owner
Tamco Holdings, Ltd.
Hong Kong

The international business program at St. Andrews combines the best efforts of several academic disciplines. You will study courses in business and economics, with over half of those courses on how business is conducted overseas.

Your international business curriculum also includes intensive study of foreign languages, politics, history, geography, mathematics, and selected areas of the fine arts. Your studies are made relevant to the real world through the expertise of St. Andrews’ faculty. Your professors have traveled the world in order to bring the world home to their classrooms and students. They’re passionate about teaching, and give individualized attention to your academic and professional goals.

In addition to rigorous training in the principles and practices of business, economics, and finance, our program, an interdisciplinary model for others across the nation, also features intensive study of a language other than English, the exploration of international issues in all your courses, and participation in an international experience. And we are proud of the opportunities you have to practice your language skills overseas. Numerous St. Andrews students study abroad – for a semester or for a full academic year. The study-abroad opportunities, from a medieval castle in Italy to the rainforests of Costa Rica, to the fast-paced, high-tech cities of Tokyo and Hong Kong are available at St. Andrews.

We also offer a term-long internship at the Washington Center in the nation’s capital, where you’ll be working for such agencies as the U.S. State Department and the Smithsonian Institution.

You will be well prepared for the demands of a successful career through your coursework in international business. St. Andrews’ business students make numerous oral presentations, participate in business simulations, write a multitude of case analyses and take a senior seminar structured after graduate school models, in which intensive research and professional presentations are required to better launch you into the fast-paced world of international business.