Why study International Business at MC?
Are you ready to travel the world? Ready to experience life in foreign cultures? Ready to tackle the challenges of modern global business? All business today is global, or at least affected by global events, and so thinking globally is the first step in learning to navigate today’s competitive business world. You’ll be immersed in a curriculum that requires you to spend at least a full-semester abroad in one of more than 100 countries and to study, and hopefully, become fluent in, a foreign language. You’ll also study international politics, economics, history, religion, and culture, as well as all the business fundamentals of accounting, finance, management, and strategy. You’ll form close relationships with faculty that have lived and worked abroad, traveled widely, and who can enrich your education through project-based learning, hands-on application, and invaluable connections. Our International Business major meets the market demand for graduates with a global mindset who are knowledgeable, highly skilled, and experienced.
THE BUSINESS ADVISORY BOARD AT MC
Comprised of accomplished local business and community leaders, the Board meets twice a year to provide insight and input into the current challenges that organizations face in pursuit of success and effectiveness, particularly as those challenges relate to the knowledge and skill sets required of prospective employees. In turn, MC faculty respond to those challenges through curricular innovation and reform. Each meeting involves interaction with current students (such as presentations), keynote speakers, roundtable discussions and workshops.
Meet a Current Scot
Betty Asha Adullyi
Hometown: Yei, South Sudan
Betty chose to major in International Business because it is a broad field that introduces her to a range of ideas and skills that help boost her creativity and employability – and make the world a better place. In many ways, Betty already has. In 2016, she shepherded 2,296 people from a war zone in South Sudan to safety in Uganda. During Covid-19, she coordinated international food purchases and distribution.
As a citizen of a third-world country, I feel obligated to represent my country globally and therefore, my plan after my studies is to find a product that I can o
Betty chose to major in International Business because it is a broad field that introduces her to a range of ideas and skills that helps boost her creativity and employability – and make the world a better place. In many ways, Betty already has. In 2016, she shepherded 2,296 people from a war zone in South Sudan to safety in Uganda. During Covid-19, she coordinated international food purchases and distribution. At MC, her classroom lessons have been complemented by a spring and summer working at the state capitol, first as a senatorial intern and then as an assistant in the governor’s office.
“As a citizen of a third-world country, I feel obligated to represent my country globally and therefore, my plan after my studies is to find a product that I can offer to the global market,” she said. “My main goal is to play a role in leveraging my newborn country and making the world a better place. I want to leave the world better than I found.”
Meet a Recent Grad
Connar Benson-Epstein ‘16
Currently: Senior Associate with Greater Sum Ventures
Connar went on to earn dual master’s degrees in International Business and Finance from the Hult International Business School, studying at three of Hult’s campuses (San Francisco, Dubai and Boston) during an 18-month period. Connar said that he was “the guy who just got by” in high school but now strives for success in everything he does.
“I think MC taught me to be a student of life,” he said. “I don’t think any fresh grad can grasps the X’s and O’s of any job in the first year or two, but being a student of your profession, working really hard and looking at everything with an open mind will go a long way. Maryville helped me realize that.”