Global Business Specialization
Global Business Specialization
Learn about global business cultures and how business is conducted abroad. Develop new global business skills. Learn from global business and academic leaders.
Courses concentrate on timely and globally significant business management and cultural issues.
The Lake Forest MBA global business specialization requires 13 core course units plus three elective units chosen from the global business course choices.
Two of the specialization electives offered are completed at a campus determined by course enrollment and demand. They contain topic modules on culture, finance, marketing, foreign direct investment, human resources, operations, production, and sourcing.
The remaining electives are taught abroad – where you are immersed into the local culture and complete a major in-country consulting project.
Global Business Specialization Electives
- 5848 Global Finance
- 5849 Global Marketing
- 5840 Global Practicum: Europe
Offered during the Fall, this course takes place in Krakow, Poland and Cambridge, England in conjunction with Fitzwilliam College at the University of Cambridge.
- 5841 Global Practicum: Asia
Offered during the Spring, this course takes place in Beijing, China and Bangkok, Thailand in conjunction with Chulalongkorn University.
- 5842 Global Practicum: Latin America
Offered during the Spring, this course takes place in Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo, Brazil in conjunction with BSP - Business School of São Paulo.
Please Note: The global business courses that require travel abroad are more expensive than other Lake Forest MBA courses. To learn more about the global business tuition billing option,go here. Countries and facilities may be subject to change.
For more information regarding global business, go here to contact Erica Wilke, LFGSM Associate Dean.