Course summary
Build the specialist skills in international business and communication - and take your career to the next level. This course will help you advance your career in the international arena. You’ll develop highly refined intercultural communication skills - prized by transnational employers. You’ll learn to communicate with people from all different backgrounds, in any professional culture. And you’ll be able to influence change, drive decision-making and nurture innovation in the global workplace. You’ll also build strong business acumen. You’ll understand how global multinationals and NGOs operate. And you’ll know how to work effectively within them. You’ll graduate with meaningful professional experience at a UK or international business. And you’ll have the skills, knowledge and experience to advance your career..
Modules
Compulsory Modules: Intercultural Communication, Principles of International Business, EU Institutions and Policies, International Management, The Content of Business Research, Work placement and business research project, dissertation.
Assessment method
Each module is assessed separately, generally on the quality of a combination of written or oral presentation work. Assessment methods may include essays, seminar papers, formal written examinations, case study reports, and individual or group presentations.
How to apply
International applicants
If your first language is not English you will need an IELTS score of 6.5, with 6.0 in reading and writing and 5.5 in listening and speaking, or equivalent.
Entry requirements
A good first degree Applicants for the MA may be asked to include a recent piece of academic work (approx. 1000 words in English). A final decision about a candidate's suitability is normally based on interview, or by alternative arrangement. Applicants are welcomed from a variety of academic disciplines, as well as those in work and seeking continuing professional development. Admission is normally open to those with a good undergraduate honours degree (or equivalent) or other professional qualification relevant to one of the key areas of study, or an appropriate linguistic background. Applications will also be considered from those who seek to formalise their prior experiential learning or qualifications and who have appropriate language competence
Fees and funding
Tuition fees
No fee information has been provided for this course
Additional fee information
Please note tuition fees may increase in subsequent years both for new and continuing students.
Provider information
Oxford Brookes University
Gipsy Lane
Headington
Oxford
OX3 0BP