NEXT STEP
YOUR GLOBAL BUSINESS & TRADE COURSEWORK
By participating in American University’s Graduate Professional Studies (GPS) you can
earn credits that may count toward a Masters degree at AU or another institution. If you
apply and are admitted to a graduate program at American University, the credits earned in
GPS may be eligible to satisfy some of your Master’s Degree requirements.
FOUNDATION FOR
A FUTURE DEGREE
On average, graduate
degrees in the Kogod School
Through Graduate Professional Studies in Global Business & Trade, you will earn
of Business require 48 credit
9-graduate credits:
hours for completion. If you
Seminar in Global Business & Trade
(3 credits)
apply and are admitted to a
Internship or Research Course n Global Business
(3 credits)
graduate program in KSB,
Graduate Elective at American University
(3 credits)
you could potentially apply
3-9 credits of your Graduate
Graduate Professional Studies students have the option of choosing an evening elective
Professional
Studies classes to
course at American University that is 500-level or above and does not require prerequisites.
your Masters degree at the
Please note that enrollment in your elective choice depends on space availability and, in
discretion
of the KSB advisor.
some cases, you may be placed on a course waitlist for your first choice option.
RECOMMENDED ELECTIVE OPTIONS
EXPLORE YOUR
As you review the Schedule of Classes to select your elective, it will be beneficial to
ELECTIVE OPTIONS
reference the course requirements of degree programs that you may want to apply to in
the future. If you are interested in pursuing a graduate degree with American University’s
You can review the available
Kogod School of Business (KSB) upon completion of your Graduate Professional Studies
course offerings at
semester, we recommend that you refer to the requirements of the degree program(s) of
www.american.edu/provost/
interest when choosing your Graduate Professional Studies elective course. KSB offers
registrar/schedule/index.cfm
10 different graduate degree programs. We recommend the following elective courses for
students who are considering applying to one Kogod’s programs listed below:
MS ACCOUNTING
ACCT-607 Financial Accounting
MS FINANCE
FIN-614 Financial Management
MS ANALYTICS
MS TAXATION
ITEC-610 Applied Managerial Statistics
ACCT-604 Tax Planning for Ind. and Business Enterprises*
*This course lists ACCT-607 Financial Accounting as a pre-requisite. ACCT-607 is expected to be completed
prior to the start of the MS program, though it will not count towards the MS Taxation degree requirements.
MS MARKETING
MKTG-551 Marketing for Social Change
MKTG-541 Sports Marketing Mgmt
MKTG-561 Customer Relationship Management and Database Marketing
MBA FULLTIME
MGMT-660 Entrepreneurship & Innovation
FIN-605 Managerial Econ. & Corp. Strategy
REAL-730 Real Estate Principles & Investment
MGMT-665 Negotiations
IBUS-745 Global Supply Chain Mgmt
MS REAL ESTATE
REAL-730 Real Estate Principles & Investment REAL-734 Real Estate Development
REAL738 Real Estate Financial Modeling
REAL-736 Urban Plng/Sustainability
REAL-735 Real Estate Transactions and Contracts
MS SUSTAINABILITY MANAGEMENT
MGMT-596 Managing for Climate Change
MGMT-660 Entrepreneurship and Innovation
MGMT-696 Sustainability Leadership
MGMT-633 Leading People and Organizations
MGMT-617 Managing for Sustainability
MGMT-669 New Venture Startup
MGMT-665 Negotiations
OTHER GRADUATE
DEGREE OPTIONS
In addition to graduate
degrees in business, many
students have used the Global
Business & Trade program
as a bridge into degrees in
economics and
international economics.
QUESTIONS?
Contact the Graduate
Professional Studies
Advisor, Lana Knox, at
202-895-4859 or
knox@american.edu.