Bachelor of Science in Global Business | Naveen Jindal School of Management (2024)

Gain an International Perspective

The Naveen Jindal School of Management offers the Bachelor of Science in Global Business for students who want meaningful instruction in the practice of running businesses around the world.

Global business majors get hands-on experience with companies that operate on a global scale and classes taught by experts in diverse areas of worldwide enterprise. Our students can experience culture around the world by completing a required international experience, which can be a semester studying abroad, a JSOM-led trip course, or an international internship.

Choose a general Global Business degree plan or specialize your skillset with one of the six concentrations available.

Learn how to identify and solve global business challenges and effectively communicate across cultural lines and major in global business at UT Dallas.

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A Program Designed for Global Success

When you choose the Global Business major, you expand your skillset beyond borders and prepare for success in businesses across the world.

Our program gives students the opportunity to work with partner universities around the world for incredible study abroad programs. We offer a variety of foreign language classes to improve your cross-cultural communication skills and sharpen your résumé. A variety of internship options overseas await our students interested in working abroad.

Get involved on campus as a global business major and broaden your horizons for success.

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A Competitive Advantage for Your Region of Choice

Our students can focus on the region/country they are most interested in and target their efforts through our programs.

Choose a part of the world based on your interests and foreign-language fluency and get the specialized training to become a global leader upon graduation.

Select a second major, minor or a concentration from a wide range of fields and prepare yourself for business success in North Texas and beyond.

Take a look at our Global Business Roadmap

Agnieszka Skuza

Director, Bachelor’s in Global Business

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The Bachelor of Science in Global Business degree program helps students understand how businesses operate in global markets and how nations, firms and individuals are interdependent with one another.

The program enables individuals and organizations to acquire the art of negotiation and communication skills in a global business environment. As firms and jobs in search of cost-comparative advantage and entry to new markets cross borders, global business grads become attractive for international assignments and internships.

Look at our Global Business Roadmap to get a picture of how your next four years might look.

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