International Business

As population and immigration trend indicate, by 2010 over 50% of the U.S. population will have some language other than English as their native, or first, language. These residents and citizens bring with them their culture, history, arts, customs, religions, and their goods and services. International commerce is part of the fabric of an internationalization process and should be joined with an International Studies curriculum. The growth of our culture and our economy will come from globalization and should be reflected in our curriculum.

There is enormous interest in international programs by students and parents. More importantly, our stakeholders, whether profit, non-profit, or governmental organizations, want individuals who can advance their globalization process by either having capabilities to take assignments abroad, or to manage the interaction with the multicultural domestic population here, or to interact with multinational counterparts located in other regions of the world from a domestic base.

Recognizing Stonehill College's excellent International Studies Program with associated programs in Irish, Italian, Middle Eastern and Asian Studies, the Department of Business Administration offers a concentration in International Business, integrated with our International Studies Program.