Bachelor of International Business at Saint Louis University

Students in Saint Louis University's international business bachelor's degree program, offered through the Richard A. Chaifetz School of Business, earn global business understanding and experience through courses, student activities, special events and internships.

Students are strongly encouraged to study abroad and gain firsthand experience through immersion. Options range from a large selection of full-semester destinations to shorter global immersion experiences of one to two weeks.

Before engaging an overseas business associate, students must first understand how their language, communication style, social infrastructure, work attitudes, economy, politics, pace of life, geography and government policies impact their business practice. Students will also learn about exporting, importing, foreign direct investment, foreign licensing, international services and global transactions of products or services. 

Since international influences will impact careers, it is critical that students understand business relationships with partners worldwide – whether during business conducted inside the U.S. or overseas. The Chaifetz School prepares students to meet this challenge.

The Department of International Business also offers a minor for students in other business and non-business majors to add to their chosen major.

1. Graduates will be able to understand essential business concepts and how the various functional areas of business are related.
2. Graduates will be able to demonstrate knowledge of ethical concepts and corporate social responsibility and be able to evaluate business problems from multiple ethical perspectives.
3. Graduates will be able to identify and structure business problems and propose actionable solutions to business problems and, when applicable, utilizing appropriate technology.
4. Graduates will be able to demonstrate effective written communication.
5. Graduates will be able to understand how cultures, politics, laws, ethics, and economies influence and impacts business and use tools and concepts to analyze and formulate an international business strategy.
6. Graduates will be able to apply international trade and foreign direct investment theories and practices in formulating multinational enterprises' business strategies.
7. Graduates will be able to analyze country, industry, and firm-level factors to assess global competitive dynamics.
8. Graduates will be able to demonstrate an ability to analyze the impact of cross-cultural differences on a multinational enterprise's strategies, structures and performance.