International Business Associate Degree - Washington, D.C. and Virginia
Potomac College’s International Business Associate Degree program training consists of specialized international business courses, related business subjects and general studies classes. The program is designed to prepare you for an entry-level career in global firms and similar jobs in private, governmental and nonprofit organizations. If they choose to do so, students will also be aptly prepared to enter a Bachelor’s Degree program in international affairs.
Begin your career path to international business at Potomac College!
An Associate’s Degree in International Business from Potomac College will help you to:
- Learn global industry standards, regulations and business practices
- Become familiar with international business tactics, techniques and methods
- Have the opportunity to obtain a higher degree in business or international business
- Explore the various roles of business and corporate approaches in a global agenda
This Associate degree career program is intended to provide students with the leadership abilities that are considered desirable for a variety of positions in global firms and private, governmental and nonprofit organizations. Our International Business Degree program is offered at both of our school locations in Washington D.C. campus as well as at our Herndon, Virginia campus.
Potomac College is an accredited school with an International Business Associate’s Degree Program especially designed to prepare students for further graduate study in a wide variety of fields that can lead to advanced business degrees in different areas of international affairs. Our education training program classes allow students to become experienced with information technology, while pursuing an educational program that helps them become familiar with the many different aspects of global business. A successful international businessperson utilizes effective business strategies and skills in an international context. Potomac College’s program includes basic degree classes that deal with the many different explicit areas of business practices in a complex and developing international economy.
Program Description
An Associate of Science degree in International Business prepares students for entry-level competencies in specialized international business courses and related business subjects and general studies. Courses transfer to the Bachelor of Science degree in International Business.
Program Objectives
- To prepare students in specialized international business subjects
- To develop student proficiency in information technology
Program Outline
To receive an Associate of Science degree in International Business, students must earn 60.0 semester credit hours. Program requirements are as follows.
| General Education Requirements (36.0 semester credit hours) (30 hours are required as indicated; students may choose the remaining 6 credits from the offered courses) | ||||
| Arts and Humanities (3.0 semester credits required) | ||||
| Credits | ||||
| 3 | ARTS135 Art History/Collections of DC Metro | |||
| 3 | ARTS145 Life and Work in American Film | |||
| 3 | COMM101 Principles of Public Speaking | |||
| 3 | HIST110 History of Western Civilization (required) | |||
| 3 | PHIL240 Ethics | |||
| Behavioral/Social Sciences (9.0 semester credits required) | ||||
| 3 | ECON201 Principles of Economics (required) | |||
| 3 | GNED112 Student Success Strategies (required) | |||
| 3 | POLS250 Comparative Politics | |||
| 3 | POLS273 International Relations | |||
| 3 | PSYC201 Principles of Psychology (either PSYC201 or SOCI201 is required) | |||
| 3 | SOCI201 Introduction to Sociology (either PSYC201 or SOCI201 is required) | |||
| 3 | SOCI233 Cross-Cultural Communication | |||
| Computers (3.0 semester credits required) | ||||
| 3 | COMP125 Computer Fundamentals | |||
| English (6.0 required semester credit hours) | ||||
| 3 | ENGL101 English Composition I (required) | |||
| 3 | ENGL102 English Composition II (required) | |||
| 3 | ENGL295 Research and Report Writing | |||
| Mathematics (6.0 semester credit hours required) | ||||
| 3 | MATH106 College Mathematics | |||
| 3 | MATH110 College Algebra | |||
| Natural/Biological/Physical Science (3.0 semester credit hours required) | ||||
| 3 | SCIE107 Health Sciences | |||
| 3 | SCIE112 Environmental Science | |||
| Lower Division Courses (24.0 semester credit hours required) | ||||
| Required Lower Division Core Courses (24.0 semester credit hours required) | ||||
| 3 | ACCT101 Accounting I | |||
| 3 | ACCT102 Accounting II | |||
| 3 | BUS220 Small Business Management | |||
| 3 | BUS224 Foreign Area Studies | |||
| 3 | BUS240 Business Ethics | |||
| 3 | MGMT215 International Political Economy | |||
| 3 | MGMT218 International Economics | |||
| 3 | MGMT235 International Business | |||
