During the first year, MIB (Master of International Business) Program students fulfil the core classes in international business and economics, with flexibility to take electives to support their international affairs core requirements, the fields of study, and skill-building for summer internships.

During the second year, students complete their requirements and take additional elective classes. Students have the option of participating in an international exchange program during the first semester of the second year.

Core Curriculum

Business Core
The MIB business core includes the foundational skills and concepts that are essential to a business degree, while maintaining an international perspective on management.
Strategic Management (1/2 credit)
Financial Statement Management
Foundations in Corporate Finance
Statistics: Data Analysis and Statistical Methods for Business*
Marketing (1/2 credit)
Regional Course on Business and Economic Contexts (1/2 credit)

Economics Core
The economics requirement provides students with a solid foundation in microeconomics and macroeconomics as well as the analytical skills to better understand business in the global context. Students who have limited or no recall of economics should take an economic theory course prior to enrolling.

One microeconomics course: Managerial Economics (1/2 credit) or Microeconomics (full credit)
Global Macroeconomics


International Affairs Core
The international affairs requirements ensure that all MIB students are exposed to a range of international affairs classes across Fletcher’s areas of expertise in law, diplomacy, history, and politics.

One international law course: International Business Transactions or International Fiscal and Financial Law
Two Diplomacy, History and Politics (DHP) courses: Each MIB student must take two courses from the DHP Division. One of those courses must be one of the following:
-The Art and Science of Statecraft
-Processes of International Negotiation
-The Foreign Relations of the United States to 1917
-The Foreign Relations of the United States from 1917
-Comparative Politics
-International Relations: Theory and Practice
-Global Political Economy
-International Political Economy of Development
-The Role of Force in International Politics

Regional Courses
All MIB students must complete one half-credit Regional Course. The regional courses focus on the economics and business practices of a particular geographical area. They allow students to build cultural fluency to prepare them for a professional role in that region. Classes cover the following regions
Africa
China
Europe (offered in French or English)
Islamic World
Latin America