MSc in International Management: Sustainability Systems Track
Climate change, and more generally, environmental degradation, are among the biggest and most complex problems of our times. It is essential for managers today to understand the interplay of political, economic, environmental and social systems in order to ethically and effectively run the organizations of the future. The Sustainability Systems Track of the MSc in International Management covers sustainable development theory, complexity theory and change management topics while taking an interdisciplinary approach that incorporates an understanding of different functional areas of sustainable management, including engineering, science and information technology.
The aim is to take a critical approach to contemporary management practices in a sustainable development context. The track's core courses take a big-picture view of sustainability management topics, inciting students to evaluate how current theories and practices fall short of what is needed in fast-moving, complex environments. It considers the whole spectrum of business, management and finance while maintaining the sustainability focus. AUP’s interdisciplinary, international approach to master’s education is the ideal setting in which to develop the necessary skills to act sustainably in management or leadership roles. In this track, students are lead to put theory into practice through tailored practicums focused on sustainability through NGOs in India, or water management in the Netherlands, for example.
Students graduating through this track may go on to create their own companies that make a huge difference, or transform existing ones from within. In any case, the awareness and tools graduates of this track gain is invaluable to our future societies.
Structure
Program Requirements (48 credits)
The MSc in International Management is a 48-credit program. All courses listed below are 4-credit courses unless otherwise noted.
Please note that all requirements from previous years can be found in our archive catalogs.
Core Courses (32 credits)
Course Code | Course Name |
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BA5001 | Accounting and Management Control |
BA5004 | Sustainable Asset Management (2 credits) |
BA5012 | Management Ethics and Theory |
BA5021 | Organizational Behavior (2 credits) |
BA5035 | International Financial Management |
BA5041 | Marketing Strategy |
BA5061 | Sustainability Management (2 credits) |
BA5062 | Management of Complexity |
EC5063 | Economic Analysis for Management (2 credits) |
BA5071 | Strategic Management |
**GR5005 Quantitative Platform for Social Sciences (2 credits) may be required pending placement test results. If you did not take the test or did not place out of GR 5005, you must take this course the first Fall semester of your program.
Plus (2 credits)
Course Code | Course Name |
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or | Consulting Methods (2 credits) or Thesis Methodology Seminar (2 credits) |
Electives (8 Credits)
Course Code | Course Name |
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Chosen from the graduate course offerings. No more than six cross-disciplinary credits may be taken as electives. |
Internship or Thesis (6 credits)
End-level completions are either a thesis or internship.
Course Code | Course Name |
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or | Thesis (6 credits) (requires BA5099) or Internship (6 credits) (requires BA5019) |
Required GPA
Graduate students must maintain a cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 3.00. Students with a GPA of less than 3.00 will be placed on probation. Only two grades of C (or C+) may be counted towards an MA degree. Students do not earn credit for grades below C.
Fall | Spring | Summer | Fall |
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3 courses | 3 courses | 1 course | Internship/Thesis* |
2 two-credit courses | 2 two-credit courses | 2 two-credit courses | |
Compulsory Seminar | |||
16 credits | 18 credits | 8 credits | 6 credits |
* The length of the internship or thesis may vary, however — many students choose to take additional time for these components.
Fall | Spring | Summer |
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3 courses | 3 courses | 1 course |
3 two-credit courses | 2 two-credit courses | 1 two-credit course |
Compulsory Seminar | Internship/Thesis* | |
18 credits | 18 credits | 12 credits |
* The length of the internship or thesis may vary, however — many students choose to take additional time for these components.
Fall (1) | Spring (1) | Summer | Fall (2) | Spring (2) |
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2 courses | 2 courses | No courses | 3 courses | Internship/Thesis* |
3 two-credit courses | 3 two-credit courses | Compulsory Seminar | ||
Compulsory Seminar | ||||
14 credits | 14 credits | 14 credits | 6 credits |
* The length of the internship or thesis may vary, however — many students choose to take additional time for these components.
Fall (1) | Spring (1) | Summer (1) | Fall (2) | Spring (2) | Summer (2) |
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2 courses | 1 course | No courses | 2 courses | 2 courses | Internship/Thesis* |
2 two-credit courses | 3 two-credit courses | 1 two-credit course | Compulsory Seminar | ||
12 credits | 10 credits | 10 credits | 10 credits | 6 credits |
* The length of the internship or thesis may vary, however — many students choose to take additional time for these components.
Spring (1) | Summer | Fall | Spring (2) |
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3 courses | 1 course | 3 courses | Internship/Thesis* |
2 two-credit courses | 2 two-credit courses | 2 two-credit courses | |
Compulsory Seminar | |||
16 credits | 8 credits | 18 credits | 6 credits |
* The length of the internship or thesis may vary, however — many students choose to take additional time for these components.
Spring (1) | Summer (1) | Fall | Spring (2) | Summer (2) |
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2 courses | No courses | 3 courses | 2 courses | Internship/Thesis* |
3 two-credit courses | 3 two-credit courses | Compulsory Seminar | ||
14 credits | 18 credits | 10 credits | 6 credits |
* The length of the internship or thesis may vary, however — many students choose to take additional time for these components.
Spring (1) | Summer (1) | Fall (1) | Spring (2) | Summer (2) | Fall (2) |
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1 course | No courses | 2 courses | 2 courses | 2 courses | Internship/Thesis* |
3 two-credit courses | 2 two-credit courses | 1 two-credit course | |||
Compulsory Seminar | |||||
10 credits | 12 credits | 12 credits | 8 credits | 6 credits |
* The length of the internship or thesis may vary, however — many students choose to take additional time for these components.