Business

Pre-College students outside the World Bank

Our business courses draw on GW’s rich resources to focus our curriculum on ethical leadership, globalization, sustainability and social responsibility.

Our extraordinary experiential learning opportunities prepare students to be proficient in the fundamentals of business and enable them to excel as leaders in the new global economy.

All course offerings are subject to cancellation. College Intensive Listings are from Summer 2020. Summer 2021 listings will be updated in the coming months.

Two-Week Summer Immersion (noncredit)

International Business

Noncredit

The number "2" Two-week program

In an increasingly mobile world, major companies are growing globally. Business decisions and processes are influenced by global policies and regulations. This course aims to demonstrate the complexities of building a multinational organization and focuses on the challenges of cross-border commerce by competing interests in international policies and trade agreements. The course will also highlight visits to global business organizations such as the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank.

Entrepreneurship

Noncredit

Two-week program

WIth recent changes to a more virtual world, Innovation has become essential to adapting. Successful innovation requires out- of-the-box thinking and calculated risk-taking. In this course, students will explore topics such as new technologies, social entrepreneurship and leading a business development process as they formulate an idea and pitch it to prospective investors.

Students reading more information about a startup

Introduction to Business

Noncredit

the number two Two-week program

Washington, D.C. is a nexus for the world’s political and economic powers. In this course, students will investigate management disciplines such as corporate leadership, finance, innovation and sustainability within a variety of business contexts. Through guest lectures, students will engage with major business entitites such the World Bank, the IMF, and smaller organizations like Union Kitchen to understand consumer behavior and strategic organizational processes.

Group Photo of introduction to business students

College Intensive (credit)

BADM 2301: Management Information Systems Technology

Three credits

the number six Six-week program

calendar icon Online Course: May 18—June 27, 2020

An introduction to data and information processing concepts and systems viewed from a contemporary management perspective. Emphasis on uses and applications as well as emerging managerial issues with the potential to reshape the form and function of information systems. Lab required.

Prerequisite Courses: Basic knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.

STAT 1051: Introduction to Business and Economic Statistics

Three credits

the number six Six-week program

calendar icon Online Course: May 18—June 27, 2020

Frequency distributions, descriptive measures, probability, probability distributions, sampling, estimation, tests of hypotheses, regression and correlation, with applications to business. Lecture (3 hours), laboratory (1 hour).

PHIL 2131: Ethics: Theory and Applications

Three credits

the number six Six-week program

calendar icon Online Course: June 29—August 8, 2020

Examination of leading ethical theories (e.g., utilitarianism, deontology, virtue ethics), and methodology in ethics. Engagement with contemporary problems.