Diploma in Business - International Business (Online)

Program Outline

Program Vocational Learning Outcomes

Program Vocational Learning Outcomes describe what graduates of the program have demonstrated they can do with the knowledge and skills they have achieved during their studies. The outcomes are closely tied to the needs of the workplace. Through assessment (e.g., assignments and tests), students verify their ability to reliably perform these outcomes before graduating.

• Conduct an environmental scan to outline and analyze the impact of world issues on an organization’s international business opportunities.
• Contribute to market research to support an organization’s international business decision-making.
• Prepare documentation and follow procedures to support the movement of products and services in the organization’s global supply chain.
• Identify statutory and regulatory compliance issues related to an organization’s integrative trade initiatives.
• Select and contribute to the implementation of strategies to address the impact of cultural differences on an organization’s integrative trade initiatives.
• Contribute to the development of an international marketing plan to support an organization’s integrative trade initiatives.
• Identify and interpret relevant international financial documents and identify financial strategies that support an organization’s integrative trade initiatives.
• Outline the components of an international business plan and assess how it impacts an organization’s priorities.
• Contribute to the planning, implementation, and evaluation of team projects using organizational skills.
• Apply principles of corporate sustainability, corporate social responsibility, and ethics to an organization’s integrative trade initiatives.
• Apply current technologies to support an organization’s integrative trade initiatives.
• Develop and present a plan for ongoing personal and professional development to enhance work performance within the international business field.

Global Citizenship and Equity Portfolio

You will develop a portfolio documenting your engagement with the College's signature global citizenship and equity competencies. For more information on Global Citizenship and Equity, the GC&E Portfolio, and the available supports, please visit www.centennialcollege.ca/citizenshipandequity.

Articulation Agreements

Start in a diploma program, end with a degree! Successful graduates of this International Business program have the opportunity to apply their credits towards further study at the degree level. Listed below are the degrees from partnering institutions that are available for this program.

Please note that each partnership has a specific minimum grade requirement in order to qualify to transfer credits, which are assessed by the partner institution.

Please visit our website at www.centennialcollege.ca/admissions/applying/education-pathways/outbound-pathways for more information on articulation agreements.

Educational Partners

Once you graduate, you will have the option to seamlessly transfer into The Business School's three-year International Business program. During just one additional year, you will undertake more international business courses, have the option to work towards a university degree and pursue professional designations (CITP), and gain work experience before graduation.

Qualified graduates may also be eligible to participate in articulated programs with select universities, institutes, and professional associations. These partnerships allow them to apply credits earned at Centennial College towards further study.

The Business – International Business program's educational partners are:

• Algoma University
• Athabasca University
• University of New Brunswick
• Ontario Tech University
• University of Windsor

Please note: The qualification requirements and costs for each external accreditation, designation, certification or recognition are set by the granting body — not by Centennial College. In order to qualify for any external accreditations, designations, certifications, or recognitions, students and graduates will need to follow the processes and meet the applicable requirements listed on the websites and in the materials of those external bodies.

Career Outlook

• Customs compliance analyst
• Import/export documentation specialist
• Global logistics assistant
• Inside sales representative
• Logistics/transportation manager
• Import/export entrepreneur
• Marketing or product broker
• Corporate social responsibility manager
• Foreign investment analyst
• International development officer
• Commercial banking officer
• Customs broker

Areas of Employment

• Multinational corporations
• Non-governmental organizations (NGOs)
• Domestic businesses operating on a global scale
• International services such as consulting and education
• International business development
• Exporting
• Importing
• Freight forwarding
• Customs brokerage
• Global logistics/transportation