BBA in International Business

Why pursue an international business bachelor's degree at North Central College School of Business and Entrepreneurship?

Our business degree program will teach you critical thinking and problem-solving skills as well as equip you with real-life experience. An international business major will also provide you with the proper education you need to succeed in this field as you do business abroad. Here you’ll cultivate the “sixth sense” required to do business in international markets—and that will make all the difference to your professional success. Of course, you’ll master core business practices, identify market trends, explore financial markets, and so on when enrolling in our international business bachelor's degree. But you’ll also develop an instinct for what’s appropriate in a given situation, for what’s being left unsaid, and for the ways different communication styles and customs can affect business transactions abroad. If you are looking for an international business school that offers hands-on experience in a challenging learning environment with other business professionals, then North Central College is the perfect place to start. We offer all of our business administration students challenging courses, trained faculty, and real-world experience that’s needed to succeed in an international relations career.

As an international business student you may also:

• Travel, study, and work internationally through our study abroad and international internship programs that we offer through our business program.
• Learn about the fair-trade coffee import business through work in Guatemala.
• Identify job opportunities through faculty and alumni networks and our Career Development Center.
• Apply what you’ve learned to international entrepreneurial projects through student organizations like the Entrepreneurship and International Business Organization (EIBO) and Enactus.
• Simulate trades and access thousands of proprietary reports and data screens in the Bloomberg Finance Lab, where 10 workstations are equipped with the Bloomberg Terminal software, the iconic dual monitors, and Bloomberg’s unique keyboards. In our international business program, you can also choose to become “Bloomberg certified” by completing a series of modules that cover economic theory, economic indicators, currencies, fixed income vehicles, options, equities, and more.

Since 1861, North Central has been a place where new ideas lead to unlimited possibilities. We’re an independent college dedicated to the power of the liberal arts and sciences to transform students into leaders both in their careers and communities. Our nearly 3,000 students study across more than 65 undergraduate and graduate programs, with their education, made richer by supportive faculty and staff, world-class facilities, and countless opportunities to learn beyond the classroom.

A College on the move

Building on the foundation of more than 150 years of excellence, North Central continues to grow with numerous new facilities, programs, and initiatives in the works.

The College opened with 40 students in a single two-story building in Plainfield, Illinois. Since then we’ve changed names twice (to North-Western, then North Central), moved once (from Plainfield to Naperville), and grown steadily (to about 3,000 students).

Over the years, thousands of dedicated students, alumni, faculty, staff, and friends have helped us thrive through the toughest challenges – wars, economic crises, social upheavals, and more – and build a future brilliant with hope and promise.

We’ve met the changing needs of students from Civil War veterans to millennial entrepreneurs. And we’ve always stayed true to our heritage of moral courage and forward-thinking.

Today we’re a top-ranked private comprehensive college of the liberal arts and sciences. U.S. News & World Report counts us among “America’s Best Colleges,” one of the top six schools in the Midwest for a “strong commitment to undergraduate teaching.” Students choose from more than 55 undergraduate majors and five graduate program areas.

Although the College originally discouraged organized athletics as a distraction from weightier matters, our 26 intercollegiate sports in NCAA Division III make our athletic department the largest in the College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin (CCIW). North Central is proud of its 32 team national championships and 123 individual national champions.

Though affiliated with the United Methodist Church, we welcome and encourage students and staff of all faiths. We are thoughtfully expanding our academic programs to respond to the needs of our ever-changing world, recently adding Middle Eastern and North African Studies, along with Arabic. And we’re transforming our facilities – most dramatically with a new interdisciplinary Science Center located at the corner of Brainard Street and Van Buren Avenue.

It’s been an amazing 150+ years. But it’s clear that the best is yet to come!