MSU offers business degree to China executives

Students who complete the yearlong program would earn an executive master of business administration degree through MSU’s College of Business Administration.

About 40 executives from Chinese provincial governments are expected to enroll. They will be financially sponsored by their respective agencies and will travel to the United States under a U.S. J-1 cultural exchange visa.

The students will take seven core courses and four electives selected by the college. Classes – taught by MSU’s graduate faculty – will be taken one at a time, with each lasting four weeks.

“The purpose of the program is to give the visiting Chinese executives exposure to business procedures, management tools, concepts and principals, as well as cultural exposures to American society, government and nongovernment organizations that they are not likely to obtain through MBA programs taught in China,” said Ron Bottin, dean of MSU’s College of Business Administration, in a news release.

MSU also will offer some noncredit seminars and opportunities for students to tour local companies and organizations.

The program is modeled after a recently completed program that allowed St. John’s physicians to earn an executive master of business administration degree at MSU.