Master of Science in the Field of Interdisciplinary Business Studies

The master of interdisciplinary business studies (MIBS) allows students with a variety of interests and backgrounds to tailor a degree to their personal and professional career goals by combining the requirements of two GW School of Business (GWSB) graduate certificates with elective coursework. Electives can be taken in GWSB or other GW graduate schools. The MIBS degree helps students upskill and re-skill as needed to remain competitive in their careers and effective in their professions. Students

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The following requirements must be fulfilled: 30 credits, including all requirements of two preapproved 12-credit certificate programs (below) and 6 credits in elective courses.

Required

Completion of two of the following certificate programs:

• Graduate certificate in accountancy
• Graduate certificate in analytics for managers
• Graduate certificate in artificial intelligence
• Graduate certificate in business analytics
• Graduate certificate in business crisis, continuity, and recovery management
• Graduate certificate in capital markets
• Graduate certificate in cloud, applications, and information technology
• Graduate certificate in corporate responsibility
• Graduate certificate in creativity, innovation, and entrepreneurship
• Graduate certificate in digital marketing and analytics
• Graduate certificate in financial management
• Graduate certificate in energy systems management
• Graduate certificate in environmental systems management
• Graduate certificate in global management
• Graduate certificate in governmental and nonprofit accounting
• Graduate certificate in hospitality management
• Graduate certificate in human capital
• Graduate certificate in investments and portfolio management
• Graduate certificate in management leadership
• Graduate certificate in management of technology and innovation
• Graduate certificate in managing the digital organization
• Graduate certificate in marketing and brand management
• Graduate certificate in project management
• Graduate certificate in quantitative business foundations
• Graduate certificate in sport management
• Graduate certificate in strategic management
• Graduate certificate in tourism management

Electives

Students take an additional 6 credits in elective courses. Students may elect to use these credits to focus in one specific area or to choose courses from different business areas in consultation with the advisor. Electives should focus on integrating the curricula of the two certificate programs.