Program Overview

Global Business Honors Program

The four-year Global Business Honors Program selects incoming first years with stellar high school academic records and prepares them for high-level roles in the world's most dynamic firms and organizations. The 25 students in each GBHP class form a close-knit community of friends and scholars.

What makes this program special?

"Global business" means that participants experience an intensive international business curriculum and travel together on intercontinental trips: to London and either Asia or Latin America. "Honors" means that Global Business Honors Program core-curriculum courses are especially rigorous and in-depth. This includes classes in:

• Business mathematics
• Microeconomics and macroeconomics
• Information systems
• Business communications
• Financial management

Highlights

• Each semester, students take two honors courses and three courses from the regular curriculum.
• Seniors complete an original capstone research project with one-on-one faculty guidance. Some papers have been selected for publication by the same scholarly journals that typically publish university professors' research.
• By graduation, students have experienced business across the globe via group trips, which are heavily subsidized.
• GBHP groups visit top-ranked companies and business organizations in New York and overseas.
• Career-development programs hone participants' "soft skills," such as:
  • Interviewing
  • Networking
  • International business etiquette
  • Verbal presentation

Program Structure

The program is designed to provide students with a comprehensive education in global business, including coursework, research, and travel opportunities.

Coursework

The Global Business Honors Program core-curriculum courses are especially rigorous and in-depth, covering topics such as business mathematics, microeconomics and macroeconomics, information systems, business communications, and financial management.

Research

Seniors complete an original capstone research project with one-on-one faculty guidance, with some papers being selected for publication by scholarly journals.

Travel

Students travel together on intercontinental trips to London and either Asia or Latin America, experiencing business across the globe via group trips, which are heavily subsidized.

Career Development

The program includes career-development programs that hone participants' "soft skills," such as interviewing, networking, international business etiquette, and verbal presentation. GBHP groups visit top-ranked companies and business organizations in New York and overseas, providing students with valuable networking opportunities and exposure to the business world.