French luxury or American dream? You choose!
IAU’s flexible MBA format offers students the opportunity to complete the first term in Bordeaux before continuing their studies and graduating from the campus that best aligns with their academic and professional goals.
Graduate in Bordeaux with a touch of luxe
Enhance your MBA with a Luxury Brand Management component built around three specialized courses that provide insight into one of the world’s most dynamic industries.
- Social Media and Digital Marketing
- Marketing and Consumer Behavior
- Luxury Brand Management
Graduate in Los Angeles and live a global experience
IAU Bordeaux offers the flexibility to build an international MBA experience. After earning 18 U.S. credits in Bordeaux, students may complete their degree at our Los Angeles campus and become eligible for Curricular Practical Training (CPT) and Optional Practical Training (OPT).
Whether you graduate in Bordeaux or in Los Angeles, holding IAU MBA’s degree means fulfilling 4 global objectives:
- Understand and master the functions of business administration
- Acquire and put into practice leadership and negotiation skills
- Demonstrate skills in analysis and information research
- Solve problems and make decisions in an international context
MBA 1+ 1 program
overview
From France to USA, a global career without scales!
Get 18 US credits in France and achieve your MBA with 18 credits in the USA.
Curriculum
1st term MBA in France
| Code | Course Title | Credit Units | Teaching Hours |
| ACC 500 | Accounting for Managers | 3 | 32 |
| BUS 540 | International Business Law for Managers | 3 | 32 |
| ECN 500 | Managerial Economics | 3 | 32 |
| FIN 500 | Financial Management | 3 | 32 |
| MGT 500 | Organizational Behavior & Leadership | 3 | 32 |
| MGT 510 | Human Resource Management | 3 | 32 |
| Total Number of Teaching Hours of Core Component | 18 | 192 | |
Total teaching class : 192 hours
Total personal work : 78 hours
Number of US credits : 18
2nd term MBA in France (with Luxury as elective component) or in the USA
| Code | Course Title | Credit Units | Teaching Hours |
| MKT 500 | Marketing Management | 3 | 32 |
| MIS 500 | Management Information Systems | 3 | 32 |
| Total Number of Teaching Hours of Core Component | 6 | 64 | |
| Elective Component | 7 | 76 | |
| The Elective Component requirement can be fulfilled by receiving credit for any graduate courses (500+) that are not already a requirement. | (2x) Courses x 3 creds + 1 Internship | ||
| Total Number of Teaching Hours of Non-Core Component | 76 | ||
| Internship Component | 2 | 0 | |
| The Internship Component requirement can be fulfilled by completing an internship, internship reflection course, or by seeking a waiver. | (1x) Credits per Internship | ||
| Capstone Component (1 Course) | 3 | 32 | |
| BUS 700 | MBA Capstone: Strategy & Competition | 3 | |
| Total Number of Supervision Hours of Internships & Capstone | 172 | ||
Total teaching class : 172 hours
Number of US credits : 18
Carrer opportunities
Achieving a global Master in Bussinesss Administration gives the possibility to reach senior management positions on an international stage in small, medium and large companies.
Here is the list of jobs that can be reached by graduates:
- Administrative Services Managers
- Luxury Brand Management
- Business Operations Specialists
- Chief Executives
- Chief Sustainability Officers
- Compensation and Benefits Managers
- Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists
- Compliance Managers
- International Marketing
- Cost Estimators
- Facilities Managers
- Fitness and Wellness Coordinators
- General and Operations Managers
- Product & Brand Development
- Human Resources Managers
- Retail & Customer Experience
- Industrial Production Managers
- Logistics Analysts
- Logistics Engineers
- Fashion & Lifestyle Brands
- Management Analysts
- Online Merchants
- Personal Service Managers
- Project Management Specialists
- Quality Control Systems Managers
- Regulatory Affairs Managers
- Sales Managers
- Security Management Specialists
- Entrepreneurship
- Social and Community Service Managers
- Spa Managers
- Supply Chain Managers
- Sustainability Specialists
- Training and Development Managers
- Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers
- Wind Energy Development Managers
- Wind Energy Operations Managers