Global Business and Transportation

Mission

We will graduate market ready students. They will have a theoretical foundation of knowledge and a practical level of experiential learning in international transportation and trade and seamanship. The student acquires this readiness in an environment that fosters sensitivity to diversity, grounding in ethics, and develops leadership capabilities within an applied learning and technological setting.

Supplemental Discussion of GBAT's Mission

The GBAT Department is committed to the pursuit of excellence in teaching, scholarship and research. Faculty, with academic credentials complemented with hands-on experience in their fields, provide students with a theoretical foundation and a practical level of experiential knowledge.

Vision

The GBAT Department will be recognized as a leader in business education with a strong reputation for generating knowledge of international transportation and trade and seamanship through research, and disseminating it to the next generation through inspired, innovative teaching. The department will leverage its rigorous academics, global outlook, New York City location and its maritime heritage to graduate market ready students. Students acquire this readiness in an environment that fosters dedication to diversity, ethics and leadership capabilities within an experiential learning setting.

Degrees

Bachelor of Science in International Trade and Transportation

Equips students with a solid business foundation and specialized knowledge of the shipping and transportation industries, and the global economy.

Master of Science in Shipping and Logistics

Equips students with a high quality, competitive graduate-level business education with a special emphasis on international trade, logistics, and transportation.

Deck License

Both degree programs offer students the opportunity to earn a U. S. Coast Guard Merchant Mariner Deck Office License, which, in addition to their degree, qualifies them to operate marine vessels.

Certificates

The GBAT Department offers post-graduate, advanced certificates in Supply Chain Management and in International Ship Chartering. Both certificates may be earned on their own, or in conjunction with the Shipping and Logistics master's degree.

Fast-Track Master's Option

Interested students from any undergraduate degree program may qualify for the College's fast-track master's option. The program allows students to substitute some upper-division coursework for master's-level courses during their senior year and then continue their studies to earn either a master's degree in Shipping and Logistics or Maritime and Naval Studies. More information is available below.

Real-World Experience

Hands-on experience gives you an advantage over the competition. As an undergraduate, you are required to complete a professional internship or participate in a summer study-abroad experience. Graduate students may choose to complete an internship and/or summer study abroad as elective courses.

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