Are you a global thinker who would love a challenging career with travel opportunities? Our International Business and Trade program offers hands-on seminars and courses. You'll develop marketable skills to land a good job in the heart of a booming international market.
Combine a practical education with our opportunities for internships, program content guided by industry leaders and access to area job listings, and you’ll be prepared for an international business career in no time.
International Business and Trade at a Glance
4-8 months to complete1
$1,386-$3,267 tuition2
- Brookhaven
- Cedar Valley
- Eastfield
- El Centro
- Mountain View
- North Lake
- Richland3
2 years to complete1
$5,940 tuition2
- Brookhaven
- Cedar Valley
- Eastfield
- El Centro
- Mountain View
- North Lake
- Richland3
What Can I Study?
I Want to Go to Work
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Credit Certificates
- Global Trade Specialist Certificate $1,782 4 months
- International Business and Trade Certificate $3,267 8 months
- International Business and Trade Skills Achievement Award $1,386 4 months
Can I Get a Job?
Dallas College offers a variety of certificates and degrees to help you gain the skills you need to start working right away.
- These credentials are often considered Career and Technical Education (CTE).
- These credentials are established with the assistance and cooperation of representatives from local business, to meet local and regional employment needs.
- Higher level certificates and degrees will typically lead to a higher salary in the workforce.
- Workforce (CE) Certificates can often be completed faster than traditional credit certificates but typically do not offer college credit.
- Level 1, Level 2, Enhanced Skills certificates and others, offer college credit and are often stackable to help you build skills as you work towards an Associate Degree.
- Workforce credentials may give you college credit at Dallas College, but they may not transfer to other colleges or universities.
If you're unsure if this is the right path for you, you can talk to a Pathway Specialist for advice.
Pathway Specialist
- 972-669-6400
- PathwaySpecialist@DallasCollege.edu
What Can I Earn? Will There Be Plenty of Jobs?
Combine sales and marketing know-how with a global outlook to open the door to a variety of job options. Check out a few of the incredible career opportunities you’ll be ready for. Your future starts here!
Business Intelligence Analysts
$58/hr
Median Salary
1010
Job Openings
+41%
Projected Outlook
Top Skills:
- Reading Comprehension
- Critical Thinking
- Active Learning
- Active Listening
- Speaking
- Writing
- Judgment and Decision Making
- Mathematics
- Complex Problem Solving
- Systems Analysis
Chief Executives
$129/hr
Median Salary
1100
Job Openings
+14%
Projected Outlook
Top Skills:
- Judgment and Decision Making
- Complex Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Management of Personnel Resources
- Management of Financial Resources
- Systems Evaluation
- Coordination
- Speaking
- Systems Analysis
- Negotiation
General and Operations Managers
$52/hr
Median Salary
14247
Job Openings
+12%
Projected Outlook
Top Skills:
- Active Listening
- Speaking
- Monitoring
- Reading Comprehension
- Coordination
- Critical Thinking
- Management of Personnel Resources
- Social Perceptiveness
- Judgment and Decision Making
- Time Management
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists
$32/hr
Median Salary
2830
Job Openings
+19%
Projected Outlook
Top Skills:
- Reading Comprehension
- Writing
- Critical Thinking
- Active Listening
- Speaking
- Complex Problem Solving
- Judgment and Decision Making
- Active Learning
- Monitoring
- Mathematics
All jobs data gathered for Dallas/Fort Worth. Source: Dallas College Labor Market Intelligence and Lightcast4.
“The Richland program has been an eye-opener. I’ve been exposed to quite a lot of things, and it’s so valuable to understand things from different points of view.” Read Will Zulu's story.
Look Inside International Business and Trade
International Business and Trade at Richland College, is actually an associate degree program that teaches you all about the inner workings of international commerce.
We're one of the only programs in north Texas that actually is accredited, and issues both certificates and an associates degree. We also have an articulation with Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen, Scotland... where a student can complete the associates, and go over there and complete a bachelors.
The International Business and Trade Program was a great beginning, for me. I like it, because I'm able to meet people from other cultures, and we can learn from one another -- how businesses are conducted --in our home countries.
When a student completes a program -- what they have -- they have the business skills to go to work in companies, in a variety of areas, whether it be marketing, sales, customer service -- having that global understanding and experience, will help them be a better contributor to that company.
I'm going for an associates in International Business and Trade. One more semester and I'll be graduating, but even now, I'm very confident that I can help the smaller businesses to go international.
We want to make sure to have professors who have real business experience, in the international space, and they take that experience, and what they do is they translate it in the classroom, into what we call "the tips and the tricks, of the trade". Things that the student really needs to understand, when they go out into the business world.
I used to work for an international-trading company. Every company has to decide whether that company should go international, or not. There are a lot of things that you need to consider: shipping, how to do the market research, and as of this knowledge. become very confident in any culture.
Richland College has helped me a lot. It has given me the tools to improve my communication skills, and my time management, and at the same time to encourage myself to take risks. Teachers and advisers are really committed to helping students to achieve their goals.
Prior Learning
Dallas College’s Prior Learning Assessment helps you earn college credit for knowledge you’ve gained on the job. If you have work experience, you can earn your associate degree faster by using your professional skills to get closer to graduation.
Find Out More About International Business and Trade
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School of Business, Hospitality and Global Trade
- 972-860-8912
- PathwaySuccess@DallasCollege.edu
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- 972-669-6400
- Text College to 214-978-6457
- StudentHelp@DallasCollege.edu
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