About this program

The Certificate in International Risk Analysis provides you with a clear, interdisciplinary way to understand economic, political, and environmental risks worldwide. You take foundational courses in both International Business and International Relations, explore electives that span global risk factors, and learn strategies for analyzing and reducing threats to business and human security. The program builds skills to explain risks and make strategic recommendations in complex environments.

Program Curriculum and Requirements

What you can do

Employment Opportunities

A Certificate in International Risk Analysis prepares you for careers such as:

Global strategy, Country or international risk analysis, Intelligence, Global security and threat analysis, Political risk analysis

Program Scope

The International Risk Analysis Certificate provides a foundational and interdisciplinary framework for understanding economic, political, and environmental risks across the globe. The goal of the certificate is to provide professionally-relevant coursework about understanding risks that arise from global, regional, and local sociopolitical and environmental conditions that can affect business development and human security.

Program Learning Outcomes

  1. Explain risks that arise from global, regional and local sociopolitical and environmental conditions that can affect business development and human security.
  2. Analyze and make cogent strategic recommendations to mitigate global risks to business and human development.

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