USF Business Has Grand Global Vision

“USF Business Has Grand Global Vision” a Tampa Tribune headline rang.

The headline was part of the newspaper’s June 25 editorial praising the College of Business’ new partnership with the Center for American Education and Broward Community College to offer a business degree in Singapore.

The USF Bachelor in Business Administration degree in Singapore will have  concentrations in international business and marketing, allowing students in Singapore to earn an American degree without leaving the region. The partnership will also allow the university’s U.S.-based business students an opportunity to study abroad, paying
 

USF tuition rates and earning credits towards a USF degree.

Calling Singapore “a natural place to be” while noting that it is the nation’s ninth largest export market and a major U.S. trading part, the editorial lauded the College’s innovative strategy to provide an American education for Singaporean students and an opportunity for stateside students to study abroad, all without using any State funding. 
 

Photo courtesy of the Singapore Tourism Board

A six-term program, the inaugural courses will all be taught by USF marketing faculty who will travel to Singapore, teaching a typical 16-week course in just three weeks through twice-daily extended class and lecture periods.

“By changing our delivery system, we not only have a way to offer more services in Singapore, but also have a way for faculty and students to learn more about business in Southeast Asia,” said College of Business Dean Robert Forsythe. “They will return to Tampa with first-hand knowledge of business in another culture.”

Forsythe believes stateside students will benefit as well. 

“Anecdotally, students say they know the value of studying abroad, but they are hesitant to take an entire semester off from school or their job to do so.” With the shorter term, he believes the study abroad opportunity will be more attractive, especially since the courses count towards their major and will not delay progress towards graduation.

“USF’s College of Business is clearly on track to establish an international presence,” the Tribune’s editors wrote, closing the editorial by recognizing the value of such partnerships.

“By entering these bold new partnerships, USF’s business school is, in essence, practicing what it teaches.”