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GBDA 211Introduction to Global Business

Units
0.50
Faculty
Arts
Subject
Global Business and Digital Arts
Cross-listed
GBDA 102

When it runs

  1. F24
  2. W25
  3. S25
  4. F25
  5. W26
  6. S26
  7. F26
  8. W27
  9. S27

Ran in 3 of the last 7 terms. Winter 2027: scheduled. Spring 2027: schedule not out yet.

Students will be introduced to basic business knowledge, with a focus on the opportunities and challenges of doing business in a global context. This course will include discussions about globalization, international trade, national business including emerging markets, cross-cultural business environments, and international business management.

Prerequisites

Antirequisites

  • Not completed any of the following:

Leads to

No course lists it as a requisite.

Reviewed on UW Flow

33% liked it75% easy100% useful

From 9 ratings and 2 comments on UW Flow. The most helpful comments, quoted as written, without names. Read them all on UW Flow.

  • Another super boring class with Vivian just reading from the slides the entire time. I checked out pretty early in the term and only used to show up for attendance until I stopped caring about that too. My only advice is to pick a good group at the beginning as most of your grade is dedicated to the work done with them and get started on your projects early. Unless your super interested in business, you might find this class just as boring as I did.

    Mar 2025 · liked itOn UW FlowRemove this

  • The course information was actually really useful, but I really hated how the course was structured. Disliked the fact that a large part of our grade was dependent on a final group report worth a whopping 30%, and that attendance and participation was 15% but it was never made very clear what exactly that would constitute (very vague).

    Jan 2023 · didn’t like itOn UW FlowRemove this

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