AIM Centre Launches Innovative Online MBA Programs

International Professionals Enhance Education with MBA-Multi-Sector Health Management and MBA-International Business

On January 18, 2010, St. George’s University’s Centre for Advancing International Management (AIM Centre) officially launched two new MBA programs delivered through an innovative and dynamic online platform.  The MBA in Multi-Sector Health Management and the MBA in International Business are the first degrees created and offered exclusively online by St. George’s University.  These strategic programs went live at 4:03 pm on January 18th with seamless delivery and active participation from its professional student body.

This exciting new endeavor from St. George’s University’s was initiated by a desire to offer a consolidated, high-level business degree to a wide-range of professionals including doctors, veterinarians, NGO managers, public health professionals, government administrators, community organizers, emergency managers, humanitarian officials from the UN, entrepreneurs, and more. 

Thanks to tireless efforts of Dr. Wes Balda, AIM’s Executive Director and numerous faculty and staff from both St. George’s University and the Windward Islands Research and Education Foundation (WINDREF), the Centre’s ambitious creation is now available to a select group of participants worldwide.  

The online aspect of each program’s curriculum allows students from all time zones to participate, providing flexibility to their frequently hectic professional and personal lives.   Dr. Kristine Kawamura, Associate Professor of Management in St. George’s University Graduate Studies Program, taught the online program from Southern California while students from the UK, Trinidad, St. Vincent, Grenada, across nine time zones actively participated throughout the session.

MBA in Multi-Sector Health Management (MBA-Health)

The MBA in Multi-Sector Health Management Program is a 12 month, part-time program designed specifically for experienced professionals across all health disciplines with a desire to expand their practices, solidify a leadership role, move into the business arena, and/or explore their entrepreneurial passions.  

The 34-credit program is taught primarily online with two separate one-week residencies in Grenada providing an opportunity for all participants to meet the distinguished faculty and professors and engage in unifying academic and extracurricular activities in an unparalleled tropical setting.

The MBA-Health is also offered as a dual degree program to students enrolled in the Doctor of Medicine or Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree programs. 

MBA in International Business (MBA – IB)

The MBA in International Business (MBA - IB) is an 18-month, 48 credit program which speaks in a global voice to business management.  

The MBA-IB program is designed to instruct and mentor, introducing students to international experts who are setting the pace throughout the business world.  Three one-week residencies in Grenada are incorporated into the dynamic curriculum which offers a wide range of classes including communications, innovation, and entrepreneurship. 

St. George’s University looks forward to beginning the next program in August of 2010.

For more information please contact:
Caribbean: +1(473) 444-4680 ext. 2207
US/ Canada Toll-Free: 1 (800) 899-6337 ext. 9217
Worldwide: +1 (631) 665-8500 ext. 9217

Published on 1/21/10