The Curriculum

Schedule

Communication Skills, Liberal Arts, and Global Knowledge courses count for 3 credits each and are taken at the following stages:

Year One Communication Skills and Liberal Arts

  • Hult 101: an introduction to university study and to the field of business
  • Cross-Cultural Communication
  • Writing & Rhetoric
  • Information Literacy
  • Arts & Humanities Core
  • History & Society Core

Year Two Communication Skills and Liberal Arts

  • Business Communication
  • Science & Technology Core
  • Ethics & Philosophy Core

Year Three and Year Four Global Knowledge

  • Foreign Language Elective
  • Regional Studies Elective
  • Global Knowledge Elective (must choose 2)
  • Global Citizenship
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Communication Skills, Liberal Arts, and Global Knowledge

Courses in Communication Skills, Liberal Arts, and Global Knowledge provide an unrivaled foundation of learning that develops each student into a well-rounded graduate.

Communication skills

Speak with the CEO of almost any organization and he or she will tell you that the number one desired quality when hiring candidates is not just business knowledge, but the ability to communicate effectively. Those who advance to senior management or leadership positions do so less because of their specialized knowledge and more because they possess outstanding abilities in writing and speaking.

While many business graduates receive no training in these vital skills, students at Hult receive practical training in research and writing, group communication, cross-cultural communication, and presentations. The results are impressive: Hult graduates are extremely well prepared in the “soft skills” of communication that will set them apart in their chosen professional environment and open doors to career advancement.

The General Education curriculum is based on a well-rounded course of study that will place more advanced business courses in global context. The elements of Hult’s General Education are consistent with its mission to produce future leaders who are capable of driving their companies and organizations into the diverse international business environment of the 21st century.

Breadth of global knowledge

In order to succeed, the best business graduates cannot have a narrow vision of the world, but must build a broad base of knowledge across a range of subjects. Hult graduates have a greater breadth of global knowledge because of their courses in Liberal Arts and Global Knowledge. Students become familiar with topics and ways of thinking in arts and humanities, in history and society, in science and technology, and in ethics and philosophy. Even more, our Liberal Arts and Global Knowledge courses prepare students to function as global citizens, aware of the commitments that 21st-century businesses must make to global politics, social problems, culture, and the environment.

Creative and critical thinking

Above all, these courses aim to develop each student’s abilities to think critically about the wider international context of the modern world, to think creatively about how to succeed in it, and to solve some of its problems. Hult graduates are flexible thinkers with the ability to see the big picture.

How it works

In their first two years, students take 4 courses (12 credits) in Communication Skills: Writing and Rhetoric, Cross-Cultural Communication, Information Literacy, and Business Communication. In Year One and Year Two, they also take 5 courses (15 credits) in Liberal Arts: Hult 101, History and Society Core, Arts and Humanities Core, Ethics and Philosophy Core, and the Science and Technology Core. Then, advancing to more challenging courses in Year Three and Year Four, students take a total of 5 courses (15 credits) of their choice in Global Knowledge: one Foreign Language, one Regional Studies, two Global Knowledge electives, and a course on Global Citizenship.