International Consulting Projects - Independent Study

For participation in a Pitt Business International Consulting Project for spring 2021, you will recieve one academic credit. A 75 minute class session will be held weekly, and you will be expected to work on the project independently outside of class time. International projects will be supervised by Pitt Business faculty and facilitators from Pitt Business International Programs. Additional weekly meeting times will be in place for use on an as-needed basis. The course will be 12 weeks in duration, and you should expect to commit 5 hours per week to your project, including class time. You will work in small groups of 3-4 on your project. There are no tests or exams in the course, and your experience will culminate in a final presentation of your deliverables to your client at the end of the 12 weeks.
Topics covered in the course will focus on developing consulting skills. Sessions include: data gathering and discovery, developing a scope of work, client relationships and ethical partnerships, project management, and more. In addition, you will learn about intercultural dimensions of consulting from Pitt Business facilitators and our community partners.   
Students participating in this independent study will be eligible for the Global Consulting Capstone and Global Service Learning in future semesters.
This course will fulfill a foreign culture requirement for CBA students.