Online Course – Certified Professional Internship in Globalization, Economic Growth and Stability from IE Business School

Navigate today’s global economy. Turn economic knowledge into practical tools.

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קורס אונליין - התמחות מקצועית מוסמכת בגלובליזציה

Professional Certificate

Intermediate level

No prior knowledge required

Time to complete the course

7-day free trial

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Skills you will acquire in the course

  • Analyzing current events using economic tools
  • Understanding fiscal and monetary policy
  • Understanding the principles of free trade and exchange rates
  • Balance of Payments and Migration Analysis
  • Using tools to analyze leading economies
  • Reading economic data and drawing conclusions about risks and opportunities
  • Analysis of economic indicators for a given country
  • Presenting an overview of economic policy trends
  • Linking macroeconomic parameters to government policy
  • Assessing the appropriateness of economic policy
  • Presenting findings and highlighting potential risks

What you will learn in the course

Courses for which the course is suitable

  • Economic analyst
  • Financial advisor
  • Economic Policy Manager
  • Researcher in the field of economics
  • Economic Project Manager
  • International Trade Specialist
  • Economic data analyst
  • Investment advisor
  • Economic Research Manager
  • Coordinator of the Economics Department in Public Institutions

Internship – 3-part course series

The goal of this specialization is to make economic concepts accessible to every learner and teach them to analyze current events using economic tools.

Course content

  • Macroeconomics: Explaining the basic parameters and how governments can/should use fiscal and monetary policy.
  • The international arena: principles of free trade, exchange rates, balance of payments and migration.
  • Economic Analysis: Using tools and concepts to analyze the world’s leading economies.

Learners will discover how to “read” important lessons about the risks and opportunities involved in doing business in a particular country from the economic data of that country.

Applied Learning Project

At the end of each MOOC course you will find a final project where you can apply everything you have learned:

  • Analyze the best economic indicators for a given country.
  • Present an overview of economic policy trends and achievements of that country.
  • To link macroeconomic parameters to the policies chosen by governments.
  • Vote on whether the policy was appropriate.
  • Present the findings and highlight the potential risks in the absence of proper policy implementation.

Details of the courses that make up the specialization

Understanding economic policymaking

Course 1
17 hours
4.8 (1,022 ratings)

What you’ll learn

  • In-depth understanding of macroeconomic indicators, fiscal policy, and real-world deficits and debts.
  • Research on exchange rate and structural policies, policy interactions, and challenges in leading countries.
  • Analysis of quantitative easing policies, austerity policies, “Abenomics,” and the experience of decision-makers in generating growth.
  • Managing a country simulation.

Trade, migration and exchange rates in a global world

Course 2
11 hours
4.8 (279 ratings)

What you’ll learn

  • Learn how currency values ​​affect the macroeconomics.
  • Understand the world’s exchange rate regimes.
  • Identify the links between global growth models and the balance of payments.
  • Investigate the current accounts and financial accounts, deficits and surpluses.
  • Analyze the macro impact of immigration, objections, and responses from economists.
  • Discuss the challenges of globalization, sovereignty, and democracy.

Business opportunities and challenges in the global economy

Course 3
11 hours
4.8 (163 ratings)

What you’ll learn

  • Control over foreign exchange valuation, macroeconomic impact, and government influence on currency values.
  • Understanding trade theories, identifying “losers” in trade, and analyzing the effects on economies.
  • Research into global accounts, deficits, surpluses, the macro role of migration, and challenges to globalisation.

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