Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Business with a Concentration in International Business

4-Year Degree Plan (Sample)

See also Minor in International Business for Business Majors

About the International Business Concentration

The international business concentration provides students with extensive backgrounds in international business issues such as finance, law, marketing, accounting, and economics. Students have numerous curriculum choices so may tailor their degree to their own area of emphasis. The faculty has designed the concentration to facilitate students wishing to double major in an existing business discipline and in international business. Students who concentrate in international business are also required to take international courses outside the school of business to help them develop an expertise in a particular geographic area or culture. This major provides business students with the kind of cultural grounding so significant to success in global business.

Concentration Requirements

All courses are 3 credit hours, unless otherwise designated | Students must attain a grade of not less than C in each course.

Junior and Senior Years­­

Select four of the following:

• BUS-A 490 Independent Study in Accounting
• BUS-F 494 International Finance
• BUS-M 401 International Marketing
• BUS-W 490 Independent Study in Business Administration
• ECON-E 430 International Economics

Select two of the following:

• BUS-A 325 Cost Accounting
• BUS-A 337 Accounting Information Systems
• BUS-B 399 Business and Society
• BUS-F 302 Financial Decision Making
• BUS-F 420 Equity and Fixed Income Investment
• BUS-M 303 Marketing Research
• BUS-M 415 Advertising and Promotion Management
• BUS-S 307 Data Management
• BUS-W 430 Organizations and Organizational Change
• BUS-Z 440 Personnel-Human Resource Management
• ECON-E 305 Money and Banking
• ECON-E321 Intermediate Microeconomic Theory
• ECON-E 322 Intermediate Macroeconomic Theory

Select two of the following:

• ANTH-E 397 Peoples and Cultures of the Middle East
• BUS-W 490 Independent Study in Business Administration
• HIST-B 361 Europe in the Twentieth Century I
• HIST-B 362 Europe in the Twentieth Century II
• POLS-Y 330 Central American Politics
• POLS-Y 335 West European Politics
• POLS-Y 337 Latin American Politics
• POLS-Y 343 The Politics of International Development
• POLS-Y 350 Politics of the European Union
• POLS-Y 376 International Political Economy
• SOC-S 362 World Societies and Cultures
• WGS-W 301 International Perspectives on Women
• Any other course with consent of advisor

Minor in International Business for Business Majors

Students pursuing a four-year degree in business may add a minor in international business as they pursue a major concentration in one of the functional areas. Students who elect this program must notify their advisor before the end of their junior year.

Requirements (12 cr.)

All courses are 3 credit hours, unless otherwise designated | Students must attain a minimum cumulative grade point average of 2.0 (C) in all four of the courses taken for the minor and not less than C in each course.

Note | These courses may not be taken by correspondence study or independent study; they also may not be studied through an internship.

• BUS-D 300 International Business Administration
• BUS-F 494 International Finance
• BUS-M 401 International Marketing

Select one of the following:

• ANTH-E 397 Peoples and Cultures of the Middle East
• HIST-H 237 Traditional East Asian Civilization
• HIST-B 361 Europe in the Twentieth Century I
• HIST-B 362 Europe in the Twentieth Century II
• HIST-G 369 Modern Japan
• POLS-Y 330 Central American Politics
• POLS-Y 335 West European Politics
• POLS-Y 337 Latin American Politics
• POLS-Y 343 The Politics of International Development
• POLS-Y 350 Politics of the European Union
• POLS-Y 376 International Political Economy

Although not a formal prerequisite, BUS-D 300 International Business Administration (which is a required course for all business students) is the foundation course for the study of international business and should be taken before BUS-F 494 International Finance and BUS-M 401 International Marketing.