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BS in International Business

 Pictured | Mahaliah Ariza | International Business | Willemstad, Curacao (hometown)


About the Bachelor of Science in Business (International Business)

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.


Academic Advising

The mission of the academic advising program in the Judd Leighton School of Business and Economics is to promote academic success, student satisfaction, and increased retention by providing students with advisors to help students make educational, career, and personal decisions.

The policy on advising requires that students meet with their academic advisors at least once each year, and freshmen and sophomores are required to meet with their academic advisor prior to each semester’s enrollment. Advising holds are placed on all freshmen and sophomores prior to advance registration and are released following advising appointments. To determine who your advisor is and how to contact them, see One.IU.


Degree Requirements (120 cr.)
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Students receiving the Bachelor of Science in Business degree must complete 120 total credit hours including:


  • A minimum of 30 credit hours at the 300- or 400-level.
  • Courses required for the major must be completed with a grade of C or higher.
  • A minimum CGPA of 2.0 is required.

Concentration Requirements (24 cr.)

All courses are 3 credit hours, unless otherwise designated.

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-E 321 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
  • GEOG-G 120 Regions of the World
  • 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

Electives­­ (6 cr.)
  • Students will consult with an academic advisor for recommended electives.

See also

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Academic Bulletins

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2017-2018 Campus Bulletin
2016-2017 Campus Bulletin
2015-2016 Campus Bulletin
2014-2015 Campus Bulletin

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