International Business

In addition to the general education requirements, majors in International Business must complete a concentration of 39 semester hours in Accounting, Business, Economics, and International Business courses to include:
ACCT2310 Financial Accounting 3 s.h.
ACCT2320 Managerial Accounting 3 s.h.
BUAD3320 Principles of Management 3 s.h.
BUAD3330 Principles of Marketing 3 s.h.
BUAD3380 Principles of Business Finance 3 s.h.
BUAD3440 International Business 3 s.h.
BUAD3480 International Marketing 3 s.h.
BUAD4200 Seminar in Business Policy 3 s.h.
BUAD4420 International Finance 3 s.h.
ECON1300 Principles of Macroeconomics 3 s.h.
ECON1320 Principles of Microeconomics 3 s.h.
ECON3440 International Economics 3 s.h.

One 3 semester hour international experience is required of all international business majors. International experience must be spent in residence in a culture other than the student’s native culture. This experience must have prior approval of the Business Department staff.

An International Business major must also complete three courses (9 s.h.) in related electives. To satisfy this requirement, a student will select one course from each of the following three areas:

Area 1

BUAD4130 Internship in International Business 3 s.h.
ECON1200 Economics of Contemporary Issues 3 s.h.
ECON/GEOG3280 Economic Development 3 s.h.
ECON3360 Intermediate Macroeconomics 3 s.h.
Approved Electives

GEOG/POLS3330 Geography of Contemporary Affairs 3 s.h.
HIST3460 United States Foreign Relations 3 s.h.
HIST3660 Modern Europe, 1789-Present 3 s.h.
POLS2350 Comparative Government and Politics 3 s.h.
POLS2380 International Politics 3 s.h.
POLS/PEAC3220 Global Peace Issues 3 s.h.
POLS3360 Politics of the Contemporary Middle East 3 s.h.
Approved Electives

BUAD3200 Business Ethics 3 s.h.
INTD/COMM3100 Intercultural Communications 3 s.h.
INTD3300 Language and Culture 3 s.h.
PSYC3370 Cross Cultural Psychology 3 s.h.
SOCI1350 Cultural Anthropology 3 s.h.
SOCI3330 Social Inequality 3 s.h.
Approved Electives

An International Business major must also complete:
BUAD1420 Math for Decision Making or MATH1510 Calculus I 3 s.h.
MATH1380 Introduction to Statistics 3 s.h.
and one of the following:
MATH1280 College Algebra 3 s.h.
MATH1330 Elementary Functions
MATH1350 Discrete Mathematics
MATH1510 Calculus I

An International Business major must take two semesters of an intermediate sequence of a single foreign language or equivalent as demonstrated by placement examination or status as a native speaker of a language other than English. International students must have a sufficient TOEFEL Test Score to excuse them from the requirement of taking English as a Second Language.

Students may elect to major in Business Administration or International Business with a concentration in one or more of the following areas:

Entrepreneurship and Free Enterprise

BUAD3350 Free Market Practicum 2 s.h.
BUAD3400 Small Business Ventures and Entrepreneurship 3 s.h.
BUAD/ECON3250 Entrepreneurship and Free Enterprise 3 s.h.
and any two of the following:
BUAD3500 Marketing Strategies 3 s.h.
BUAD3510 Integrated Marketing Communication 3 s.h.
BUAD4110 Internship in Entrepreneurship 3 s.h.
BUAD3200 Business Ethics or PHIL/RELG3250 Ethics 3 s.h.
Approved Electives

Finance

BUAD/ECON4100 Investment Analysis 3 s.h.
BUAD4420 International Finance 3 s.h.
BUAD4440 Managerial Finance 3 s.h.
and any two of the following:
ACCT3360 Intermediate Accounting 3 s.h.
BUAD4120 Internship in Finance 3 s.h.
ECON3320 Money and Banking 3 s.h.
ECON3350 Intermediate Microeconomic Theory 3 s.h.
Approved Electives

Management

BUAD3450 Organizational Behavior 3 s.h.
BUAD3490 Human Resource Management 3 s.h.
BUAD4400 Operations Management 3 s.h.
and any two of the following:
BUAD3200 Business Ethics 3 s.h.
BUAD3400 Small Business Ventures and Entrepreneurship 3 s.h.
PSYC3440 Industrial/Organizational Psychology 3 s.h.
COMM/INTD3100 Intercultural Communication 3 s.h.
COMM3140 Theories of Persuasion 3 s.h.
COMM/PEAC/SOCI3210 Conflict Resolution 3 s.h.
BUAD4140 Internship in Management 3 s.h.
Approved Electives

Marketing

BUAD3500 Marketing Strategies or BUAD3510 Integrated Marketing Communication 3 s.h.
SOCI/SOSC4450 Social Research I 3 s.h.
and any three of the following:
ARTS3630 Systems in Design 3 s.h.
ENGL3270 Advanced Composition: Media Writing 3 s.h.
ENGL/COMM2500 Introduction to Mass Media 3 s.h.
COMM3140 Theories of Persuasion 3 s.h.
COMM/INTD3100 Intercultural Communication 3 s.h.
BUAD3480 International Marketing 3 s.h.
BUAD4150 Internship in Marketing 3 s.h.
Approved Electives

Pre-MBA

BUAD3450 Organizational Behavior 3 s.h.
ACCT3360 Intermediate Accounting I 3 s.h.
BUAD4440 Managerial Finance 3 s.h.
ACCT/ITEC3500 Microcomputer Business Applications II 3 s.h.
BUAD4400 Operations Management 3 s.h.
and one of the following:
ECON3360 Intermediate Macroeconomic Theory 3 s.h.
ECON3350 Intermediate Microeconomic Theory 3 s.h.