International Business Major Requirements

The International Business Major requires 15 credits of international business electives (including one which must be an experiential or a short-term study abroad course), plus 6 credits of international liberal arts electives for a total of 21 international course credits.

It is possible for the student to minor in a foreign language. The minor requires 18 credits, six of which may be fulfilled through the international liberal arts requirement for the co-major.

International Business Major
 CBA: 15 credits
Four (4) international business electives from the following list:
ADV-369 International Advertising
BUS-375 International Business Law
CBA-490 Independent Study: Global Business
CIS/GSC 380 Advanced Seminar in Global Outsourcing
ECO-305 International Trade and Investment
ECO-315 Comparative Economic Systems
ECO-365 The Post-Soviet Economy & U.S. Business
ENT 375 International Entrepreneurship
FIN-308 International Finance
MGT-375 International Management
MKT-330 International Marketing
One (1) ‘experiential’ elective from the approved list*:
BUS-492 Global Business Internship
CBA-315 Global Business Study Tour
CBA-490 Independent Study: Global Business
CBA-316 Nature’s Business Study Tour
CBA-317 Emerging Nations Study Tour
POL-295 Special Topics: Model UN
 Liberal Arts: 6 credits

Two courses (6 credits) chosen from a list of approved international liberal arts electives (can be applied to the Foreign Language minor)
Optional Addition—Foreign Language Minor: Total of six courses (18 credits) in a foreign language
International Liberal Arts Electives include courses in the humanities, social sciences, and foreign languages:
Any foreign language elective
CHI-311 Calligraphy as a Window to Chinese Language & Culture
CHI-310
 Chinese Culture & Civilization
CHI-307 Images of Women in Chinese Literature & Film
COM-252 Intercultural Communication
COM/GLS-352 Chinese and American Intercultural Communication
COM/GLS-393 International Communication
FRE-311 French Culture
GER-310 German Culture
GLS-180 Understanding Global Relations
GLS-200 Social Construction of Global Society
GLS-201 Politics of the Global Economy
GLS-285 The Student Global Village
GLS-295 Emerging Issues in Global Studies
GLS-310
Ethnographic Film
GLS-325 Global Perspectives on Health & Illness
GLS-491 Internship in Global Studies
HIS-201 African American History
HIS-215
 Europe Since 1715
HIS-266 Modern Britain
HIS-269 Women in Europe
HIS-274
 Modern Russia
HIS-275 Italy from the Middle Ages to the Present
HIS-280 Vietnam in Peace and War
HIS-281 The Modern Middle East
HIS-282
 Colonial Latin America
HIS-283 Modern Latin America
HIS-284 Caribbean History
HIS-285
 Traditional China & Japan
HIS-286 Modern East Asia
HIS-287 China in Revolution
HIS-288 African History
HIS-289 History of Modern Japan
HIS-295 Native American History
HIS-307 The Immigrant in American Life
HIS-339 Women in East Asia
ITA-310 Italian Culture & Civilization
LIT-330 Russian Culture
PHL-207 Asian Philosophy
PHL-358 Chinese Philosophy
PHL-368 Japanese Philosophy
POL/GLS-215 Global Politics
POL-216 Comparative Political Systems
POL-218 Asian Political System
POL/GLS-225 Nationalism in World Politics
POL-255 European Politics
POL-267 Chinese Politics
POL-272 Politics of Latin America
POL-307 Political Communication
POL/GLS-315
 Global Issues
POL-320 Politics of the Middle East
POL-321
 International Law
POL/GLS-365 Third World Politics
POL-366 Communist Systems: Politics and Policies
POL/GLS-367 Politics of Exile, Asylum and Diaspora
POL/GLS-368 International Organizations
POL-371 The Arab-Israeli Conflict
SOC-311 Social and Cultural Change
SOC-341 Developing Societies
SPA-310 Spanish Culture & Civilization
SPA-311 Latin-American/Latino Culture

*A semester-long study abroad program may be used to count towards this requirement

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