__University__ 2014-2015 Bulletin

International Business Studies Certificate

The International Business Studies Certificate provides undergraduate students with an educational foundation in the field of international business. Certificate requirements include the study of cultural, economic, social, and political aspects affecting business operations.

Students are required to complete degree requirements specified for a business administration major in order to be awarded the International Business Studies Certificate. In addition, students must complete all certificate requirements as specified below.

Business Administration requirements

Business core

BA 101Introduction to Business and World Affairs

4
BA 205Business Communications Using Technology

4
BA 211Fundamentals of Financial Accounting

4
BA 213Decision Making with Accounting Information

4
BA 301Research and Analysis of Business Problems

4
BA 302Organizational Behavior

4
BA 303Business Finance

4
BA 311Marketing Management

4
BA 325Competing with Information Technology

4
BA 339Operations and Quality Management

4
BA 385Business Environment

4
BA 495Business Strategy

6
Total Credit Hours:50

International business requirements

Three of the following:

Fin 456International Financial Management

4
Mktg 376International Business

4
Mgmt 446Principles of International Management

4
Mktg 466Principles of International Marketing

4
Total Credit Hours:12

or other courses approved by advisor.

Business option requirements

Choose from: Accounting, Advertising Management, Finance, Human Resource Management, Management and Leadership, Marketing, and Supply and Logistics Management.

International Business Studies Certificate students are encouraged to spend one or more terms studying abroad or in an overseas internship program. Several such programs are available through the School of Business Administration.

Requirements outside the School of Business Administration

Foreign language (two-year proficiency)

Total Credit Hours:0-24

Economics courses (two courses) selected from:

Ec 340International Economics

4
Ec 440International Trade Theory and Policy

4
Ec 441International Monetary Theory and Policy

4
Ec 442The Multinational Enterprise in the World Economy

4
Ec 445Comparative Economic Systems

4
Ec 446Institutional Economics

4
Ec 447Economics of Transition

4
Ec 450Economics of Development

4
Total Credit Hours:8

or with approval other upper-division economics courses related to international studies.

Area studies—four courses from the following departments:

Anthropology, geography, history, political science or other approved courses from the Global Perspectives Upper Division Cluster list.

Total Credit Hours:16

The area study courses will be upper-division (except PS 205) and must contribute to the student’s understanding of the area of the foreign language being studied. The Global Perspectives Cluster is the approved area study course list. Permission to take an area study course not found on the approved list can be received from your academic advisor.