International Business Option

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The Business Administration major with the international business option has been designed to prepare students to enter the exciting and rapidly growing world of international business. Increasingly businesses find that suppliers and customers may come from anywhere in the world. To better prepare students for a future career in business that will likely require some international proficiency, students in this option take courses to gain competency in at least one foreign language, a cultural and political understanding of the region of the world where that language is dominant, and those special business skills needed to operate effectively in the international environment. The option is strongly interdisciplinary. A student studying international business must complete the following requirements:

GENERAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS ..........32-44

MAJOR REQUIREMENTS:

Common SOBA Requirements ..........38
Quantitative Reasoning Requirements ..........4
Auxiliary Requirements .......... 4

Other Departmental Requirements
A minimum of 15 credit hours from the following courses:*,**
BA 309W International Management*** ..........3
BA 313 Ethical Issues in Business ..........3
BA 315 International Business Law ..........3
BA 349W Global Marketing*** ..........4
BA 370 Topics in International Business ..........1-6
BA 375 Studies in European Business ..........3-18
BA 389 International Finance ..........4
BA 390 Special Topics (with International emphasis) ..........1-4
BA 499 Independent Study: Semester Abroad ..........4
Econ 305 Economic Geography ..........4
Econ 370 Topics in International Economics ..........1-6
Econ 371 International Economics ..........4
Econ 390 Special Topics (with International emphasis) ..........1-4
Econ 410 Economics, a Radical Perspective ..........3
ML 309 Business French ..........3
ML 350 Spanish for the Professions ..........4

Plus completion of the following:

A. International Experience. This requirement can be met in several ways:
1. Participation in a Semester Abroad program.
2. International Exchange Program in any discipline.
3. Participation in any summer Innovative Month program that includes an international experience.
4. Residence abroad—minimum of three months.
5. Extensive individual travel abroad. Each method requires documentation, and approval of the SOBA Director of Foreign Studies.

B. Modern Language Proficiency. This requirement can be met in several ways:
1. Completion of a 200-level modern language course.
2. Completion of a 100-level modern language course in TWO different modern languages.
3. Score of 3 or above on an AP modern language exam.
4. ACTFL proficiency exam score.
5. Native speaker of a language other than English.
6. Completion of an intensive language training program. Each method requires documentation, and approval of the SOBA Director of Foreign Studies.

Total International Experience and/or
Modern Language Proficiency ..........0-8

Total Other Departmental Requirements ..........15-23

TOTAL MAJOR REQUIREMENTS ..........61-69

FREE ELECTIVES ..........7-27

TOTAL REQUIRED FOR GRADUATION ..........120

*The 15 credits used to satisfy an option in International Business may not be used to satisfy any other major, minor or option.

**ALTERNATIVE STUDY PROGRAM: Up to 12 credits of the International Business Option Requirements may be satisfied by successful completion of study abroad or exchange program(s) approved by SOBA.

***Completion of either BA 309W or BA 349W fulfills the Group W requirement for students in the International Business Option.

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