+

B.S. in Business Administration - International Business Concentration

undergraduate-programs-concentrations-international-businessMultinational corporations are on the rise and looking for individuals to guide them through the intricacies of global commerce. 


Be You. Be Global.

The Cook School’s business concentration in international business prepares students by integrating key principles of business practice with the impacts created by cultural, linguistic and political differences.

 

B.S. in Business Administration - International Business Concentration

In addition to fulfilling the requirements of the B.S.B.A. degree, the international business concentration requires fifteen (15) hours of international business courses in addition to IB 200, which is taken as a Business Common Body of Knowledge requirement, and twelve (12) foreign language credit hours. Students are eligible to test out of up to six (6) hours of foreign language.

At least nine (9) and up to fifteen (15) hours of international business courses are taken within the Department of International Business. Students may take up to six (6) of the fifteen (15) hours from internationally focused classes offered by other departments in the business school.

For full course descriptions, please click here.

Course Options

At least nine hours and up to fifteen hours as follows (3 credit hours each):

 CourseTitle Prerequisites
IB 302Latin American BusinessIB 200 
IB 304Asian Business IB 200 
IB 310Geopolitics of World Business IB 200 
IB 314International e-Business IB 200 & ITM 200/201 
IB 315Middle Eastern Business IB 200 
IB 316Cultural Differences in International BusinessIB 200
IB 412International Business StrategiesIB 310 or IB 316
IB 480International Business InternshipIB 200, permission of the department chair, and junior or senior standing
IB 493Special Topics in International Business 
IB 496Study Abroad Session - Various Locations *IB 200

* Only one may be used to satisfy the IB concentration requirement

 

Up to six of the fifteen hours may be chosen from the following courses (3 credit hours each):

 CourseTitle Prerequisites
ECON 379Economies of Latin America ECON 190 
ECON 416History of Economic Analysis ECON 312 & ECON 314, & MATH 132 or MATH 142 or higher level Calculus course
ECON 430International TradeECON 312 & ECON 314, & MATH 132 or MATH 142 or higher level Calculus course
ECON 431Exchange Rates & the Global Economy ECON 312 
ECON 445Economies of International Migration ECON 314 & MATH 132 or MATH 142 or higher level Calculus course
ECON 456Economic DevelopmentECON 314 & MATH 132 or MATH 142 or higher level Calculus course
FIN 425International Financial ManagementCo-reqs: FIN 333 & FIN 363 or permission of the department chair
ITM 360Global Information Management ITM 200/201 & IB 200 
MKT 455International Marketing MKT 300