International Business Concentrations

All courses are for 4 credits unless otherwise noted. A concentration requires a minimum of 11 credits. No double-counting is permitted.

REQUIRED COURSES

ELECTIVE COURSES

Accounting
AC 205 Intermediate Accounting I
AC 206 Intermediate Accounting II
Any Accounting elective

All AC courses at 300- or 400- levels

Data Analytics
DAT 200 Data Analytics
MA 252 Statistical Methods in Research
DAT 300 Big Data and Statistical Analysis
DAT 315 Machine Learning
DAT 400 Data Analytics Capstone

Economics
EC 301 Intermediate Microeconomics
EC 302 Intermediate Macroeconomics
Economics elective

Economics
EC 280 International Organization Seminar [SLE: Community Based Learning]
EC 307 International Economics
EC 309 Mathematical Economics
EC 311 Economic Development
EC 371 Seminar on Monetary Policy (2/3 cr)
EC 372/3 United Nations Seminar (2/3 cr)
EC 410 Econometrics [SLE: Supervised Research]
MA 252 Statistical Methods in Research

Family Business and Entrepreneurship
FBE 380 Entrepreneurship
Family Business and Entrepreneurship elective
Family Business and Entrepreneurship elective

Family Business and Entrepreneurship
BA 281 Doing Business in China
BA 311 Marketing Research
BA 430 Advanced Legal Issues for Managers
FBE 280 Global Family Business [SLE: Cross-Cultural Experience]
FBE 384 Family as Entrepreneur
FBE 385 New Venture Creation
FBE 450 Entrepreneurship in the Emerging Economies [SLE: Community Based Learning]
FBE 494 Family Business Governance Succession Planning [SLE: Capstone Experience]

Finance
FIN 424 Investments
Finance elective
Finance elective

Finance
FIN 412 Derivatives: Futures and Options
FIN 420 Financial Institutions Management
FIN 425 Advanced Financial Management [SLE: Capstone Experience]
FIN 426 Student Managed Investment Portfolio (2 cr)
EC 309 Mathematical Economics
MA 252 Statistical Methods in Research

Talent Management
BA 499 People Analytics Seminar [SLE: Capstone Experience]
Talent Management elective
Talent Management elective

Talent Management
BA 365 Talent Management
BA 370 Strategic HR Management
BA 430 Advanced Legal Issues for Managers
HON 205 Leadership Theory (HUM)*
PSY 235 Social Psychology **

Marketing
BA 416 Marketing Management [SLE: Capstone Experience]
Marketing elective
Marketing elective

Marketing
BA 311 Marketing Research
BA 312 Advertising Management
BA 313 Services & Retail Marketing
BA 314 Sales and Sales Management
BA 315 Internet Marketing
BA 319 Consumer Behavior
BA 372 Sustainable Marketing
BA 382 Entrepreneurial Marketing
BA 498 Marketing Seminar

*The HON 205 course is an Honors course, but based on space availability, non-Honors students could be enrolled, with instructor's permission.

** The PSY 235 Social Psychology course has PSY 105 as a prerequisite. PSY 105 counts for your SSC Area of Understanding in Core.

NOTES:

(1) Students will also be able to construct an individualized concentration related to their fields of interest. Examples include "Sustainability and Social Impact of Business" or "Corporate Social Responsibility and Ethics," "Social Enterprises," "Data Analytics", etc. If you're interested in pursuing an individualized concentration, please prepare a cohesive plan of rigorous study and consult with your advisor. The plan must be consistent with the Department of Business guidelines and must be approved by the business faculty. Please note that your major will be listed as International Business - Individualized.

(2) For the 2019 incoming class and later: In order to declare a concentration in a certain discipline, you must achieve a minimum grade of C- in the foundational course corresponding to that concentration.

To declare a concentration in ….	a min grade of C- must be achieved in …
Accounting	AC 101 Principles of Accounting
Economics	EC 101 Principles of Macroeconomics and EC 102 Principles of Microeconomics
Family Business and Entrepreneurship	FBE 380 Entrepreneurship
Finance	FIN 325 Corporate Finance
Talent Management	BA 265 Management and Organizational Behavior
Marketing	BA 215 Principles of Marketing