International Business, BA

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College	Business
Academic Award	Bachelor of Arts
Credits Required	125 semester credits
Faculty Lead	Teresa Gillespie
CIP Code	52.0101

Business majors who study international business learn how business is conducted within their home country as well as other countries. They spend a full semester in a foreign country. They also participate in a working internship where they will experience the practical aspects of conducting business in or with that country.

Graduates with a degree in International Business are able to:

Apply business concepts and theories to solve business challenges.
Write a realistic entrepreneurial business plan.
Compare global and domestic business issues and practices.
Evaluate ethical dilemmas and other issues in business from a Christian faith perspective.
Evaluate the business environment in a foreign country,
Develop a career strategy in the field of International Business.

Core Curriculum Requirements: 60

Bible and Theology: 12

BIBL 1103 - Old Testament History and Literature 3 credits
BIBL 1203 - New Testament History and Literature 3 credits
THEO 1213 - Christian Thought 3 credits
THEO 2323 - Jesus the Messiah 3 credits

Written and Verbal Communications: 9

ENGL 1013 - Composition I: Expository Writing 3 credits
ENGL 1023 - Composition II: Rhetoric and Research Writing 3 credits
COMM 1213 - Fundamentals of Speech Communication 3 credits

Humanities: 9

6 credits in this area must be from Writing Practice courses* (see Course Descriptions for applicability)
ENGL xxx3 Any Literature course 3 credits
HIST xxx3 Any Course in History 3 credits
3 additional credits selected from the following 3 credits
Art (ARTE), Bible (BIBL), Drama (DRAM), English (ENGL), History (HIST), Language (LANG), Music (MUSI), or Theology (THEO)

Social Sciences: 9

6 credits in this area must be from Writing Practice courses* (see Course Descriptions for applicability)
Select a minimum of two disciplines from the following:
Business Administration (BUSM), Communication (except COMM 1213), Economics, Education (EDUC), Geography (GEOG), Health & Fitness (PEDU), Management (BMGT), Marketing (BMKT), Philosophy (PHIL), Political Science (PSCI), Psychology (PSYC), or Sociology/Anthropology (SOCI)

Science and Mathematics: 7

MATH xxxx College-level Mathematics 3 credits
SCIE xxxx Science course with Lab 4 credits

Formation and Calling: 5

UCOR 1043 - Faith in Society 3 credits
UCOR 1052 - Identity and Vocation 2 credits
UCOR 4791 - Faith Integration 1 credits ***
*** Content met in BUSM 4403 – Policy and Ethics

Core Elective: 9

Any college-level courses

Pre-Major Requirements: 9

Pre-Major requirements may be applied to the Core Curriculum requirements or General Electives

Social Sciences

BUSM 2553 - Survey of Economics 3 credits

Science and Mathematics

MATH 1313 - Introduction to Statistics 3 credits
MATH 1203 - Pre-Calculus for Business 3 credits

Major Requirements: 53

Select one of the following semester abroad experiences: 18

Semester abroad must include a local internship

Beijing Language and Culture University, China
Latin American Studies Program (CCCU)
Soongsil University, South Korea

General Electives: 3-12