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IB Major

International Business Major at KSU

As more and more firms throughout the world become multinational, they increasingly need executives who can deal effectively with organizational problems in an international framework.  The international business program offered at Coles College of Business is designed to meet this need.  To earn a B.B.A. in international business students need to complete total 123 credits.

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Requirements

The International Business major program is intended to produce graduates who have marketable knowledge and skills that are highly desired by businesses with diverse workplaces or clientele engaging  in international commerce.

Graduates of the program will have the foundations of general education, business core and international business coursework that are augmented by two years of foreign language and an education abroad course/internship. Specifically, IB majors will:

• Take five courses in the International Business major concentration curriculum of international courses Accounting, Business Law, Economics, Finance, Management, and Marketing.
• Gain proficiency in a second major area of business (12 credit hours from another primary discipline).
• Demonstrate proficiency in a second language (9 credit hours of a foreign language). Click here for details on satisfying this requirement.
• Complete at least one (preferably two) six-credit education abroad program or one semester-long exchange program.

Detailed study programs for completing an IB major with a concentration in one of the other functional disciplines is available at Undergraduate Advising Center.

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Course Schedule

Required of All IB Majors

• MGT 3600 – Introduction to International Business

Required of All IB Majors, Choose five of the following seven courses:

• ACCT 4300 – International Accounting *
• BLAW 3400 – Negotiations
• ECON 4410 – International Trade & Finance
• FIN 4420 – International Finance Management
• MGT 4190 – International Management
• MGT or MKTG 4476 – Contemporary Global Business Practices
• MKTG 4820 – International Marketing

Concentration in: ACCOUNTING

• ACCT 3100 – Intermediate Financial Accounting & Auditing
• ACCT 3300 – Accounting Information Systems
• ACCT 4050 – Intermediate Financial Accounting II
• ACCT 4100 – Advanced Financial Accounting

Concentration in: FINANCE

• FIN 4320 – Fixed Income Securities
• FIN 4620 – Financial Management of Financial Institutions

Any two of the following: (6 credits)

• ECON 4310 – Economic Development in a Global Perspective
• ECON 4210 – Money and Financial Markets
• FIN 4360 – Equity Securities

Concentration in: ECONOMICS

• ECON 4510 – Microeconomics
• ECON 4610 – Macroeconomics

Any two of the following:

• ECON 4310 – Economic Development in a Global Perspective
• FIN 4360 – Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management
• FIN 4620 – Financial Management of Financial Institutions

Concentration in: MARKETING

• MKTG 4100 – Marketing Research
• MKTG 4150 – Consumer Behavior
• MKTG 4990 – Marketing Management
• Any 4000 level Marketing Elective (3 credits)

Concentration in: MANAGEMENT

• MGT 4125 – International Entrepreneurship
• MGT 4174 – International Human Resource Management
• MGT 4800 – International Supply Chain Management
• Any 4000-level Management Elective (3 credits)

Note: Please check registrar office for up-to-date schedule.

* Can only be taken by those with an Accounting concentration.

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