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Academics - Assumption College: International Business - Degree Requirements

 
International Business
 
Degree Requirements

The international business major is an interdisciplinary program that requires 8 or 9 business courses (24 to 27 credits), 6 interdisciplinary courses - including 1 or 2 language courses (18 credits), and 3 elective liberal arts courses (9 credits) that enhance your cultural literacy.


To earn a minor, students must take 7 courses (21 credits) in business studies, including 1 management course (3 credits), 1 marketing course (3 credits), 1 accounting course (3 credits) and 4 electives (12 credits).


Required courses for major:

  • ACC 125 Principles of Accounting I

  • ACC 125 Principles of Accounting II

  • MGT 100 Management and Organizational Behavior

  • MKT 101 Principles of Marketing

  • MGT 210 Quantitative Methods

  • ECO 110 Microeconomics

  • ECO 111 Macroeconomics

  • ECO 115 Statistics

  • ECO 325 Corporate Finance

  • INB 306 International Marketing

  • INB 307 International Management

  • MGT 400 Business Strategy (capstone course, taken in the senior year)

  • Foreign language at level 3 <>strong>or AP level 4

  • Foreign language: an additional course at any level OR linguistics at any level

Required to choose 1 of the following

  • INB 318 Asian Business Practices

  • INB 334 International Communication: Organizational Perspectives

  • ECO 353 International Trade

  • ECO 354 International Finance

  • BUS 399 Internship (requires a 2.8 GPA)

Electives (Students choose 3):


You may select 3 courses that are international in nature in 3 different disciplines including:

  • Anthropology

  • Geography

  • History

  • Literature

  • Philosophy

  • Political science

  • Theology

Required courses for minor:

  • ACC 125 Principles of Accounting I

  • MGT 100 Management and Organizational Behavior

  • MKT 101 Principles of Marketing

Electives (Students choose 4)

  • INB 306 International Marketing

  • INB 307 International Management

  • INB 318 Asian Business Practices

  • INB 334 International Communication: Organizational Perspectives

  • ECO 353 International Trade OR ECO 354 International Finance

  • One non-business course with an international dimension can be substituted with permission from the department chair.

 

 

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