EMU, BBA, International Business - Management

Business Core: 36 hours, including:

College of Business Foundation Courses: 21 hours

The following COB courses are to be completed prior to admission, and count towards the total credit hours required for this major.

• ACC 240 - Principles of Financial Accounting 3 hrs
• ACC 241 - Principles of Managerial Accounting 3 hrs
• COB 200L4 - Introduction to Business | GELB 3 hrs
• DS 265 - Business Statistics I 3 hrs
• IS 215 - Information Systems for Business 3 hrs
• LAW 293 - Legal Environment of Business 3 hrs
• MGMT 202 - Business Communication 3 hrs

Post Admission Core Requirement: 15 hours

• FIN 350 - Principles of Finance 3 hrs
• MGMT 386 - Organizational Behavior and Theory 3 hrs
• MGMT 490 - Business Policy 3 hrs
• MKTG 360 - Principles of Marketing 3 hrs
• OM 374 - Introduction to Operations Management 3 hrs

Note: All 300-level Core Courses listed above must be completed before enrollment in MGMT 490 - Business Policy. OM 374 can be taken concurrently with MGMT 490.

International Business Core: 9 hours

• IB 210 - Fundamentals of Global Business | GEGA 3 hrs
• IB 370 - International Business Ethics 1.5 hrs
• IB 375 - Doing Business in Countries/Regions 1.5 hrs

Students must take IB 375 three times to fulfill requirements as course content will change each semester to a different country or sub-region within the broader area of study.

Language Requirement: 0-6 hours

All international business students must complete FRNH, GERN, or JPNE 261. Depending on the past foreign language learning experience of individual students, they may be able to enter 261 directly. Conversely, students may need to begin foreign language study at a lower level, to be determined by the placement test in the Department of World Languages.

Foreign language credits may be used to satisfy General Education requirements. Students who have learned English as a second language may have minimum requirements of French, German, Japanese or Spanish waived.

• FRNH 261L5 - Introduction to Professional Language Study | GELB 3 hrs
• GERN 261L5 - Introduction to Professional Language Study | GELB 3 hrs
• JPNE 261 - Introduction to Professional Language Study 3 hrs

Study Abroad: 0-3 hours

All IB students must fulfill a study abroad experience. Please consult the Marketing Department for options.

Management Functional Area: 24 hours

Required Courses: 18 hours

• MGMT 384 - Human Resource Management 3 hrs
• MGMT 460 - Management Skills 3 hrs
• MGMT 480W - Management Responsibility and Ethics | GEWI 3 hrs
• MGMT 486 - Organizational Change and Team Building 3 hrs
• MGMT 492 - Managing World Business Communication 3 hrs
• MGMT 495 - International Management 3 hrs

Restricted Electives: 6 hours

Choose two courses from the following

MGMT 388 - Introduction to Entrepreneurship 3 hrs

• MGMT 403 - Managerial Communication: Theory and Application 3 hrs
• MGMT 450 - Leadership Theories and Practice 3 hrs
• MGMT 479 - Special Topics 3 hrs
• MGMT 481 - Managing the Entrepreneurial Venture 3 hrs
• MGMT 482 - Compensation Administration 3 hrs
• MGMT 483 - Staffing Organizations 3 hrs
• MGMT 484 - Management-Union Relations 3 hrs
• MGMT 485 - Human Resource Development 3 hrs
• MGMT 496 - Current Issues in Human Resource Management 3 hrs

International Business Electives: 9 hours

Choose nine hours from the following

• ACC 475 - International Accounting 3 hrs
• ECON 370 - Comparative Economic Systems 3 hrs
• ECON 480W - International Trade | GEWI 3 hrs
• FIN 370 - International Business Finance 3 hrs
• FLAN 489L4 - Internship in Language and International Trade | GELB 3 hrs
• IB 475 - International Business: Study Abroad Perspective 3 hrs
• IB 479 - Special Topics 3 hrs LAW 350 - International Business Law 3 hrs
• MKTG 375 - International Business Transactions 3 hrs
• MKTG 460 - Global Marketing 3 hrs
• SCM 465W - Global Supply Chain Management | GEWI 3 hrs