International Business, major

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Last updated: Feb 06, 2024 by Jim Leaman
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Contact: Jim Leaman
Degree: Bachelor of Arts
Semester Hours: 51
Core Intensives: Fulfills all Core intensives.

The major in international business is designed to prepare students for a management career in the international environment. It is grounded in an interdisciplinary approach in which the understanding of social structure, language, religion, and culture—in addition to a wide range of business skills—are seen as essential to the success of international business. International business majors are required to take part in intercultural experience in an international setting in order to develop skills in intercultural understanding, living and communication.

Admission Requirements: To graduate with a program major, students must first earn admission to the program. This typically occurs during the spring semester of the second year, and late-entry transfer students apply for admission after their first semester at EMU. Students must have program admission to apply for an internship and several upper-level courses. Students seek admission to the program by completing an application and an interview with their advisor; they must meet the GPA requirements of 2.00 overall and 2.50 for major courses taken at EMU. Students must maintain these GPA standards to retain admission and to graduate from the program. Many courses in the program have prerequisites; this requirement is met by earning a letter grade of C or higher on the prerequisite course before enrolling in subsequent courses (a grade of C- does not meet this requirement).

Required Courses (51 SH)

  • ACTG 221 Financial Accounting (3) 

  • ACTG 222 Managerial Accounting (3) 

  • BUAD 101 Business at EMU (3) 

  • BUAD 221 Principles of Management (3) 

  • BUAD 331 Organizational Behavior (3) 

  • *BUAD 441 International Business (3) 

  • BUAD 461 Strategic Leadership in Organizations (3) 

  • CIS 211 Spreadsheet and Data Management (1) 

  • CIS 251 Management Information Systems (3) 

  • ECON 201 Survey of Economics (3) 

  • *ECON 300 Environmental and Ecological Economics (3) 

  • FIN 440 Financial Management (3) 

  • MKTG 201 Principles of Marketing (3) 

  • PXD 375 Globalization and Justice (3) 

  • REL 223 World Religions (3) 

  • STAT 120 Descriptive Statistics (2) 

  • Any foreign language course beyond EMU's Core requirements (3)

  • Choose one course from this list:

    • ICHIS any history course from an intercultural experience (3) 

    • *HIST 432 History of the Middle East (3) 

    • HIST 461 Modern Europe (3)

    • *POL 230 International Norms and Institutions (3) 

    • *PPX 371 Peace and Security in East Asia (3) 

* indicates the course is offered in alternate years