College of Business & Economics

Department of Management

Business Administration Major: International Business Concentration

With a growing global economy, it is important to understand different cultures and how business is conducted abroad. While international business topics are incorporated in the business administration major, students may choose to focus on it with the international business concentration. This concentration provides students with a more global view of business while also allowing them to study and understand other cultures and languages.

The requirements for the business administration major with the international business concentration include 21 units of lower-level required courses, 33 units of upper-level business required courses and 21 units of international business courses.

These requirements are for catalog year 2012-2013. If your catalog year is different, please refer to your specific catalog to view the requirements. You may also refer to the correct Advising Form for your catalog year.

Lower-Level Required Courses (21-22 units)

Course Number	Course Name
ACCT 201 or ACCT 211	Principles of Financial Accounting (3) or Honors Principles of Financial Accounting (3)
ACCT 202 or ACCT 212	Principles of Managerial Accounting (3)or Honors Principles of Managerial Accounting (3)
ECON 201 or ECON 203	Microeconomics Principles (3) or Honors Microeconomic Principles (3)
ECON 202 or ECON 204	Macroeconomics Principles (3) or Honors Macroeconomic Principles (3)
LEGL 225	Legal Environment of Business (3)
MATH 211 or MATH 273	Calculus for Applications (3) or Calculus I (4)
ECON 205 or MATH 231 or 233	Statistics for Business and Economics I (3) or Basic Statistics (3) or Honors Basic Statistics (3)
Completion of the Computer Proficiency Exam (CPE) with a passing score of 70 percent or higher.

Upper-Level BUAD Required Courses (33 units)

Course Number	Course Name
BUSX 301	Business Cornerstone (3) Note: University Core-Advanced writing course is taken prior to or concurrent with BUSX 301.
BUSX 460	Professional Experience (3) Note: Requires approved internship
EBTM 306	Fundamentals of Project Management and Business Decisions (3)
EBTM 337	Information Technology (3)
EBTM 311	Principles of e-Business (3)
EBTM 365	Principles of Operations Management (3)
FIN 331	Principles of Financial Management (3)
MKTG 341	Principles of Marketing (3)
MNGT 361	Principles of Management (3)
MNGT 481	Business Strategy and Policy (3)
MNGT 482	Business Ethics and Sustainability (3)

NOTE: All Accounting, Business Administration, and e-Business majors are required to take the Comprehensive Test of Core Business Knowledge (PDF) in the capstone course, Business Strategy, MNGT 481.

International Business Concentration (21 units)

Course Number	Course Name
MNGT 375	International Business: Theory & Practice (3)
FIN 435	International Finance (3)
MKTG 445	International Marketing (3)
MNGT 438	Multinational Management and Culture (3)
Three additional courses (total of 9 units) to develop an understanding of the linguistic, economic, sociocultural, and physical environments of foreign countries or regions from the following:
Foreign language	a maximum of 9 Intermediate or 200+ level or above units
ANTH 368	Development and Industrialization: Cross-Cultural Perspective (3)
ECON 305	Survey of International Economics (3)
ENTR 403	International Entrepreneurship (3)
MKTG/MNGT 479	Special Topics (can include travel and study abroad)
MNGT 494	Study Abroad in Management (3)

Applying to the Major

There are admission and application requirements for the business administration major with the international business concentration. Find out how to apply to the major.