Bachelor of Science. Business Administration. International Business – (B.Sc.)

The International Business program is interdisciplinary. It prepares students for careers with multinational corporations, financial institutions with foreign operations or government agencies involved in international trade and finance. Graduates find career opportunities with international banks, multinational corporations or with other international organizations. Options include working for a foreign company abroad, working for an American company abroad, or working for an American company trading with another country. Attending graduate school to focus on a chosen field, in international business is also a possibility.

Degree Structure

Business Core Requirement: 42 credit hours
*International Business Concentration: 15 credit hours
Liberal Arts Requirement: 48 credit hours
Foreign Language Requirement: 12 credit hours (for students whose first language is English)
Electives: 3-15 credit hours
Total: 120 credit hours (minimum)
* International Business Concentration - students are required to select a total of 15 credit hours (at least 3 different areas) from the following:

ACCT-316 **International Accounting for Global OrganizationsECON-379 **Economic, Political, and Social Development in Latin AmericaECON-395 **Political Economy of the European UnionECON-416 **History of Economic AnalysisECON-430 **International TradeECON-431 **Exchange Rates and the Global EconomyECON-445 **Economics of International MigrationECON-456 **Economic DevelopmentFIN-425 **International Finance ManagementIB-302Latin American BusinessIB-304Asian BusinessIB-310Geopolitics for Global BusinessIB-320 **Geopolitics of Multinational Firms IB-480 **International Business InternshipIB-493Special Topics in International BusinessMGT-320 **Managing Ideas in Entrepreneurial FirmsMIS-360Global Information ManagementMKT-455 **International Marketing ** Offered at SLU-Madrid

SAMPLE PROGRAM OF STUDY

FRESHMAN YEAR Semester ISemester II ENGL-150 The Process of Composition

PSY-101 General Psychology

MATH-120 College Algebra

HIST-111 Origins of The Modern World to 1600

Natural Science

ITM-200 Intro. to Management Information Systems

ENGL-190 Advanced Strategies of Rhetoric and Research 3

CMM-120 Intro. to Public Speaking

ECON-190 Principles of Economics

MATH-132/142 Calculus I

SOPHOMORE YEARSemester ISemester II MGT-218 Legal Environment of Business I
ACCT-220 Fundamentals of Financial Accounting
ECON-314 Intermediate Microeconomics
THEO-100 Theological Foundations
POLS-105 Historical Intro. to Philosophy

ACCT-222 Managerial Accounting
DSCI-207 Intro. to Business Statistics
ECON-312 Intermediate Macroeconomics
ENGL-202,220, 230,or 240
IB-200 Intro. to International Business

JUNIOR YEAR Semester ISemester II PHIL-205 Ethics
ENGL-4XX Literature or Art
MKT-300 Intro. to Marketing Management
FIN-301 Principles of Finance
MGT-300 Management Theory and Practice

THEO-2XX
or 3XX
Social Science
Business Concentration
DSCI-305 Intro. to Management Sciences and Production Systems
Elective

SENIOR YEARSemester ISemester II Business Concentration
Business Concentration
HIST-112 Origins of the Modern World 1600 A.D. to the Present
Natural Science
Elective

Business Concentration
Business Concentration
MGT-400 Strategic Management and Business Policy
PHIL or THEO upper level
Elective

B.S.B.A. graduation requirements:

* IB Concentration must be completed in at three areas in addition to IB-200.
* IB requirement of 12 credit hours of a foreign language for students whose first language is English may be completed, in part, by replacement of 6 of the 12 credit hours of English.
* IB Concentration must be completed in residence at SLU/SLU-Madrid.
* Common Graduation Requirements: Final 30 degree credit hours along with 50% of required business course credit in (SLU/SLU-Madrid) University residence; a minimum GPA of 2.0 in total degree credits and, separately, in business course credit.