International Business B.B.A.

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Bachelor of Business Administration Degree
Coles College of Business Office for Undergraduate Programs
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The program of study in International Business is designed for students who are actively seeking to focus their education on the international dimensions of business. The curriculum for this major provides students with a solid foundation of traditional liberal arts components of a baccalaureate education, the traditional components of a business school education, plus the international dimensions of business, foreign language, and an international study experience. Additionally, the program is structured to provide students with a solid foundation of disciplinary knowledge in one of the business functional areas.

All business majors must meet the Coles College Sophomore GPA Requirement and be admitted to the Coles College Undergraduate Professional Program. In addition, all business majors must earn a grade of “C” or better in all business courses counted toward their degree. International Business Majors must also earn a grade of “C” or better in the courses which satisfy their foreign language and international study experience requirements.

General Education (42 Credit Hours)

(See listing of requirements)

In the General Education requirements, all International Business Majors must take:

MATH 1111 - College Algebra
or
MATH 1112 - College Trigonometry
or
MATH 1113 - Precalculus
MATH 1106 - Elementary Applied Calculus
or
MATH 1190 - Calculus I
ECON 2100 - Principles of Microeconomics
FL 1002 - Introduction to Foreign Language and Culture II (Additional Foreign Language hours that build on this course are required. IB majors must choose from Chinese, French, German, Italian, or Spanish.)
GEOG 2105 - Social Issues: Perspectives in Geography (recommended in General Education)

University-Wide Fitness For Living Requirement (3 Credit Hours)

Foreign Language* (9 Credit Hours)

9 hours of foreign language at the 2000-level or above (Students must complete 2001, 2002, and 3302 or 3303 in Chinese, French, German, Italian, or Spanish.)

Lower Division Business Core (AREA F) (18 Credit Hours)

Upper Division Major Requirements (48 Credit Hours)

Upper Division Business Core (18 Credit Hours)

Major Field Requirements (18 Credit Hours)

MGT 3600 - Introduction to International Business

And select fifteen credit hours from the following:

Major Field Electives (12 Credit Hours)

Select one of the following Concentrations:

Accounting

Economics

And any two of the following (6 Credit Hours):

Finance

And any two of the following (6 Credit Hours):

Management

MGT 4125 - International Entrepreneurship
MGT 4800 - International Supply Chain Management
MGT 4174 - International Human Resource Management
And any other 4000-level MGT course not already used (3 Credit Hours)

Marketing

MKTG 4100 - Marketing Research
MKTG 4150 - Consumer Behavior
MKTG 4990 - Marketing Management
And any other 4000-level MKTG course not already used (3 Credit Hours)

International Study Experience** (3 Credit Hours)

Program Total (123 Credit Hours)

Notes:

* Students who are already fluent in a foreign language should meet with a Staff Advisor in the Business Undergraduate Advising Center (BB 431) to discuss this requirement. If it is determined that you do not have to take the foreign language courses, you will still have to complete 9 credit hours of electives that are approved by the Associate Dean for Undergraduate Business Programs.

** Students must take 3 credit hours of approved Study Abroad or Exchange Program courses or an approved international internship to satisfy this requirement. Students must get approval from the Associate Dean for Undergraduate Business Programs before signing up for the hours to be used for this requirement. Students are required to work with a Staff Advisor in the Business Undergraduate Advising Center (BB 431), and the Staff Advisor will present the proposal for approval to the Associate Dean. Once submitted to the Associate Dean, processing of requests for Exchanges, internships, and non-Coles Study Abroad courses takes approximately four weeks. Information about KSU’s policies, procedures, and proposal forms related to education abroad are available from the KSU Office of International Programs (WH 202). Information about which BBA courses are allowed to be taken abroad is available from Staff Advisors in the Business Undergraduate Advising Center (BB 431). Students attending KSU on a student visa should meet with a Staff Advisor to discuss this requirement.