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. Students also complete a Concentration Area in one of the business functional disciplines.

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)

Specific General Education requirements for this Major:

In Area A:

In Area B:

In Area D:

In Area E:

ECON 2100 - Principles of Microeconomics

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

Foreign Language Requirement* (9 Credit Hours)

9 hours of pre-approved foreign language skills courses at the 2000- and 3000-level or above (Students must choose from Chinese, French, German, Italian, or Spanish, and complete 2001, 2002, and 3302 or 3303.)

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 Requirement** (3 Credit Hours)

Program Total (123 Credit Hours)

Notes:

* IB Foreign Language Requirement - 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.

** IB International Study Experience Requirement - Students must take 3 credit hours of pre-approved Study Abroad or Exchange Program courses or a pre-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 an F-1 Student Visa should meet with a Staff Advisor to discuss this requirement.