International Business, B.B.A.

Bachelor of Business Administration Degree
Coles College of Business
Department of Marketing and Professional Sales
(470) 578-6060
http://coles.kennesaw.edu/

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.

The Coles College of Business has special admission, progression, and graduation requirements that must be met by students seeking the B.B.A. degree. In order to be able to take upper-division courses and graduate with an International Business B.B.A., students must successfully complete BUSA 2150 and the Coles College Sophomore GPA Requirement, and be admitted to the Coles Undergraduate Professional Program. Admission to the Coles Undergraduate Professional Program is separate from admission to Kennesaw State University. In addition, all business majors must earn a grade of “C” or better in all business courses counted toward their degree.

View the special admission, progression, and graduation requirements of the Coles College of Business.

International Business Majors must also earn a grade of “C” or better in the courses that satisfy their foreign language and international study experience requirements.

General Education (42 Credit Hours)

See listing of Requirements.

General Education Requirements Specific to This Major:

Area A2: MATH 1111 or MATH 1112 or MATH 1113
Area B2: FL 1002 (See language restrictions below)
Area D1: MATH 1160 or MATH 1190
Area E: ECON 2100

Foreign Language Requirement (12 Credit Hours)

12 hours of approved foreign language skills courses at the 2000- and 3000-level or above. Students must choose from Chinese, French, German, Italian, Korean, Portuguese, or Spanish and complete 2001, 2002, and 6 credit hours at the 3000- level or above that focus on foreign language skill development. These 3000- level courses must be approved by the Executive Director of the B.B.A. Program and should not be taken prior to receiving the Executive Director’s pre-approval.

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

Leadership and Career Program (0 Credit Hours)

Major Requirements (48 Credit Hours)

Upper Division Business Core (18 Credit Hours)

Information Technology Requirement (3 Credit Hours)

IS 3100:Information Systems Management

Major Field Requirements (15 Credit Hours)

Major Field Electives (9 Credit Hours)

Select 9 credit hours from the following:

BUSA 3500:Culture & International Business
ECON 4310:Economic Development in Global Perspective
IS 3220:Global IS Project Management
IS 4860:Global Information Systems Strategy
MGT 4125:International Entrepreneurship
MGT 4174:International Human Resource Management
MGT 4800:International Supply Chain Management
MGT/MKTG 4476:Contemporary Global Business Practices
MKTG 4500:Internet Marketing and Global Business
ASIA 3355:Cultures and Capitalisms in Asia
ASIA 3950:Technology Strategy in Asia
LDRS 3200:Leadership in a Global Society
CHIN 4404:Commercial Chinese
or
FREN 4404:Commercial French
or
GRMN 4404:Commercial German
or
SPAN 4404:Commercial Spanish
GEOG 3312:Geography of Europe
or
GEOG 3330:Economic Geography
or
GEOG 3350:Geography of Sub-Saharan Africa
or
GEOG 3360:Geography of Asia
or
GEOG 3370:Geography of Latin America and the Caribbean
- Other business and non-business courses that have appropriate international and/or business content might be approved by the Executive Director of the B.B.A. Program. These courses should not be taken prior to receiving the Executive Director’s pre-approval.

Business Elective (3 Credit Hours)

Three hours of credit from upper-division (3000/4000) course offerings inside the Coles College of Business. (A maximum of three hours of credit in Internships may be used in this area. Internships cannot be used in any other area.) See a Coles Professional Advisor before taking MGT courses to count here - some MGT courses cannot be used here.

Education Abroad Requirement

The International Business B.B.A. degree requires that six credit hours used towards meeting the above requirements be earned in an approved Education Abroad program(s), and that at least 3 of these credit hours are for a business or a foreign language course. These courses used to satisfy this requirement must be approved by the Executive Director of the B.B.A. Program and should not be taken prior to receiving the Executive Director’s pre-approval.

Program Total (120 Credit Hours)

University-Wide Degree Requirements (3 Credit Hours)

See listing of requirements.