Business Track

The B.A. in International Studies offers a business track for students seeking a degree program that combines a broad-based liberal arts core curriculum with course work in accounting, marketing, finance, economics, management, and business administration. This program prepares students for careers with international corporations, government agencies, and non-governmental and non-profit agencies that seek professionals with business and financial training, proficiency in at least one foreign language, and a general education in global and cultural issues.

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Business Track Curriculum

General Degree and College of Liberal Arts Requirements		Cr. Hrs.
English 1157 1158		6
Literature (in English, Spanish, French, of other language)		6
Math 1115 (or higher)		3
Math 2785		3
Science (two lectures in one science)		6
Science (one lecture in a second science/one of the science courses must be BIOS)		3
Arts (any course in Music, Fine Arts, Film, or Theater)		3
Foreign Language (one language) [1]		12
Computer Literacy (fulfilled by BA 2780 below)
Oral Competency (fulfilled by any 3000-level or higher conversation course in a foreign language)
	TOTAL	42

Special Requirements and Prerequisites for Core Curriculum		Cr. Hrs.
Foreign Language (3000 level or higher, not literature) [2]		6
Approved culture course (any 2000-level or above course in any discipline on a non-US culture)		3
Political Science 2700		3
Economics 1203 and Economics 1204		6
Sociology 1051		3
Business Administration 2780		3
	TOTAL	24

Core Curriculum		Cr. Hrs.
Anthropology 4765		3
Geography 4310		3
Economics 4261 or 4306		3
Political Science (any two courses from 4700 or 4800 series or 4900 series when appropriate)		6
Sociology 4094 or 4101, or 4124, or 4086		3
History (Two Options) Non-Western History Option. Any two 2000-level or above HIST courses with a non-U.S./non-European focus. Students with an area studies concentration should choose 6 hours unrelated to that area. Diplomatic History Option. Any two courses in diplomatic history.		6
	TOTAL	24

International Business Track (students should take courses in the following order if possible)		Cr. Hrs.
Accounting 2100		3
Marketing 3501		3
Marketing 4546		3
Finance 3300		3
Management 3401		3
Management 4446		3
One course selected from:		3
Economics 4261 or 4306
Hotel, Restaurant Tourism 2050
Or other courses approved by the director of the BAIS program
Or one of the following courses, which allow enrollment only after completion of a prerequisite course or special department or school consent, and may, therefore, add hours to the 120-hour program.
Hotel, Restaurant, Tourism 4250
Business Administration 3048
Accounting 4126
	Total	21

Electives		Cr. Hrs.
(minimum 7 hours)	TOTAL	9
	GRAND TOTAL	120

1. Foreign language proficiency must be demonstrated by passing 6 hours of 3000+ level non-literature courses in a language of choice, or competency to be determined by the Director of International Studies in consultation with the appropriate faculty in the Department of Foreign Languages..
2. If a conversation course is not included in these 6 hours, students should include in Electives a course that fulfills the oral competency requirement for majors in any Liberal Arts discipline.