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Albers School of Business and Economics

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Degree Requirements

International Business

Undergraduate Degree Requirements

Peter Raven, PhD, Program Director

from Seattle University's Bulletin of Information 2007-2008

Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration
Major in International Business

Degree Offered

Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration

Major

International Business

Objectives

The international business major prepares students for careers with firms engaged in international business. Emphasis is placed on perceiving the problems and opportunities of operating in an international environment.


To earn the bachelor of arts in business administration degree with a major in international business, students must complete a minimum of 180 quarter credits with a cumulative and major / program grade point average of 2.25, including the following:

I. Core Curriculum Requirements

Credits

ENGL 110

College Writing: Inquiry and Argument

5

PHIL 110

Introduction to Philosophy and Critical Thinking

5

Choose one of the following two courses:

5

HIST 120

Origins of Western Civilization

HIST 121

Studies in Modern Civilization

ENGL 120

Masterpieces of Literature

5

MATH 130

Elements of Calculus for Business (or MATH 134)*

5

Fine Arts

(one approved 5 cr. course; see course descriptions)

5

PHIL 220

Philosophy of the Human Person

5

Lab Science

5

Social Science I (not economics)

5

Social Science II (ECON 271 required)*

5

Theology and Religious Studies Phase II (200-299)

5

Ethics (BETH 351/PHIL 351 required)

5

Theology and Religious Studies Phase III (300-399)

5

Interdisciplinary satisfied with major

Senior Synthesis filled by MGMT 489

*Major requirement and must earn a C- grade or better.
See detailed core curriculum information in the Bulletin of Information.

II. Additional Albers Requirements

Non-business elective (or MATH 118*)

5

III. Albers Business Foundation Requirements*

Seventy credits, including:

ACCT 230

Principles of Accounting I

5

ACCT 231

Principles of Accounting II

5

ECON 260

Business Statistics

5

ECON 272

Principles of Economics-Micro

5

ECON 310

Quantitative Methods and Applications

5

MGMT 280

Communication for Business*

5

ECIS 315

Introduction to Information Systems and E-Commerce

5

Choose one of the following two courses:

5

MGMT 320

Global Environment of Business

ECON 330

International Economic Events and Business Decisions

FINC 340

Business Finance

5

MKTG 350

Introduction to Marketing

5

OPER 360

Manufacturing and Service Operations

5

BLAW 370

Business and International Law

5

MGMT 380

Principles of Management

5

MGMT 489

Business Policy and Strategy

5

IV. Major Requirements*

Twenty-five upper-division credits, plus supplemental activities:

ECON 386

International Business Enterprise

5

MGMT 486

International Management

5

Electives

(Choose two from BLAW 476, FINC 446, MKTG 456)

10

Electives

Business/economics course with an international focus

5

V. Additional Requirements

General electives to total 180

15

Supplemental activities may satisfy general elective requirements.

VI. Supplemental Activities

Choose two activities from the following four:

  1. Demonstrate competency through the 135 level in a language other than English. This competency is ordinarily achieved by successful completion of the three-course sequence:115,125,and 135.No courses in the sequence may be taken on a pass-fail, correspondence, or audit basis. Placement into other than the beginning course of the sequence is achieved by acceptable performance on the Modern Language Competency Examination. See the Modern Languages Department for details on the examinations. Latin and other languages not in use will not be accepted.

  2. A two-quarter, five-credit internship with a company involved in international business in the Seattle area, approved by the Albers Placement Center.

  3. A minimum of one quarter (15 quarter credits) of related studies abroad in an acceptable program. The course work must be approved prior to study abroad by the Albers School and Seattle University.

  4. International Studies minor

Please Note: 
Internships and independent studies may not be used to satisfy a major requirement.

*Major requirements must earn a C- grade or better.



The Albers School is AACSB accredited

 

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