International Business B.S.B.A
Chair: Senior Lecturer Rich
A Bachelor of Science in Business Administration degree with a major in International Business with only one study abroad experience requires the completion of the Elon Core Curriculum as well as the Major Requirements listed below.
Major Requirements:
Economics Requirements 3000 Level
International Business majors should choose one of the following classes: ECON 3500, ECON 3110, or ECON 3300 to satisfy their economics requirement. Double majors should pick the ECON class best for their primary major.
International Business classes applied to other Majors or Minors
Students double majoring in two B.S.B.A. majors, a course eligible for two majors can only count towards one major. For example, MKT 4160 can count towards the MKT and IB majors. Therefore, if a student is double majoring in MKT and IB and takes MKT 4160, this course can count toward the MKT or IB major, but not both.
Core Requirements
Select one course from the following courses: 4 sh
Additional Core Requirements:
| ACC2010 | Principles of Accounting | 4 sh |
| BUS1110 | Gateway to Business | 4 sh |
| BUS2110 | Management Information Systems | 4 sh |
| BUS2210 | Legal and Ethical Environment of Business | 4 sh |
| BUS3985 | Internship in Business | 1-2 sh |
| BUS4970 | Strategic Management | 4 sh |
| ECO1000 | Principles of Economics | 4 sh |
| ECO2300 | Statistics for Decision Making | 4 sh |
| FIN3430 | Principles of Finance | 4 sh |
| MGT3230 | Principles of Management and Organizational Behavior | 4 sh |
| MKT3110 | Principles of Marketing | 4 sh |
Required course for all International Business majors:
Select one course from the following:
| ECO3500 | Business Economics | 4 sh |
| ECO3120 | Money and Banking | 4 sh |
| ECO3100 | Intermediate Macroeconomic Theory | 4 sh |
| ECO3110 | International Trade and Finance | 4 sh |
| ECO3200 | Intermediate Microeconomic Theory | 4 sh |
| ECO3300 | Introduction to Econometrics | 4 sh |
International Business Major Course Requirements
Select one course from the following:
| ACC3360 | Cost Accounting | 4 sh |
| BUS3260 | Operations and Supply Chain Managment | 4 sh |
| MGT3100 | Foundations of Business Analytics | 4 sh |
Select 16 hours from the following areas:
Functional Area Course: 8 sh
Select two courses from the following courses:
For those students double-majoring within the LSB, these functional area courses can only count for one LSB major.
Regional Area Course: 4 sh
Four hours of 3000/4000 level course work that explicitly has an international regional or geographic-regional focus in the course description and complements the student’s language proficiency, chosen from any of the following:
Africa
| ARH3410 | Issues in African Art | 4 sh |
| COR4040 | Africans and African Development | 4 sh |
| ENG3830 | African Experience in Literature | 4 sh |
| HST3130 | Modern Africa | 4 sh |
Asia
| COR3330 | Religion and Art of Asia | 4 sh |
| ENG3820 | Postcolonial Asian Literature and Globalization | 4 sh |
| HST3210 | China: Empire and Revolution, 1800-Present | 4 sh |
| PHL3520 | Eastern Philosophy | 4 sh |
| POL3620 | India and South Asia | 4 sh |
| REL3560 | Chinese "Religions" from Confucius to Mao | 4 sh |
| REL3570 | Sages and Samurai: Religion in the Japanese Experience | 4 sh |
| REL3600 | Hindu Goddesses: From Myths to Movies | 4 sh |
| REL3620 | Religion and Storytelling in Hindu Worlds | 4 sh |
Europe
| ACT3320 | Acting IV: Special Topics | 2-4 sh |
| COR3020 | Italian Cinema | 4 sh |
| COR3570 | Rome | 4 sh |
| COR3800 | Italy: [Course Topic Varies Each Semester] | 4 sh |
| FRE3010 | Reel Stories: Contemporary Topics Through Film | 4 sh |
| FRE3013 | Business Cultures of the Francophone World | 4 sh |
| FRE3061 | Perspectives on Early France | 4 sh |
| FRE3062 | Perspectives on Modern France | 4 sh |
| FRE3063 | Perspectives on the Francophone World | 4 sh |
| FRE3060 | Perspectives on French Civilization | 4 sh |
| GER3010 | Germany Between Empire and Nazism | 4 sh |
| GER3020 | Germany During and After World War II | 4 sh |
| GER3030 | Divided Germany, 1949-89 | 4 sh |
| GER3040 | Germany in the New Millennium | 4 sh |
| HST3260 | History of Ancient Greece | 4 sh |
| HST3270 | History of the Roman Republic and Empire | 4 sh |
| HST3380 | Germany: War, Democracy and Hitler, 1914-1945 | 4 sh |
| HST3390 | A History of the Holocaust | 4 sh |
| ITL3210 | Italian Conversation | 4 sh |
| REL3840 | Modern Jewish Thought | 4 sh |
| SPN3330 | Defining Moments of the Spanish Speaking World | 4 sh |
Latin America
| ENG3810 | Latin American Literature and Culture | 4 sh |
| HST3510 | History of Modern Mexico | 4 sh |
| HST3530 | Colonial Latin America | 4 sh |
| HST3540 | Modern Latin America | 4 sh |
| POL3680 | Latin American Politics | 4 sh |
| SPN 3150 | Exploring Identity in the Spanish Speaking World | 4 sh |
| SPN3160 | Spanish Speaking Cultures Through Film | 4 sh |
| SPN3300 | Today's Spanish-Speaking World Through Media | 4 sh |
| SPN3580 | In Search of Identity | 4 sh |
| SPN3600 | Voices of Identity through Spanish Phonetics | 4 sh |
Middle East
| COR3590 | Media and the Middle East | 4 sh |
| ENG3840 | Middle Eastern Literature | 4 sh |
| HST3160 | The Modern Middle East | 4 sh |
| PHL3500 | The Spirit of Israel | 4 sh |
| POL3660 | Middle East Politics | 4 sh |
| REL3630 | Women in Islam: Veneration, Veils and Voices | 4 sh |
For students who are pursuing a double major OR for students who take a second Interdisciplinary Seminar, 3000/4000-level COR classes that have a regional focus can be applied to the requirement.
Global Politics and Society Course: 4 sh
Four hours of 3000/4000 level course work that explicitly has a global or international (non-region specific) focus depicted in the course description, chosen from any of the following:
| COM3300 | International Communications | 4 sh |
| CTA3360 | International Cinema | 4 sh |
| ENG3800 | Advanced World Literature | 4 sh |
| GEO3100 | Development and the Environment in Latin America, Africa and Asia | 4 sh |
| GEO3450 | Global Environmental Change | 4 sh |
| HSS3500 | International Human Services | 4 sh |
| HSS3510 | Global Violence Against Women | 4 sh |
| HST3490 | Comparative Slavery in the Atlantic World | 4 sh |
| IGS3700-3790 | TOPICS IN INTERNATIONAL AND GLOBAL STUDIES | |
| PHS3020 | Global Health | 4 sh |
| PUB3420 | U.S. Foreign Policy | 4 sh |
| PUB3440 | International Environmental Policy | 4 sh |
| POL3410 | International Organizations | 4 sh |
| POL3430 | International Law | 4 sh |
| POL3450 | International Terrorism | 4 sh |
| POL3460 | International Security | 4 sh |
| POL3480 | International Human Rights | 4 sh |
| POL3490 | Global Political Economy | 4 sh |
| POL3590 | Political Communication | 4 sh |
| POL3620 | India and South Asia | 4 sh |
| REL3580 | Sites and Rites: Sacred Space and Ritual in World Religions | 4 sh |
For students who are pursuing a double major OR for students who take a second Interdisciplinary Seminar, 3000/4000-level COR classes that have global focus can be applied to the requirement.
For only those students double-majoring in International Business, these elective hours can count towards their upper-level Elon Core Curriculum requirements.
Substitutions: One or more of these courses can be replaced by coursework abroad, provided the student has taken INB 2500. Substitute courses must be upper-division courses and may be taught in the language of the host institution. Study abroad substitutions must be approved in advance by the chair of the department or preapproved substitutions obtained from the Registrar. If additional substitutions are necessary because of study abroad curriculum changes, the department chair will approve when possible the available substitute options which meet the requirements of the international business major.
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS
REQUIRED MINOR OR DOUBLE MAJOR:
To promote academic depth, all students must complete a minor in World Languages and Cultures OR a second major of the student's choosing.
INTERMEDIATE LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY:
Students must attain intermediate proficiency in a modern world language by:
(a) passing a modern world language course at the 2020 level OR placing above the 2020 level and
(b) taking AT LEAST one course at Elon in their chosen language.
SEMESTER ABROAD:
International business majors are required to study abroad for a semester. It is recommended, but not required, that students choose a region or country relevant to their language proficiency.
*Total number of hours depends on the number of internship hours and the amount of world language needed to meet the world language requirement.
Total Credit Hours: 73-81