International Business, BABA

Requirements

In order 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

II. Albers Business Foundation Requirements*

82 credits, including:

• BUAD 100 - Introduction to Business
• ACCT 230 - Principles of Accounting I (Financial)
• ACCT 231 - Principles of Accounting II (Managerial)
• BCOM 280 - Business Communication
• ECON 260 - Business Statistics
• ECON 271 - Principles of Economics - Macro
• ECON 272 - Principles of Economics - Micro
• ECON 310 - Quantitative Methods and Applications
• IS 315 - Introduction to Information Systems
• FINC 340 - Business Finance
• MKTG 350 - Introduction to Marketing
• OPER 360 - Operations and Supply Chain Management
• BLAW 370 - Business and International Law
• MGMT 380 - Principles of Management
• MGMT 489 - Business Policy and Strategy

III. Major Requirements*

25 upper-division credits, plus supplemental activities:

• INBU 486 - International Management
• Electives (Choose two from BLAW 476 , FINC 446 , MKTG 456 ) (10)
• Electives Business/economics courses with an international focus (10)

IV. Additional Requirements

• General electives to total 180 (18)

Supplemental activities may satisfy general elective requirements.

V. Supplemental Activities

Choose two activities from the following four:

• Demonstrate competency through the 135 level in a language other than English by successful course completion or acceptable performance on the Modern Language Competency Examination. The course may not be taken on a pass-fail, correspondence, or audit bases.  Competency in languages not offered by the Modern Languages Department  may be acceptable if approved by the International Business Program Director and successfully demonstrated to the Modern Languages Department.
• Complete a 3-5 credit internship (or the equivalent on a not-for-credit basis) with a company involved in international business in the Seattle area, pre-approved by the International Business Program Director.  See the Albers Placement Center regarding internships for credit and the International Business Academic Advisor regarding not-for-credit internships.
• Participate in an international experience pre-approved by the International Business Programs Director.  May include studies abroad, SU short-term summer field study, or other international experiences pre-approved by the International Business Programs Director.  Only coursework verified through the Education Abroad course approval process will be eligible to earn transfer credit towards the SU degree.
• Earn an international economic development or international studies minor.