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 1000 - Introduction to Business
• ACCT 2300 - Principles of Accounting I (Financial)
• ACCT 2310 - Principles of Accounting II (Managerial)
• BCOM 2800 - Business Communication
• ECON 2100 - Business Statistics
• ECON 2110 - Principles of Economics - Micro
• ECON 2130 - Principles of Economics - Macro
• ECON 3100 - Quantitative Methods and Applications
• IS 3150 - Introduction to Information Systems
• FINC 3400 - Business Finance
• MKTG 3500 - Introduction to Marketing
• OPER 3600 - Operations and Supply Chain Management
• BLAW 3700 - Business and International Law
• MGMT 3800 - Principles of Management
• MGMT 4890 - Business Policy and Strategy

III. Major Requirements*

25 upper-division credits, plus supplemental activities:

• INBU 4860 - International Management
• Electives (Choose two from BLAW 4760 , FINC 4460 , MKTG 4560 ) (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.
• Participation in Seattle University’s International Development Internship Program may satisfy 5 quarter credits of major electives.