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Faculty Contacts: Kent Jones
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The International Business Environment concentration provides a “macro” view of markets and institutions in the global economy. It will prepare students for careers involving international market analysis such as international commercial and investment banking, portfolio analysis and risk assessment, new market development, international business consulting and international business law. The foundational courses focus on an understanding of global markets and institutions (part I). The concentration will allow the student to combine courses in broader areas of economic development, regional business environment, and/or international law, management, marketing, trade and finance. The student will be encouraged to combine the core courses with supplemental coursework in related international subjects such as language, history, politics and culture.
Required Courses: The International Business Environment concentration shall consist of four courses, to be chosen from the two lists below.
At least one of the four courses MUST be a non-economics course.
Part I: At least THREE courses from the following list of seven courses. Each course is worth four credits:
• ECN3660-International Trade Theory and Policy
• ECN3665-International Finance
• ECN3645-Business and Economic Policy in Developing Countries
• LAW3601-International Public Law
• POL 3678-Global Politics: Conflict and Collaboration
• ECN3625 Business Environment of the New Europe
• ECN3662-Political Economy of Latin American Development and Underdevelopment
• EXP 3661 Culture, Society, and Entrepreneurship in Developing Economies
AND
Part II: ONE course, which may be selected from either the following list of three courses, OR from the remaining courses on the part I list above, with the general requirement that at least one of the four courses selected be a non-economics course. Consultation with a faculty advisor will seek to determine the best combination of courses, based on the interests and needs of the student. Again, each course is worth four credits:
• MOB3560-International Business Enterprises
• LAW3560-International Law for Business
• ECN3650 Contemporary Economic Systems
Recommended Supplemental Courses (but not required).
Students can achieve additional breadth in their knowledge of the international business environment through other advanced liberal arts electives that deal with global or regional issues, in areas as diverse as history, politics, and anthropology. Students should consult with the concentration advisor to consider the best choice.
• Language study (to facilitate communications in specific business environments)
• ANT3672 World Religions in Everyday Life (to understand the underlying world view and outlook of other cultures) (Inactive)
•HIS3671 Peoples and Cultures of the Americas (to learn the cultural/historical elements that shape society)
•HIS 3600 Modern Japan (for deeper study of national historical and political context in Japan’s economy)
•HIS 3680 Modern China (for deeper study of national historical and political context in China’s economy)
•POL3676 Modern European Politics (to understand the political context of European business and economic institutions)
