1992-1993 Academic Catalog

118 Interdisciplinary Studies International Studies The international studies major utilizes courses from several academic disciplines to prepare students for a variety of internationally-focused careers. A distinct international studies core provides the foundation for all of the concentrations available in this major. Courses in anthropology, business, communications, culture, geography, history, linguistics, and political science provide students with the basic understanding they need to appreciate the diverse international community. Concentration options enable students to focus upon a particular area of interest within the international context. Three concentrations are available. The global economics and international business concentration provides students with an economic view of the international community. Utilizing courses in business, economics, and political science, this program prepares business-oriented students for careers in international management, marketing, and finance; comparative economics; missions; and the foreign service. Course requirements involve one hundred and nine quarter hours including: International studies core requirements . . . . . . . . 32 *ANTH-180 Cultural Anthropology ............ 5 BEPH-226 Religion and Culture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 BUS-291 International Business . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 **COM-314 Intercultural Communication ....... 4 GE0-250 Introduction to Geography . . . . . . . . . . . 2 GE0-352 World Regional Geography - East ...... 4 (or GE0-351 World Regional Geography - West 4) tHIST-203 History of Civilization ............. 4 LING-311 Linguistics for Language Learning . . . . . 5 Business administration core requirements . . . . . . 51 BUS-100 Business Briefs ................... 1 ACCT-211,212 Principles of Accounting . . . . . . . 10 CIS-220 Computer Information Systems . . . . . . . . . 3 BUS-211,212 Statistics ..................... 6 BUS-218 Business Law I ................... 4 ECON-231 Macroeconomics ................. 4 ECON-232 Microeconomics ................. 4 MGMT-350 Prin. of Organization & Management .. 4 MRKT-360 Principles of Marketing ............ 4 FIN-371 Business Finance .................. 4 BUS-422 Business Seminar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 MGMT-451 Administrative Policy and Strategy ... 4 BUS-499 Executive Development . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 Global economics and international business requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 ECON-335 Comparative Economic Systems . . . . . . 4 ECON-336 International Economics . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 ECON-338 Economic Development . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 MGMT-357 International Management .......... 4 (or MGMT-462 International Marketing . . . . . . . 4) Electives (selected from): .................. 10 HIST-405 Great Power Diplomacy ............ 4 MGMT-357 International Management .......... 4 MRKT-462 International Marketing ............ 4 POLS-365 International Relations . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Regional studies elective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Additional required cognate: ttGSCI-190 Calculus for Business ............ 5 *Satisfies the General Education requirement in social science **Satisfies the General Education requirement in history tSatisfies the General Education requirement of a humanities elective ttSatisfies the General Education requirement in mathematics "After finding what I felt were the fll'o best colleges for me, 1 chose Cedarville over Purdue because of its spiritual emphasis. And I have never regrelted it. My honors courses really challenged me to think because they integrated so many areas of knowledge. My international studies classes helped me gain a global perspective; they proved to be quite applicable during my term of study in France." A /992 international studies-social science graduate, Nikki Refior now attends the Indiana University Law School in Indianapolis.