1995-1996 Academic Catalog

16 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, geogra– phy, history, linguistics, and political science provide students with the basic understanding they need to appreciate the diverse international community. Concen– tration 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 busi– ness, economics, and political science, this program prepares business-oriented students for careers in interna– tional 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 1 • 2 ANTH-180 Cultural Anthropology .............................. 5 2 BEPH-226 Religion and Culture .................................... 5 BUS-291 International Business .................................... 3 2 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) 3 HIST-203 History of Civilization .................................. 4 LING-308 Linguistics for Language Learning ............... 5 Business administration core requirements ................. 51 ACCT-211,212 Principles of Accounting ..................... 10 BUS-100 Business Prologue ........................................... 1 BUS-211,212 Statistics ................................................... 6 BUS-218 Business Law I ................................................ 4 BUS-422 Business Seminar ............................................ 3 BUS-499 Executive Development (3 quarters) ............... 0 CIS-220 Computer Information Systems ........................ 3 ECON-233Microeconomics ........................................... 4 ECON-234Macroeconomics .......................................... 4 FIN-371 Financial Management of the Firm ................... 4 MGMT-350 Prin. of Organization and Management ...... 4 MGMT-451 Administrative Policy and Strategy ............ 4 MRKT-360 Principles of Marketing .............................. .4 Global economics and international business requirentents ................................................................. 26 ECON-335 Comparative Economic Systems .................. 4 ECON-336 International Economics ............................... 4 ECON-338EconomicDevelopment ................................ 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: 5 GSCI-190 Calculus for Business ................................... 5 'Satisfies the General Education requirement in social science 2 Satisfies the General Education requirement of a humanities elective 3 Satisfies the General Education requirement in history 4 Satisfies the General Education requirement in literature 5 Satisfies the General Education requirement in math– ematics International business professor Richard Baldwin brings experiences in Japan and Russia to the business classroom.