International Business Minor

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Program Description

The International Business Minor is designed to provide you with a foundation in:

general business administration;
a specialty within business in finance, marketing, or personnel administration/industrial relations;
international business; and
international studies including languages and cultural and political background.

Coursework required for the minor has been combined into three modules: (A) Business Administration, (B) Specialty/International Business, and (C) International Studies. Students in Business Administration will have satisfied Module A as part of their Business Administration major and need only Modules B and C (a total of 40-48 units) to complete an International Business Minor . Students in the College of Letters, Arts, and Social Sciences with a major or minor in the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures, can easily have at least 24 units of Module C satisfied as part of their major or minor program, leaving them with Modules A and B, and possibly 8 units of C (a total of 40-48 units) to complete for an International Business Minor .

Minor Requirements

All three modules must be satisfied. Business Administration majors substituting the minor for an option must take all coursework in the minor for a letter grade. Note that units taken to satisfy the requirements of a minor can be applied to General Education requirements wherever applicable as long as the units are outside the prefixes of the student’s major. (Note: ACCT, ENTR, FIN, ITM, MGMT, and MKTG are prefixes in the Business Administration major.)

Note: Students must have completed the prerequisites listed in the course description for any course they use to satisfy the following requirements.

Module A, Business Administration (24 units)

Please consult the College of Business and Economics Student Services for Module A advising.

ACCT 2251 - Introduction to Financial Accounting Units: 4
ECON 2301 - Principles of Microeconomics Units: 4
ECON 2302 - Principles of Macroeconomics Units: 4
ECON 3107 - Global Economic Analysis Units: 4
or
MGMT 4670 - Multinational Business Units: 4
MGMT 3600 - Theories of Management Units: 4
MKTG 3401 - Marketing Principles Units: 4

Module B, Specialty/International Business (16 units)

Please consult the College of Business and Economics Student Services for Module B advising

I. Complete one of the three following specialty areas (8 units):

A. Finance

(Business Administration majors selecting the Finance specialty should choose FIN 4310 and FIN 4320 since they will be completing FIN 3300 as part of the upper division Business Administration core requirements.) Required (4 units):

FIN 3300 - Financial Management Units: 4

Choice of one (4 units):

FIN 4310 - Investment Analysis Units: 4
FIN 4320 - Problems in Corporate Finance Units: 4

B. Marketing

Required (8 units):

MKTG 3410 - Advertising Management Units: 4
MKTG 3445 - Marketing Research Units: 4

C. Human Resources Management (HRM)

(Business Administration majors selecting the HRM specialty should choose either MGMT 3610 and MGMT 4615 or MGMT 4680 and MGMT 4683.) Choice of one set (8 units):

Choice 1

MGMT 3610 - Strategic Human Resources Management Units: 4
MGMT 3680 - Employee Relations and Employment Law Units: 4
or
MGMT 4615 - Compensation and Reward Systems Units: 4

Choice 2

MGMT 3680 - Employee Relations and Employment Law Units: 4
and another upper-division MGMT course covering collective bargaining, labor law, and/or labor relations, with consent of advisor Units: 4

II. Select two courses from the following list, with one of the two courses being in the student’s chosen specialty area (8 units):

ECON 3107 - Global Economic Analysis Units: 4
ECON 4700 - International Trade Units: 4
ECON 4705 - International Finance Units: 4 (Finance specialty)
FIN 4375 - International Business Finance Units: 4
MGMT 4675 - International Human Resources Management Units: 4 (HRM specialty)
MKTG 4470 - International Marketing Units: 4 (Marketing specialty)

Module C, International Studies (24-32 units)

(All of the courses taken to satisfy items C II and C III in this module must have their content reaching primarily beyond the student’s native culture and geographic region. A student’s choices of language and area studies courses must relate to the same geographic region. Students whose native language is other than English may choose English as their second language, if their native language is determined by the committee administering the minor to have sufficient significance as a language of commerce. Students using English as their second language may make either U.S./Canada or Great Britain (not both) the focus of their C III coursework.)

Please consult Dr. Norman A. Bowen (Political Science) for Module C advising.

I. Choice of one of the following (4 units):

COMM 4830 - Intercultural Communication Units: 4
HIST 3550 - The History of U.S. Foreign Relations Units: 4
INTS 3100 - Global Systems Units: 4
POSC 3520 - International Relations Units: 4
SOC 3431 - Seminar in World Development Units: 4

II. Intermediate level competency in a modern language including a course in business terminology if available (0-24 units)

(Competency must be certified by the Cal State East Bay Department of Modern Languages and Literatures. Competency-certified language units based on other than regular classroom transcript coursework or based on courses challenged for CR/NC will not count as part of the minimum 24 units required for Module C.)

III. A minimum of 4 units in area studies

e.g., Latin America, Middle East, Northern Europe, Southeast Asia, with sufficient additional units in C III to bring the total acceptable credit units for Module C to a minimum of 24 units (4-20 units). (Courses for C III must be approved by the assigned International Business Minor advisor.)

A maximum of 48 units outside a Business Administration or Modern Language major is required.