Economics and Finance, International Business Concentration, B.B.A.

General Statement: Students with an International Business concentration acquire a better sense of the global business environment. In particular, this concentration prepares students to seek challenging opportunities that are available globally. Learning to speak another language, and/or being an intern in an international business, which is a requirement in this concentration, gives a clear advantage to students with this concentration, particularly in an ever-changing global environment.

General Education Requirements: See College of Business General Education Requirements .

Requirements for the BBA Degree - 120 Credit Hours Total

General Education and Business Core:

General Education and Business Core are common for all students majoring in Accounting, Business Administration, Business Information Systems, and Economics/Finance.

General Education Requirements - 36 Credit Hours

Lower Division Business Core - 21 Credit Hours

Upper Division Business Core - 27 Credit Hours

Elective Requirements - 6 Credit Hours

Business Elective (3)
Business or Non-Business Elective (3)

Note:

* MGMT 4500 may not be taken until all other business lower division and upper division core courses have been satisfactorily completed and should be taken during the final semester of enrollment.

Finance Concentration (30 Hours):

ACCT 4250 - International Accounting (3)
BISI 3500 - Data Mining (3)
ECON 4100 - International Economics (3)
ECON 4150 - Economic Development (3)
ECON 4600 - Introduction to Business Intelligence (3)
ECON 4910 - Internship (3)
or
ECON 4980 - Independent Study (3)
FINA 4700 - International Finance (3)
MGMT 4120 - International Business Management (3)
MKTG 4350 - International Marketing (3)
Business Elective (3)

Suggested Four-Year Plan

Freshman Year

Fall Semester

Total: 16 Hours

*An Orientation course taken at another University does NOT meet this requirement. Students with less than 6 credit hours must take UNIV 1000 at TSU.

**Students must take 3 credit hour courses from the following list of approved general education Humanities courses: AREN 2310, ART, 1010, HIST 1000, THTR 1020, MUSC 1010, PHIL 1030, or RELS 2010.

Spring Semester

ENGL 1020 - Freshman English II (3)
Natural Science w/Lab** (4)
BISI 2150 - Microcomputer Applications (3)
Non-Business Elective (3)
ECON 2010 - Principles of Economics I (3)

Total: 16 Hours

**Natural Science-Must have 8 semester hours which includes the appropriate labs. Recommended courses are

BIOL 1020/1021, BIOL 1010/1011, BIOL 1110/1111, BIOL 1120/1112, CHEM 1030/1031, CHEM 1110/1111, CHEM 1120/1121, PHYS 2010/20 CHEM 1040/1041, PHYS 2040/2041 or ASTR 1020. Students must remember NOT to duplicate course options from a previous semester.

Sophomore Year

Fall Semester

ACCT 2010 - Accounting Principles I (Financial) (3)
ECON 2020 - Principles of Economics II (3)
ENGL Literature (3) *
Natural Science w/Lab** (4)
HIST 2010 - American History I (3)

Total: 15 Hours

Spring Semester

ACCT 2020 - Accounting Principles II (Managerial) (3)
ECON 2040 - Introduction to Statistical Analysis I (3)
ENGL LIT or Humanities (3) *
BISE 3150 - Business Communications (3)
HIST 2020 - American History II (3)

Total: 15 Hours

*Students must take 3 credit hour courses from the following list of approved general education Humanities courses: AREN

2310, ART, 1010, THTR 1020, MUSC 1010, PHIL 1030, HIST 1000 or RELS 2010. Courses within the range of ENGL 2012-2322 will also meet this Humanities requirement. Students must remember NOT to duplicate a Humanities course option from a previous semester.

**HIST 2010, HIST 2020, HIST 2030, HIST 2060, HIST 2070, or HIST 2700 will satisfy this requirement. Students must remember

NOT to duplicate the History course option from a previous semester.

Junior Year

Fall Semester

Total: 15 Hours

Spring Semester

Total: 15 Hours

Senior Year

Fall Semester

Total: 15 Hours

Spring Semester

ACCT 4250 - International Accounting (3)
FINA 4700 - International Finance (3)
MGMT 4500 - Business Strategy and Policy (3)
Business Elective (3)
Non-Business Elective (3)

Total: 12 Hours

*To enroll in MGMT 4500 a student must have: (1) senior standing; and (2) satisfactorily completed all lower division AND upper division business CORE courses.

**Business electives include: MGMT 4040, MGMT 4100, MGMT 4120, MGMT 4500, BISI 3500, BISI 3610, and BISI 3620

Note:

* These courses must be chosen from the University’s approved list of general education courses.
** Students that do not have an equivalent course must take the listed course as a non-business elective.