To prepare for this career path, you'll need to know about business administration and about international business. To communicate effectively, you'll need to know a foreign language and how it's used in business. The B.A. in International Business prepares you for this career path and offers concentrations in Chinese, French, German, Japanese, Portuguese and Spanish.
Foreign Language Proficiency: Intermediate competency in the appropriate foreign language is prerequisite to the required concentration courses. To achieve the required competency level, students should enroll in French, German, Japanese, Portuguese, or Spanish courses in consultation with an advisor in the Department of Foreign Languages and Literature, Humanities Building , Room 835C. The advisor will determine which foreign language courses students are prepared for based on prior experience or study.
Major Requirements (75 units)
| Capstone Core Course (3 units) | |
| Management 480 | Global Strategic Management (3) |
| Required Collateral Elective (minimum 3 units) Minimum of three units chosen from among the following electives: |
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| Anthropology 412 | Culture Change (3) |
| Anthropology 414 | Economic Anthropology (3) |
| Geography 333 | Latin America (3) |
| Geography 336 | Europe (3) |
| Geography 340 | Asia (3) |
| Geography 344 | Africa (3) |
| Geography 360 | Economic Geography (3) |
| History 350 | History of Latin American Civilization (3) |
| History 429 B | Europe Since 1914 (3) |
| History 453 | History of Mexico (3) |
| Philosophy 312 | Business and Professional Ethics (3) |
| Pol Sc 431 | Government & Politics of a Selected Area (3) |
| Pol Sc 457 | Politics of International Economics (3) |
| HComm 320 | Inter Cultural Communication (3) |
Required Concentration (15 units from one of the following areas)
REQUIREMENTS IN OTHER SUBJECTS, GRADES AND RESIDENCE
General Education requirements: All students are required to complete a minimum of 51 semester units of general education courses selected in accordance with the pattern designated in the University catalog. General education courses must be selected from an approved list and taken for a letter grade.
English proficiency requirement: Complete the designated upper division writing course (Buad 301) with grade of "C" (2.0) or better and pass the Examination in Writing Proficiency (EWP). You must take the EWP when you have completed 60 units toward the bachelor's degree.
Grades: Attain at least a 2.0 GPA (C average) in all university courses, in all courses in the major, and in the required concentration courses. In addition, you must earn at least a C (2.0) grade in each course required for the major other than internships. A grade of "C-" (1.7) or lower is not a passing grade.
Grade Option: Take all required core courses and all required concentration courses for a letter grade (A, B, C, D, F). The credit/no credit grading option may not be used for these courses, and a grade of CR (credit) will not satisfy the requirements of the degree. Exception: courses in calculus may be taken credit/no credit, however if it is also taken to meet general education requirements then it must be taken for a letter grade.
Residence: At least 12 units of upper-division core courses, 6 units of upper-division concentration courses and 6 units of internships must be taken in residence at CSUF.
