International Business Minor

Global business is fast becoming an important part of the U.S. economy. The world that college graduates are facing will essentially be a triad of powers (the United States and, perhaps, Canada and Latin America; Europe; and Japan and its Asian neighbors) and a borderless world. This suggests a need to be trained for employment that will have international implications. Whether students take a major in business, fashion design and merchandising, the hard sciences, English or education, some training in global outreach, cultural diversity and “business cultures†will be necessary. The International Business minor introduces students to cultural issues of a broad, global nature. Students are encouraged to participate in study-abroad programs to complement their studies.

BUSINESS MINOR REQUIREMENTS (24-35 credits)
Course	Title	Credits
Courses on a single foreign language or ILR Level One competency as determined by an international business faculty advisor in consultation with the appropriate language faculty member. Generally, this proficiency can be achieved by completion of the Intermediate I level of a foreign language.)	0-11
Required sophomore- and junior-level business core
ACCT	23020	Financial Accounting	3
BUS	30234	International Business	3
ECON	22060	Principles of Microeconomics	3
	22061	Principles of Macroeconomics	3
FIN	36053	Business Finance	3
MKTG	25010	Principles of Marketing	3
Major Electives-choose from the following:	3
ECON	42075	International Economic Relations (3)
FIN	46064	International Business Finance (3)
MKTG	45060	International Marketing (3)
Electives-choose from the following:	3
International Study Experience
OR
A second foreign language
OR
COMM	35852	International Communication (3)
ECON	32075	Introduction to International Trade (3)
GEOG	17063	World Geography (3)
	37040	Geography of Africa (3)
	37050	Geography of Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States (3);
	37066	Geography of Europe (3)
	37070	Geography of East and Southeast Asia (3)
	37079	Geography of South Asia (3)
	37084	Geography of South America (3)
	37085	Geography of Central America and Mexico (3)
HIST	31140	Modern Latin America (3)
	41114	Economic History of East Asia in Modern Times (3)
	41116	History of Japan (3)
POL	10004	Comparative Politics (3)
	10500	World Politics (3)
	30511	Problems of International Organziation (3)
	30550	Latin American Politics (3)
	30551	U.S.-Latin American Relations (3)
	30820	International Organization and Law (3)
	40930	U.S. Foreign Policy (3)
TOTAL	24-35

 

Requirement to declare the international business minor:

• Minimum 2.50 cumulative GPA; or if new freshman, no established GPA is required.
  

Requirement to graduate with the international business minor:

• Minimum 2.50 GPA (including all attempts in 30-40000 level courses) is required in the minor courses.

Notes:

To earn a College of Business Administration minor, students must complete at least two courses in the minor at Kent State University on a graded basis. At least one of these courses must be at the upper-division (30000 or 40000) level.

Students with an interest in this minor are encouraged to take as their social science LER at least one of the following courses: GEOG 17063 World Geography, POL 10004 Comparative Politics and/or POL 10500 World Politics.

Satisfaction of all course prerequisites is required.