International Business Bachelor's Degree

This course will explore key concepts of international accounting and financial standards and reporting practices in the world economy considering external and internal factors to doing business globally. The course will study a variety of concepts dealing with theory and practice of accounting from a global standpoint. Students will apply skills in analyzing and interpreting accounting reports and financial statements of international corporations and organizations.

Prerequisite: Financial Accounting II

Course ID: ACG 4133
Credits: 4

Students will learn research and report writing for academic settings. Topics will include qualitative and quantitative research methodology, literature reviews, information literacy, and academic report writing.

Prerequisite: English Composition or Professional Communication

Course ID: GEB 3110
Credits: 4

This course is a study of the characteristics and functions of project management, team building, and facilitation. It places focus on project planning, scope, scheduling, and controlling of projects through completion. It reinforces and builds upon skills and knowledge students have learned in all of the various disciplines within the Business curriculum. It is recommended that students take this course their final quarter.

Prerequisite: none

Course ID: GEB 3422
Credits: 4

This seminar course examines diversity from a personal, group, organizational, national, and global perspective. Students will explore stereotypes of individuals within organizations, and they will study how these stereotypes affect people within the workplace. Students will also examine issues in conducting business and managing people within a global setting.

Prerequisite: Principles of Management

Course ID: GEB 4220
Credits: 4

In this course, students will develop basic statistical literacy along with the ability to analyze and evaluate real-life business problems using statistical methods. Students will learn to organize and present quantitative data by means of graphical and numerical methods. Topics include descriptive statistics, basic probability theory, discrete and continuous probability distributions, sampling distributions, estimation, hypothesis testing, analysis of variance, and simple linear regression.

Prerequisite: College Math course

Course ID: GEB 4310
Credits: 4

This course is a study of concepts in international marketing dealing with the uniqueness of cross-cultural market challenges of global businesses. The focus will be placed on diversity encountered on the various target markets in the world. The notion of sensitivity and cultural dynamics dealing with the various world cultures is addressed as well as political and legal challenges, economic and educational issues, conducting research internationally, and many other topics dealing with promoting company and products abroad.

Prerequisite: Principles of Marketing

Course ID: INS 3010
Credits: 4

This course is a study of the key elements of legal and ethical issues when conducting business world-wide. It will examine principles, foundations, and institutions of international law regulating financial, maritime, commercial, and trade transactions across international frontiers. There are many topics under the umbrella of legal and ethical issues. This course intends to survey and apply a variety of these issues in an international setting.

Prerequisite: Business Law

Course ID: INS 3072
Credits: 4

This course is a study of the characteristics and functions of corporations conducting business in the global environments. The course will expose students to various global management aspects including annual reports, operations, and recent news dealing with the various corporations.

Prerequisite: none

Course ID: INS 3125
Credits: 4

This course is a study of concepts and issues of conducting business in today's technological global environment. The course will focus on the proper usage of various technology and communication tools that facilitate doing business from various locations around the world and on the go. The course involves a discussion of the use of communication and technology for the purpose of achieving and sustaining a competitive advantage in the world industries.

Prerequisite: none

Course ID: INS 3203
Credits: 4

This course is a study of the logistics operations in an international setting. The course will include a broad overview of supply chain management from an international perspective. This overview will include international logistics and the role of international logistics systems in global supply chain management.

Prerequisite: none

Course ID: INS 3305
Credits: 4

This course is a study of the issues of the use of technology in an international setting. This will include networking issues, data usage and communications, software and hardware requirements for proper technology use and communications, securing and encrypting technology in order to protect company assets and intellectual property, as well as various financial issues such as cost/benefit analysis dealing with the use of technology in a global corporation.

Prerequisite: none

Course ID: INS 3526
Credits: 4

This course is a study of the characteristics, theories and practices of global commerce, trade, and the economy from the perspective of utilizing various resources to conduct business internationally. It will involve the analysis of the functions, advantages, and disadvantages of the foreign exchange market as well as economic implications of the global financial markets.

Prerequisite: Principles of Finance

Course ID: INS 4028
Credits: 4

In this course, students apply the knowledge and skills they have learned in the International Business Bachelor of Science degree to a real-world business scenario. Key areas of focus include global management, international marketing, communication, travel, and technology, global trade, project management, and international accounting and finance. This course is designed to be taken at the end of the program.

International Business Bachelor's student in last

Course ID: INS 4789
Credits: 2

This seminar course examines current issues within the management field. This course is highly interactive in that both students and faculty are actively engaged in researching, presenting, and discussing course materials. In addition to gaining in-depth exposure to a current key topic in the field, students learn to become active and effective members of a professional learning community.

Prerequisite: Principles of Management

Course ID: MAN 4143
Credits: 4

This course is designed to explore human behavior in work settings from an interdisciplinary perspective. The following topics will be studied and analyzed from a management perspective: organizational structure, leadership, power, conflict management, individual and group dynamics, motivation, morale, and communication.

Prerequisite: Introduction to Business

Course ID: MAN 4240
Credits: 4

This course provides management students with an introduction to international economic, political, cultural and business environments. Students will develop a basic understanding and appreciation of the myriad factors involved in managing people within a global workforce.

Prerequisite: Principles of Management

Course ID: MAN 4602
Credits: 4

This course is designed to integrate prior business courses through study, discussion, and creation of strategic management plans. Students will evaluate the key functions of organizations and integration of these functions to understand the best practices used to achieve competitive advantages. Topics will include strategic formulation, implementation, and evaluation.

Prerequisite: Introduction to Business

Course ID: MAN 4720
Credits: 4

This course examines how people understand their world through visual images. Students will examine how people visually gather, process, and interpret information presented through media sources.

Prerequisite: none

Course ID: MMC 3407
Credits: 4

This course introduces students to a variety of texts by American minority authors from the mid- 19th century to the present. The central focus of this course will be on literary responses to social marginalization based on race/ethnicity, gender, national origin, sexuality/sexual orientation, ability, and other factors. Students will study the effects of exclusionary and oppressive practices, both historical and present day, on writers' perceptions and literary representations of their times, contexts, and identity. Students will also be introduced to samples of the most common critical-theoretical approaches to the primary texts they will study in this class.

Prerequisite: English

Course ID: AML 4680
Credits: 4

The aim of this course is to understand and appreciate some important authors and traditions of political thought. The course will cover such topics as authority, consent, freedom and obligation.

Prerequisite: none

Course ID: POT 4001
Credits: 4

This course provides an in-depth exploration of the integrated relationship between human life and the surrounding environment, beginning with a study of the fundamental concepts and principles of ecology. Topics that are interwoven throughout the course include principles of ecology as seen in the structure and function of the ecosystem; pollution of air, soil, and water resources; population explosion and the relationship of people, disease, and food production; and environmental controls necessary for survival.

Prerequisite: none

Course ID: EVR 3410
Credits: 4

Since the end of World War II, popular culture has become an especially significant aspect of American history and an important element in many of our lives. Consequently, this course will explore the ways in which popular culture has represented and mediated conflicts and tensions post-World War II. Through this lens, issues of gender and family relationships, as well as class and racial politics, will be discussed. The dual role of television as a reflective and manipulative force in the new suburban family and the role Hollywood films played in the popular culture will be examined.

Prerequisite: none

Course ID: AMH 3304
Credits: 4

This course will introduce students to the field of comparative politics by examining classification of political systems according to institutional and developmental characteristics. Causes and costs of political stability and instability will be explored. Comparison will be made between contemporary political institutions and processes in various countries.

Prerequisite: American/US National Government

Course ID: CPO 4003
Credits: 4