International Business
Students entering an increasingly global marketplace must understand how to work at the intersections of business, changing sociopolitical environments, technology, and culture. The Minor in International Business, available to business majors and non-majors alike, is designed to introduce students to the concept of globalization and teach them to effectively navigate through those different arenas.
Majors and Minors
Major Minor
Minor in International BusinessCourses
This course is a comprehensive study of the economic forces affecting global commerce and the socioeconomic complexity in which the international manager live and work. The course is designed to provide the student with an understanding of both the global macro-economic environment as well as grasp some of the essentials of managing the micro-economic variables in a global context.
In today’s global environment, business professionals are likely to work alongside people and organizations whose organizing frameworks and practices are informed by value systems and perspectives that differ from those of the Western world, often resulting in behavior patterns with which many of us are unfamiliar. In this course, students will explore global business models and operations through the lenses of various cultural traditions and orientations and learn why developing cultural intelligence is critical to meeting the challenges and complexities of international business.
