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International Business Major, Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (BSB)

The International Business major is for students with career objectives in the management of global business organizations. The course of study provides education in the theory and principles of international economics, management, finance, human resource management, and marketing. It is concerned with the role of global business in both the host country as well as the world economy.

Students must be formally declared in a BSB major or officially declared as a minor before enrolling in business classes in the required upper-division business administration core.

The undergraduate business policies can be found on the School of Business advising page.

  • ECON 200 and ECON 201 are considered supporting courses and may be used to fulfill BACRs as well as requirements for the Business Administration degree; however, these courses are not counted twice toward the total of 180 credits for graduation.

Grade Requirements for Graduation: a third quarter college-level oral, written and reading competency in a modern language with a grade ≥C is required for this major; a minimum grade ≥C in each course required for the major; a minimum GPA ≥2.5 for all upper division Business Administration core courses as well as required and elective courses taken to fulfill requirements for the major area.

Required Business Administration Core
Lower Division Courses
ACCT 251PRINCIPLES OF FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING5
ACCT 252PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING4
ACCT 261BUSINESS LAW4
DSCI 245BUSINESS STATISTICS 14
ECON 200INTRODUCTION TO MICROECONOMICS5
ECON 201INTRODUCTION TO MACROECONOMICS5
ENGL 201COLLEGE COMPOSITION: ANALYSIS, RESEARCH AND DOCUMENTATION5
MATH 200FINITE MATHEMATICS5
or MATH 142 PRECALCULUS MATH II
or MATH 161 CALCULUS I
or HONS 161 CALCULUS I
Upper Division Courses
DSCI 346BUSINESS STATISTICS 24
FINC 335FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT4
MGMT 326ORGANIZATION THEORY AND BEHAVIOR4
MISC 311INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IN BUSINESS4
MKTG 310PRINCIPLES OF MARKETING4
OPSM 330OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT4
Required International Business Courses
FINC/IBUS 474INTERNATIONAL FINANCE MANAGEMENT4
MGMT/IBUS 470INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS4
MGMT/IBUS 471INTERNATIONAL MANAGEMENT4
MKTG/IBUS 472GLOBAL MARKETING MANAGEMENT4
Required Elective–choose an approved, related elective in consultation with your faculty advisor.8-10
Required Capstone
MGMT 490DEPARTMENT SENIOR CAPSTONE4
Total Credits89-91

Plan of Study

The following plan of study is for a student with zero credits. Individual students may have different factors such as: credit through transfer work, Advanced Placement, Running Start, or any other type of college-level coursework that requires an individual plan.

Courses could be offered in different terms, checking the academic schedule is paramount in keeping an individual plan current. Students should connect with an advisor to ensure they are on track to graduation.

All Undergraduate students are required to meet the Undergraduate Degree Requirements.

Note: a third quarter college-level oral, written and reading competency in a modern language with a grade ≥C is required for this major

First Year
Fall QuarterCreditsWinter QuarterCreditsSpring QuarterCredits
ENGL 1015ENGL 2015ECON 200 (Social Science BACR 1)5
Humanities & Arts BACR 115MATH 2005Natural Sciences BACR 215
Natural Sciences BACR 115Humanities & Arts BACR 215Diversity - graduation requirement15
 15 15 15
Second Year
Fall QuarterCreditsWinter QuarterCreditsSpring QuarterCredits
ACCT 2515ACCT 2524ACCT 2614
DSCI 2454FINC 3354MISC 3114
ECON 201 (Social Science BACR 2)5MGMT 3264Elective - 2nd major, minor, or general elective4-5
 Elective - 2nd major, minor, or general elective4-5Elective - 2nd major, minor, or general elective4-5
 14 16-17 16-18
Third Year
Fall QuarterCreditsWinter QuarterCreditsSpring QuarterCredits
IBUS 470 or MGMT 4704IBUS 471 or MGMT 471 (Global Studies - graduation requirement)4IBUS 474 or FINC 4744
MKTG 3104DSCI 3464International Business Elective24-5
OPSM 3304Elective - 2nd major, minor, or general elective4-5Elective - 2nd major, minor, or general elective4-5
Elective - 2nd major, minor, or general elective4-5Elective - 2nd major, minor, or general elective4-5Elective - 2nd major, minor, or general elective4-5
 16-17 16-18 16-19
Fourth Year
Fall QuarterCreditsWinter QuarterCreditsSpring QuarterCredits
IBUS 472 or MKTG 4724International Business Elective24-5MGMT 490 (Senior Capstone - graduation requirement)4
Elective - 2nd major, minor, or general elective4-5Elective - 2nd major, minor, or general elective4-5Elective - 2nd major, minor, or general elective4-5
Elective - 2nd major, minor, or general elective4-5Elective - 2nd major, minor, or general elective4-5Elective - 2nd major, minor, or general elective4-5
Elective - 2nd major, minor, or general elective4-5Elective - 2nd major, minor, or general elective1 
 16-19 13-16 12-14
Total Credits 180-197
1

University Graduation Requirements (UGR) and Breadth Area Course Requirements (BACR) courses may be less than 5 credits and additional credits may be required to reach the required 180 total credits needed to graduate.  Students should connect with an advisor to ensure they are on track to graduate.

2

Required Elective–choose 8-10 credits in an approved, related elective in consultation with your faculty advisor.

University Competencies and Proficiencies

English 
Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning
Placement and Clearance 
Prior Learning/Sources of Credit AP, CLEP, IB


General Education Requirements (GER)
  • Minimum Credits—180 cumulative credit hours 
    • 60 upper-division credits (300 level or above)
    • 45 credits in residence (attendance) at Eastern, with at least 15 upper-division credits in major in residence at Eastern
  • Minimum Cumulative GPA ≥2.0

Breadth Area Core Requirements (BACR)

Humanities and Arts 
Natural Sciences 
Social Sciences


University Graduation Requirements (UGR)

Diversity Course List
World Language (for Bachelor of Arts)
Global Studies Course List
Minor or Certificate
Senior Capstone Course List


Application for Graduation (use EagleNET) must be made at least two terms in advance of the term expected to graduate (undergraduate and post-baccalaureate).

Use the Catalog Archives to determine two important catalog years.

  1. The catalog in effect at the student's first term of current matriculation is used to determine BACR (Breadth Area Core Requirements) and UGR (Undergraduate Graduation Requirements).
  2. The catalog in effect at the time the student declares a major or minor is used to determine the program requirements.

Students who earn a BSB in International Business from EWU should be able to:​
  • gain an appreciation of how social and political factors influence global business;
  • have a basic knowledge of how to manage these risks;
  • have an appreciation for the foreign exchange markets including their participants, size, functions and impacts on international business;
  • understand how differences in customs and cultures affect businesses operating in the international arena;
  • understand the basic differences between the risks faced by domestic and multinational firms including transaction exposure, operating exposure and accounting exposure.