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 business administration core.
The undergraduate business policies can be found on the School of Business advising page.
Note:
- Students must declare and complete the minimum BSB Pre-Major requirements or have completed the minimum Pre-Major requirements through transfer work prior to declaring for any BSB major.
- 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.
| Bachelor of Science in Business Pre-Major | ||
| Pre-Major General Education (5 out of 6 required with a C or 2.0 GPA or higher per university requirements for full major declaration) | ||
BACR - Humanities and Arts | ||
BACR - Humanities and Arts | ||
BACR - Natural Sciences | ||
BACR - Natural Sciences | ||
Diversity | ||
Global Studies | ||
| Pre-Major Lower Division Business Core (Completion of 6 out of 8 required with a 2.5 GPA or higher for full major declaration) | 37 | |
| PRINCIPLES OF FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING | ||
| PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING | ||
| BUSINESS LAW | ||
| BUSINESS STATISTICS 1 | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO MICROECONOMICS | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO MACROECONOMICS | ||
| COLLEGE COMPOSITION: ANALYSIS, RESEARCH AND DOCUMENTATION | ||
| FINITE MATHEMATICS | ||
or MATH 142 | PRECALCULUS MATH II | |
or MATH 161 | CALCULUS I | |
or HONS 161 | CALCULUS I | |
| Total Credits | 37 | |
| Required Business Administration Core | ||
| Upper Division | ||
| DSCI 346 | BUSINESS STATISTICS 2 | 4 |
| FINC 335 | FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT | 4 |
| MGMT 326 | ORGANIZATION THEORY AND BEHAVIOR | 4 |
| MISC 311 | INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IN BUSINESS | 4 |
| MKTG 310 | PRINCIPLES OF MARKETING | 4 |
| OPSM 330 | OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT | 4 |
| Required International Business Courses | ||
| FINC/IBUS 474 | INTERNATIONAL FINANCE MANAGEMENT | 4 |
| MGMT/IBUS 470 | INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS | 4 |
| MGMT/IBUS 471 | INTERNATIONAL MANAGEMENT | 4 |
| MKTG/IBUS 472 | GLOBAL MARKETING MANAGEMENT | 4 |
| Required Elective–choose an approved, related elective in consultation with your faculty advisor. | 8-10 | |
| Required Capstone | ||
| MGMT 490 | DEPARTMENT SENIOR CAPSTONE | 4 |
| Total Credits | 52-54 | |
Students should declare the Pre-Major, Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (BSB) if interested in majoring in:
Business Systems & Analytics
Entrepreneurship
Finance
Human Resources
International Business
Management
Marketing
Professional Accounting
The BSB Pre-Major is designed to provide students with exposure to Lower Division Business Core topics to assist students in identifying a major that aligns with their interests. Combined with the General Education requirements, students will gain a foundation for success in all areas of study.
Students should declare the pre-major as soon as identifying an interest in one of the BSB programs and they will then be periodically informed of BSB-related activities. Students must complete the minimum pre-major coursework with the specified grade requirements prior to declaring the full major and continuing with upper-division coursework.
For additional information review the School of Business Undergraduate Advising information or contact CAAR to learn more about declaring the BSB Pre-Major or one of the BSB degrees listed.
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
Foreign 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 you expect to graduate (undergraduate and post-baccalaureate).
Use the Catalog Archives to determine two important catalog years.
Degree Works calculates based on these two catalog years.
- The catalog in effect at the student's first term of current matriculation is used to determine BACR (Breadth Area Credit Requirements) and UGR (Undergraduate Graduation Requirements).
- The catalog in effect at the time the student declares a major or minor is used to determine the program requirements.
Students who successfully earn a BSB in International Business from EWU should be able to do the following:
- 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.