Program Overview

Business Administration, B.S. - International Business

The Business Administration, B.S. - International Business program is designed to provide students with a comprehensive education in business administration and international business. The program outline and graduation requirements are listed below.

General Education Requirements

All bachelor's degree programs include liberal education (LEP) and writing (W) course requirements. To review more detailed information regarding these requirements, please refer to the Degree Requirements section.

Major Requirements (60 Credits)

Students must take a minimum of 50 percent of the Business Administration Requirements, and at least 50 percent of the Concentration Requirements at Southern Connecticut State University.

Business Administration Requirements (33 Credits)

• ACC 200 Principles of Financial Accounting ('C' or better required)
• ACC 210 Managerial Accounting ('C' or better required)
• BIS 370 Business Information Systems ('C' or better required)
• ECO 100 Principles of Macroeconomics (T2CC)*
• ECO 101 Principles of Microeconomics (T2GA)*
• ECO 221 Statistics for Economics and Business ('C' or better required)
• FIN 300 Corporate Finance ('C' or better required)
• MGT 240 Legal Environment of Business ('C' or better required)
• MGT 305 Organizational Behavior ('C' or better required)
• MGT 450 Business Policy and Strategy Seminar ('C' or better required)
• MKT 200 Principles of Marketing ('C' or better required)

International Business Concentration (21 Credits)

• MGT 460 International Business (T3)*
  • Select 4 courses with 4 distinct prefixes from:
    • ACC 424 International Accounting ('C+' or better required)
    • BIS 400 Global Information Systems ('C+' or better required)
    • ECO 303 Development Economics ('C+' or better required)
    • ECO 350 International Economics I: Trade ('C+' or better required)
    • ECO 440 Regional Economic Integration ('C+' or better required)
    • FIN 347 International Financial Management ('C+' or better required)
    • MGT 430 Management of Multinational Corporations ('C+' or better required)
    • MKT 420 Global Marketing ('C+' or better required)
  • Select 2 courses from:
    • ACC 370 Accounting Information Systems ('C+' or better required)
    • MGT 400 Business and Society ('C+' or better required)
    • MGT 425 Managing for People, Planet, and Profit ('C+' or better required)
    • BIS 422 Supply Chain Automation and Logistics ('C+' or better required)
    • MKT 321 Consumer Behavior ('C+' or better required)
    • MKT 341 Digital Marketing ('C+' or better required)
    • Special Topics Classes (when appropriate) ('C+' or better required)
    • Independent Study ('C+' or better required)

Business Elective (6 Credits Required)

• Select 2 courses outside of concentration ('C+' or better required)

Cognate Requirements (12 Credits)

• CSC 200 Information Management and Productivity Software (T1TF)*
• MAT 125 Applied Business Mathematics OR MAT 150 Calculus I (T1QR)*
• 6 credits of cognates in cultural studies from the following list of course options, or with approval of an advisor. Students may take an additional language at the 100 or 200 level from their advisor.
  • ANT 100 Interpreting Cultures
  • ANT 101 Cultural Anthropology
  • ANT 201 The Global Community
  • ANT 204 Language and Culture
  • ANT 225 Peoples and Cultures of Central and South America
  • ART 301 History of Italian Renaissance Art
  • ART 302 History of Art of the United States
  • CHI 210 or higher
  • FRE 210 or higher
  • GEO 100 People, Places, Environments
  • GEO 102 World Regional Geography
  • GEO 200 Human Geography
  • GEO 204 Principles of Sustainability
  • GEO 205 Economic Geography
  • GEO 208 Political Geography
  • GEO 305 Environmental Economic Geography
  • GEO 330 Europe
  • GEO 341 Asia
  • GER 210 or higher
  • HIS 104 Islamic Civilization
  • HIS 128 Modern Latin America
  • HIS 222 Medieval Europe
  • HIS 232 England and the British Empire
  • HIS 239 Spain from Columbus to Franco
  • ITA 210 or higher
  • JST any course at the 100, 200 or 300 level
  • LIT 308 Spanish National Cinema
  • LIT 354 European Novel and Short Story 1945 to Present
  • LIT 370 Contemporary French Novel
  • LIT 382 Contemporary Latin America Literature
  • LIT 488 Seminar in World Literature
  • MUS 110 Music History of the Western World
  • MUS 115 Music in World Culture
  • PHI 211 Asian Philosophy India
  • PHI 212 Asian Philosophy: China and Japan
  • PSC 270 International Relations
  • SOC 251 Sociology of Religion
  • SOC 310 Racial and Ethnic Relations
  • SPA 210 or higher