http://saunders.rit.edu/undergraduate/international_business/index.php
Program overview
Students in the international business program develop the foundation necessary to understand business as well as political and cultural diversity. Proficiency in a foreign language is an integral part of the program. A co-major is chosen in one of the following areas: accounting, finance, management, management information systems, or marketing. The co-major provides students with the functional tools needed in their career.
International business positions include substantial personal and professional benefits. Overseas assignments typically bring long hours and hard work, yet the reward of upward mobility within the corporate world continues to lure young executives to global assignments.
Curriculum
International business, BS degree, typical course sequence (quarters)
| Course | Qtr. Cr. Hrs. | |
|---|---|---|
| First Year | ||
| 1720-051, 052 | Discovery/Pathways | 2 |
| 0102-260 | Business 1: Ideas and Creativity | 4 |
| 0102-265 | Business 2: Business Plan Development | 2 |
| 0112-270 | Business Software Applications | 2 |
| 0112-285 | Business 3: Commercialization | 2 |
| 0511-211 | Principles of Microeconomics | 4 |
| 0511-402 | Principles of Macroeconomics | 4 |
| 0535-352 | Professional Communication for Business | 4 |
| 1016-226 | Calculus for Management Science | 4 |
| 1016-319, 320 | Data Analysis I, II | 10 |
| Liberal Arts* | 12 | |
| Wellness Education† | 0 | |
| Second Year | ||
| 0101-301, 302 | Financial and Management Accounting | 8 |
| 0102-305 | Careers in Business | 1 |
| 0113-310 | Global Business: An Introduction | 4 |
| 0104-350 | Corporate Finance | 4 |
| 0105-363 | Principles of Marketing | 4 |
| Foreign Language§ | 12 | |
| Liberal Arts* | 12 | |
| Laboratory Sciences | 8 | |
| Third Year | ||
| 0102-320 | Organizational Behavior | 4 |
| 0102-438 | Business Ethics | 4 |
| Co-major Courses | 8 | |
| Liberal Arts* | 12 | |
| Choose three of the following: | 12 | |
| 0113-400 | Managing in the Global Environment | |
| 0113-430 | Global Business: Special Issues | |
| 0104-504 | Finance in a Global Environment | |
| 0113-450 | Marketing in the Global Environment | |
| Cooperative Education‡ | Co-op | |
| Fourth Year | ||
| 0113-500 | Strategy in the Global Environment | 4 |
| 0102-551 | Strategy | 4 |
| 0106-401 | Operations and Supply Chain Management | 4 |
| 0102-530 | Managing Innovation and Technology | 4 |
| Co-major Courses | 8 | |
| Free Electives | 8 | |
| General Education | 4 | |
| Choose one of the following: | 4 | |
| 0102-507 | Business, Government, and Society | |
| 0110-319 | Legal Environment of Business | |
| Total Quarter Credit Hours | 183 | |
* Please see Liberal Arts General Education Requirements for more information.
† Please see Wellness Education Requirement for more information.
‡ Two quarters of cooperative education are required and must be completed within the third and fourth years.
§ Language credit may be used as liberal arts upper-division credit.
International business, BS degree, typical course sequence (semesters), effective fall 2013
| Course | Sem. Cr. Hrs. | |
|---|---|---|
| First Year | ||
| MGMT-101 | Business I: Ideas and Business Planning | 3 |
| MGIS-101 | Computer-based Analysis | 1 |
| First-Year Seminar - F | 3 | |
| ECON-101 | LAS-Perspective 4 (Social): Principles of Microeconomics | 3 |
| COMM-253 | General Education Elective 1: Communication | 3 |
| STAT-145 | LAS-Perspective 7A (Mathematical) Introduction to Statistics I | 3 |
| MGIS-102 | Business 2: Technology-enabled Launch | 2 |
| ENGL-150 | Writing Seminar | 3 |
| ECON-201 | LAS-Perspective 3 (Global): Principles of Macroeconomics | 3 |
| ACCT-110 | Financial Accounting | 3 |
| STAT-146 | LAS-Perspective 7B (Mathematical): Introduction to Statistics II | 4 |
| Second Year | ||
| ACCT-210 | Management Accounting | 3 |
| MKTG-230 | Principles of Marketing | 3 |
| FINC-220 | Corporate Finance | 3 |
| MGMT-295 | Sophomore Integrated Experience | 1 |
| LAS-Perspective 2 (Artistic) | 3 | |
| LAS-Perspective 1 (Ethical) | 3 | |
| LAS Immersion 1 | 3 | |
| MGMT-215 | Organizational Behavior | 3 |
| Institute Elective | 3 | |
| INTB-225 | Globalization | 3 |
| MATH-161 | General Education Elective 2: Applied Calculus | 4 |
| Third Year | ||
| MGMT-340 | General Education Elective 3: Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility | 3 |
| Co-major course | 3 | |
| INTB-310 | Regional Business Studies | 3 |
| LAS Immersion 2 | 3 | |
| General Education Elective 4 | 3 | |
| DECS-310 | Operations Management | 3 |
| Co-major course | 3 | |
| International Business course | 3 | |
| LAS Immersion 3 | 3 | |
| General Education Elective 5 | 3 | |
| Fourth Year | ||
| INTB-550 | Global Entry and Competition Strategies | 3 |
| International Business Course | 3 | |
| Co-major course | 3 | |
| LAS-Perspective 5 (National Science Inquiry with lab) | 3 | |
| General Education Elective 6 | 3 | |
| MGMT-560 | Strategy and Innovation | 3 |
| Co-major course | 3 | |
| LAS-Perspective 6 (Scientific Principles) | 3 | |
| General Education Elective 7 | 3 | |
| Institute Elective | 3 | |
| Total Semester Credit Hours | 123 | |
Additional Information
Foreign langage requirement
Fluency in a foreign language offered by RIT is a requirement of the program and can be met with the satisfactory completion of three quarters of language instruction or by passing a language department examination. It is strongly recommended that students take an additional three quarters of instruction in their language of choice. Entering students with fluency in one foreign language are encouraged to take at least three quarters of instruction in a second language.