The Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Management with an emphasis in International Business degree covers all aspects of management with a special focus on the complexities of leading people and directing an organization’s resources in an international/ global setting. Topics include the dynamics of globalization, the organization and strategic planning of multinational and transnational organizations, foreign subsidiary coordination and control, and special human resource issues such as cross-cultural management and expatriate employees. Time is given to all aspects of marketing for foreign markets. Students will also receive a sound understanding of what economic forces drive international markets and the complexities they will face dealing with trade barriers, issues of standardization/adaptation, foreign exchange markets, etc.

• Students will explain the important terminology, facts, concepts, principles, analytic techniques and theories used in management.
• Students will be able to identify and apply appropriate terminology, facts, concepts, principles, analytic techniques and theories used in management when analyzing moderately complex situations.
• Students will be able to synthesize and integrate important concepts, principles, and theories used in management into solutions to moderately complex management problems.

*Fall 2019 intake or later. (View previous degree requirements.)

Core Courses

• ACCT 2010 Financial Accounting I (3 credit hours)
• BUSN 2750 Introduction to Statistics (3 credit hours)
  Prerequisite: MATH 1430 or STAT 1100
• BUSN 3710 Entrepreneurial Financial Management (3 credit hours)
  Prerequisite: FINC 3210
• MNGT 2150 Business Ethics (3 credit hours)
  Previously: BUSN 4300
• CSIS 1500 Introduction to Business Technologies (3 credit hours)
• WSBT 2000 Career Exploration (1 credit hour)
• WSBT 2300 Personal Branding (1 credit hour)
  Prerequisite: WSBT 2000
• WSBT 2700 Career Management Strategies (1 credit hour)
  Prerequisites: WSBT 2000 and WSBT 2300
• ECON 2020 Principles of Microeconomics (3 credit hours)
  Prerequisite: MATH 1430 or STAT 1100 (can be taken concurrently)
• ECON 2030 Principles of Macroeconomics (3 credit hours)
  Prerequisite: ECON 2020
• ECON 3720 International Trade and Finance (3 credit hours)
  Prerequisite: ECON 2020 and ECON 2030
• MNGT 2100 Management Theory and Practices (3 credit hours)
• MNGT 2500 Marketing (formerly MNGT 3500; 3 credit hours)
• MNGT 3320 Business Law: International (3 credit hours)
  Prerequisite: MNGT 2100
• MNGT 3400 Human Resource Management (3 credit hours)
  Prerequisite: MNGT 2100
• MNGT 4100 International Management (3 credit hours)
  Prerequisites: MNGT 2100 and MNGT 3400
• MNGT 4330 International Marketing (3 credit hours)
  Prerequisite: MNGT 2500
• MNGT 4940 Global Competitive Strategies (Overview) (3 credit hours)
  Prerequisite: Completion of all other courses in area of emphasis
• Management Elective: Any non-required MNGT 3000 or 4000 Course (3 credit hours)
• MNGT 4970 Bachelor Thesis (4 credit hours)
  Prerequisite: All major core courses

International Electives

One course from each of the following four international areas (12 credit hours)

• International History
• International Politics
• International Relations
• General course with an international topic

Language Requirement

12 credit hours in German, French, Spanish, or Italian. This requirement is waived for students whose native language is not English.

Vienna Campus Required Core Courses

• MATH 1430 College Algebra (3 credit hours)
• ​ACCT 2025 Managerial Accounting (3 credit hours)
  Prerequisite: ACCT 2010
• BUSN 2825 Introduction to Research Design & Methods (3 credit hours)
  Prerequisite: BUSN 2750
• FINC 3210 Principles of Finance (3 credit hours)
  Prerequisite: BUSN 2750, ACCT 2010, ACCT 2025