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MBA - Concentration in International Business - Must include at least 9 credit hours from at least 2 academic departments
Dept C # Course Title Cr Catalog Description Pre-Reqs
BSAD 8340 Int'l Business Study Abroad 3 This course provides students with an international business and cultural experience through a Instructor Permission.
study tour in a selected international location. Students will develop an understanding of the
factors that affect international business decisions by visiting American companies operating
abroad and foreign companies that export goods and services to the U.S. Typically, travel is
conducted during Spring Break.
BSAD 8540 Multinational Financial
Management
3 The focus of this course is on multinational financial management as viewed and practiced by
the multinational firm and on current developments in international financial markets, including
global banking. Familiarity with certain areas of the firm's environment, such as the
international monetary system, the European Monetary System, and determination of
exchange rates under alternative regimes, is essential to the international financial manager.
BSAD 8500
BSAD 8620 Valuation of Intellectual
Property
3 Intellectual Property (IP) is critical to business success. Accounting, economics, and finance
all struggle to quantify "value" of individual IP (e.g., trademark) and bundles of IP (e.g., patent
pool). Value depends on the context (e.g., infringement versus depreciation versus sale). This
course focuses on application of theory.
Instructor Permission.
ECON 8616 International Trade 3 An analysis of the character of international economic relations. Subjects covered include the
economic basis for international specialization and trade, the economic gains from trade,
commercial policy, economic integration, and economic growth.
ECON 2200 and 2220, or
BSAD 8180, or permission of
instructor.
ECON 8626
International Monetary
Economics
3 An analysis of the international monetary system. Subjects covered include the balance of
payments adjustment mechanism, alternative exchange rate systems, external effects of
monetary and fiscal policy, foreign investments and international monetary reform
ECON 2200 and 2220, or
BSAD 8180, or permission of
instructor.
ECON 8666
International Economic
Development
3 This course deals with the economics of developing countries. It introduces theories of
development and endogenous growth. It analyzes domestic problems such as income
distribution, population growth, unemployment, urbanization and education. It also analyzes
international economic issues such as trade, foreign investment and debt, It discusses
government development policies.
ECON 2200 and 2220, or
BSAD 8180, or permission of
instructor.
GEOG 8130 Seminar in Economic
Geography
3 A seminar course which investigates the development of current world economic systems
through the elements of primary, secondary, tertiary, quarternary and quinary production on a
micro and macro scale. Exchange and transactional systems, consumption linkages, resource
management, economic health on global and local scales, and location decision-making are
major topics.
Graduate in geography and
permission of instructor.
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MBA - Concentration in International Business
Dept C # Course Title Cr Catalog Description Pre-Reqs
PSCI 8250 Seminar in Global Politics 3 A comprehensive study of theories of global politics, modern inter-relationships among
nations, and major contemporary issues.
Permission of graduate
adviser
OR
PSCI 8705 Middle East Politics 3 An overview of the government and politics in the contemporary Middle East, including
considerations of religion, culture, economy, military power, regional relations, and
Admission to graduate study
and permission of the
international relations. This course satisfies the department's comparative politics requirement. graduate advisor
SPCH 8536 Intercultural Communication 3 The intent of this course is to examine the concepts of cross-cultural communication. Theory
and research are integrated with application and necessary skills are identified and developed.