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Course Descriptions/International Business 475684. Professional Internship. Credit 1 to 6. Directed internship in a public or private organization toprovide on-the-job training with professionals in organizational settings appropriate to the student’sprofessional objectives. Prerequisites: Graduate classification and approval of MPSA or MPIA director.685. Directed Studies. Credit 1 to 4. Directed individual instruction in selected problems in governmentand public service. Prerequisites: Graduate classification and approval of MPSA or MPIA director.686. Russia and International Politics. (3-0). Credit 3. Examines changes within Russia and its role in internationalpolitics since 1991, emphasizing the period of Vladimir Putin’s presidency, explores Putin’sapproach to political, economic and social challenges facing Russia, as well as the war in Chechnya andterrorism within Russia, also examines Russia’s critical relationship with the United States. Prerequisite:Graduate classification.689. Special Topics in... Credit 1 to 4. Selected topics in an identified area of government and public service.May be repeated for credit. Prerequisites: Graduate classification.691. Research. Credit 1 or more each semester. Research for thesis or dissertation.International BusinessInternational business courses are not offered as part of a graduate degree program, but as highlyrecommended elective or required courses supporting the MBA degree program, the MS and PhDprograms offered by the departments of the Mays Business School, and as elective courses in other Universitygraduate degree programs. Additional information about these courses can be obtained from theCenter for International Business Studies (cibs.tamu.edu) or from the department offering the crosslistedcourse (e.g., the Department of Marketing for IBUS 677, Multinational Marketing Management).International Business(IBUS)635. Global Information Systems. (3-0). Credit 3. Impact and the central role of Information Systems(IS) on globalization of business; issues of deployment of information systems and technology in internationalcommerce, global IS environmental variables such as technology, legal, political, economic,social and cultural. Prerequisite: INFO 634 or equivalent, or approval of instructor. Cross-listed withINFO 635.645. International Finance. (3-0). Credit 3. Problems confronted by financial managers of firms withinternational business operations; international money and capital markets; exchange rate risks andpolitical risks. May be repeated for up to 3 hours credit. Classification 6 students may not enroll in thiscourse. Prerequisite: FINC 612 or FINC 629 or FINC 635. Cross-listed with FINC 645.646. International Accounting. (3-0). Credit 3. Introduction and examination of accounting issues uniqueto multinational enterprises and international business activity. Classification 6 students may not enrollin this course. Prerequisites: ACCT 328; FINC 341. Cross-listed with ACCT 646.667. Multinational Enterprises. (3-0). Credit 3. Graduate seminar in international business; multinationalenterprises (MNEs) are studied from various perspectives including economics, management, entryand expansion strategies, contractual agreements, transfer pricing, impacts on home and host countries,MNE-state relations, regional integration, public policies towards MNEs. Prerequisite: Graduate classification.Cross-listed with MGMT 667.677. Multinational Marketing Management. (3-0). Credit 3. Theoretical and empirical materials on multinationalmarketing; nature and justification of international trade, analysis of environments faced bymultinational firms and formulation of multinational marketing strategy. Classification 6 students maynot enroll in this course. Prerequisite: MKTG 613 or 621 or equivalent. Cross-listed with MKTG 677.678. International Management. (3-0). Credit 3. Survey of the issues, problems, challenges, and opportunitiesfacing organizations competing in a global economy; includes: the environment of internationalmanagement, international strategies, forms of organization design used by multinational firms, managinghuman resources in an international context, and cultural and control issues facing the internationalmanager. Prerequisite: Graduate classification. Cross-listed with MGMT 678.