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(SS) Social and Administrative SciencesIB – International Business (continued)identify and enter markets and to grow in theexporting environment. After a theoreticaloverview, students practice tools for achievingcompetitive strategies that firms and nationscan use to increase export-import success,including Porter’s Diamond. Governmentalstrategies ranging from import substitution toexport promotion are debated. The course alsoaddresses supply chain management primarilyfor exporting firms and steps in exportingsuccessfully. The world trading system andmajor organizations are discussed as well as therole of governmental interventions, instrumentsof trade policy, and major national trademeasures. The course stresses the importance ofknowing how to study and to evaluate currentevents to form opinions and predictions and toidentify opportunities and threats.IB 431International FinancePrerequisite: FI 360.An in-depth study of the financing ofinternational transactions and multinationalbusiness operations with emphasis on sourcesof funds, financial services, analysis of currencyproblems and exchange controls, and thefunctioning of foreign money and capitalmarkets. 3:0:3IB 451Seminar on International BusinessPrerequisites: EN306B and completion orconcurrent enrollment in all other internationalbusiness core courses.A study of strategic planning and internationalbusiness policy using extensive reading andcases in the international business fieldwhich includes insights into the historical,cultural, and political foundations that createdproblems and opportunities and the solutionsand coursed of action taken in response. Thecourse content is flexible and analyzes specificproblem areas that are current at the time thecourse is offered. Each student will submit acapstone research paper reflecting the standards,substance and quality of a professionalinternational business publication. 3:0:3IB 461International Business InternshipOpen only to seniors in international businessthat have completed most of their majorrequirements.A field placement in an international firm or inthe international department of a multinationalfirm in a professional career position usuallyfilled by a college graduate. A minimum of40 hours a week during summer term or 20hours a week during a regular semester. 6 credithours. Grading for this course is pass/fail.(NS) Natural and Applied SciencesIS – Information SystemsIS 205Managing Information SystemsSuggested prerequisite: CS 140.This course introduces the student to informationsystems concepts and the management concernsof information technology. The course focuses onthe components, types, and management concernsof information systems which, when combined,support an enterprise. Students will explore theenterprise perspective on controlling the use ofinformation systems and understanding projectchanges, risk, and quality management. 3:0:3IS 216COBOL IPrerequisite: CS 151.The student will develop structured, modularalgorithms. The student will implement302algorithms using COBOL. The student willlearn the basic features of COBOL. 3:0:3IS 217COBOL IIPrerequisite: IS 216.Continuation of IS 216. This course introducesthe student to sorting, merging files, arrays,and data validation. The course also introducessequential, indexed, and relative file processing.The student learns about interactive processingand the methodologies used for developinglarger programs. 3:0:3