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Majors and Courses of InstructionInternational BusinessInternationalBusiness MajorThe international business major is a 17-unit, interdepartmental program designed to assist studentsin preparing for careers abroad or where knowledge of other cultures and languages is useful. (Nomore than one unit of 495 may be counted towards the major requirements.)Students will select one geographic area of the world to focus on: Europe, Latin America, Asia,Africa, the Middle East, or North America. The focus area should not be the same as the student’shome area or language. The language, experience and area studies will all focus on the selected area.An exception may be made to allow a student to focus within the home area if the student submitsa group of courses that do not draw on the native language and homeland. For example, a studentfrom China may choose to study Japan, if the language studied is Japanese, the area studies focus onJapan (not China), and the foreign experience is in Japan.The successful completion of a broad interdisciplinary major such as international business requiresconsiderable forethought and planning. Accordingly, students should declare their major by theend of their sophomore year. Further, students should have their proposed list of courses for themajor approved by the chair of the economics department by the end of their sophomore yearand before the foreign experience. There is no guarantee that students who apply after this timewill be able to complete an approved major.Students who already have knowledge of several areas of the world should major in economicswith management concentration if they are interested in this mix of courses. InternationalBusiness majors may not double major in accounting, economics, or economics with managementconcentration, nor may they minor in economics or management.The major requirement has five components, each of which is an important part of the whole:*No course eligible for the major may be taken Credit/No EntryEconomics Courses: ECON 110, 251, 252, 255 or 259, 372, and one additional upper levelcourse with an international emphasis (For example: ECON 345, 353, 370).Management Courses: ACCT 217; MATH 105, 230 or PSYC 210; EMAN 210, 361, 376; andone upper-level elective EMAN course. A grade or C- or better in EMAN 376 is required.Language Requirement: Two units beyond the level of 111 are required, and may be taken fromthe offerings of the modern foreign languages department, the special languages program, and studyabroad programs, or a combination of the above, as arranged by the student. Offerings at OhioWesleyan in languages such as Italian, Japanese, Russian, and Swahili are limited, so these languagescan be used to satisfy this requirement only if the student completes the language study abroad or atanother University.Students who choose North America (United States and Canada) as their focus area, will meet thelanguage requirement by taking English 105 and any two courses in American literature or writingcourses as defined by the English department. Writing courses are limited to: ENG 260, 265, 310,312, 314, 316, 318, 319, 480, 482. Other ENG courses do not count.Foreign Experience: At least one semester (or equivalent) of the undergraduate program mustbe spent in study abroad. Students should consult the Director of International and Off-Campus165