International Business Minor
The International Business Minor is available to Driehaus College of Business students only. A student must be able to demonstrate that he or she has modern language proficiency through the intermediate level of college coursework to complete the minor.
The minor consists of six to nine courses:
The exact mix of language and area studies courses is determined by the student’s starting level in the modern language.
Examples of language/area studies mix:
International Economics/Business Courses
For the IB Minor, student must take one course from the following list of four:
Students then select two other IB courses from the following list (cannot double count the course taken from the above list):
The minor consists of six to nine courses:
- One course chosen from ECO 361, ECO 362, ECO 333, or PSC 344
- Two international business courses (see list below)
- Three to six modern language and/or area studies courses (related to the language being studied)
The exact mix of language and area studies courses is determined by the student’s starting level in the modern language.
- For a student with limited language background who does not place out of any college level language course, two years of college level language instruction (six courses through the intermediate level) is required.
- For a student who places out of one or more of the college language courses, he/she will start the language sequence at the appropriate placement and continue it through the intermediate level of instruction. If the student needs fewer than three language courses to complete the intermediate sequence, the student will take either advanced language or area studies courses to complete the minimum three course language/area studies requirement.
Examples of language/area studies mix:
- A Commerce student wishing to pursue the IB minor tests out of SPN101 and SPN102. The student begins language instruction in SPN103 (which completes the introductory sequence), and then continues with the intermediate sequence of SPN104/105/106. The student completes the minor with the 3 international economics/business requirements plus the 4 language courses, for a total of seven courses.
- A Commerce student wishing to pursue the IB minor tests out of SPN101/102/103/104. The student begins language instruction in SPN105 and completes the intermediate sequence with SPN106. Because the student has taken only two courses to complete the intermediate sequence, he/she will take an additional advanced language or area studies course to complete the minimum 3 course language/area studies requirement. Along with the 3 international economics/business requirements, this student can complete the minor with a total of six courses.
International Economics/Business Courses
Three course requirement
For the IB Minor, student must take one course from the following list of four:
- ECO 333 Topics in Global Economics
- ECO 361 International Trade
- ECO 362 International Monetary Economics
- PSC 344 International Political Economy
Students then select two other IB courses from the following list (cannot double count the course taken from the above list):
- ECO 316 European Economic History
- ECO 333 Topics in Global Economics
- ECO 361 International Trade
- ECO 362 International Monetary Economics
- ECO 334 Understanding China’s Economy
- ECO 360 Economics of Low-Income Countries
- ECO 398 Special Topics: Comparative Economic Systems (this topic only)
- ECO 398 Special Topics: Islamic Economic Theory and History
- FIN 340 International Finance
- FIN 398 Islamic Banking (this topic only)
- ICS 350 International Business Seminar
- MGT 357 International Business
- MKT 340 Marketing Across Cultures: Perspectives on Multicultural Markets
- MKT 360 International Marketing
- MKT 358 Marketing in a Global Environment