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The B.A. in International Studies: Business Track

( Print Version of Curriculum )

The B.A. in International Studies offers a business track for students seeking a degree program that combines a broad-based liberal arts core curriculum with course work in accounting, marketing, finance, economics, management, and business administration. This program prepares students for careers with international corporations, government agencies, and non-governmental and non-profit agencies that seek professionals with business and financial training, proficiency in at least one foreign language, and a general education in global and cultural issues.

Business Track Curriculum

General Degree and College of Liberal Arts Requirements
Cr. Hrs.
English 1157 1158
6
Literature
6
Math 1115
3
Math 2314
3
Science (lectures and labs in one science)
8
Science
3
Arts
3
Foreign Language (one language) [1]
12
Computer Literacy[2]
 
Oral Competency [3]
 
  TOTAL
44

Special Requirements and Prerequisites for Core Curriculum
Cr. Hrs.
Foreign Language (3000 level or higher, not literature) [3]
6
Approved culture course [4]
3
Political Science 2700  
3
Economics 1203 and Economics 1204

6
Sociology 1051
3
Business Administration 2780
3
  TOTAL
24

Core Curriculum
Cr. Hrs.
Anthropology 4765
3
Geography 4310
3
Economics 4261 or Economics 4262
3
Political Science[6]
6
Sociology 4094
3

History [7]
6
  TOTAL
24

International Business Track (students should take courses in the following order if possible)
Cr. Hrs.
Accounting 2100
3
Marketing 3501
3
Marketing 4546
3
Finance 3300
3
Management 3401
3
Management 4446
3
 
 
One course selected from:
3
Economics 4261 or 4262
 
Hotel, Restaurant Tourism 2050
 
Or other courses approved by the director of the BAIS program
 
Or one of the following courses, which allow enrollment only after completion of a prerequisite course or special department or school consent, and may, therefore, add hours to the 120-hour program.
 
Hotel, Restaurant, Tourism 4250
 
Business Administration 3048
 
Accounting 4126
 
  Total
21

Electives  
Cr. Hrs.
(minimum 7 hours) TOTAL 7
  GRAND TOTAL 120

1 Foreign language proficiency must be demonstrated by passing 6 hours of 3000+ level non-literature courses in a language of choice, or competency to be determined by the Director of International Studies in consultation with the appropriate faculty in the Department of Foreign Languages.

2 The UNO computer literacy requirement is met by BA 2780.

3 The UNO oral competency requirement can be met by any 3000+ foreign language conversation course. If a conversation course is not included in these 6 hours, students should include in Area/Topical Studies or in Electives a course that fulfills the oral competency requirement for majors in any Liberal Arts discipline.

4 Any 2000-, 3000-, or 4000- level course in non-U.S. anthropology, art history, history, literature or culture, music, or philosophy.

5 The 31 hours of courses taken in area/topical studies and as electives must include 15 hours of social sciences. At least 12 of the 24 hours taken in Area or Topical Studies must be at the 2000 level or above.

6 To satisfy the core curriculum requirement in Political Science, students must choose two courses in the POLI 4700 or POLI 4800 series.

7 To satisfy the core curriculum requirements in History, students must take 6 hours in non-Western history or 6 hours in diplomatic history. Choices for the non-Western history option are: HIST 2000, 2201, 2202, 2302, 2402, 2701, 2702, 4201, 4301, 4401, 4403, 4406, or any 4000-level HIST course with a non-U.S./non-European focus. Choices for the diplomatic history option are: HIST 4381, 4570, 4575, 4580, and 4581.

For more information, contact us
John Hazlett, Director, BAIS
Email: bais@uno.edu
Tel: 280-6142