BSBA Concentration in International Business

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The Concentration in International Business (IB) includes 9 credit hours and the following:

• Semester or summer study abroad in a BSBA-approved program
• Modern foreign language completion through Level 4
• International business courses (six of the nine credit hours must in international business)

IB Concentration Study Abroad

The concentration in International Business includes undertaking a semester or summer study at a BSBA-approved location. Kenan-Flagler offers students a geographically diverse set of locations for possible study.

Students may make requests for approval of other international study experiences through
the UNC Honors Program or the UNC Burch Programs.

Study abroad taken before Kenan-Flagler admission is not considered unless by prior
approval.

IB Concentration Foreign Language

The concentration in International Business includes completion of a modern foreign language through level 4, except as noted below:

• Students who place into level 4 must complete level 4
• Students who place into level 1 of the language studied in high school (and who
  continue study in that language) must complete level 3, but will not receive UNC credit toward graduation for level 1
• Completion of RHET A and B by non-native speakers of English satisfies this
  requirement
• Students who place beyond level 4 are exempt from this requirement but must substitute an additional international business course

IB Concentration Courses

The concentration in International Business includes completion of at least three courses,
two of which must be BUSI courses, from the following:

Business Electives
BUSI 515	Microfinance *report must be on geographic area outside US
BUSI 610	Introduction to Global Business
BUSI 611	International Development
BUSI 612	Business in the European Union
BUSI 613	Business Operations in Europe
BUSI 615	Business Between the Americas and the Pacific Rim
BUSI 617	Global Marketing
BUSI 618	Multinational Financial Management
BUSI 619	Global Business Issues (restricted to GLOBE)
BUSI 622	Managing Global Operations
BUSI 623	Global Venturing (restricted to GLOBE)

Non-business electives
Note: Other courses are considered on a case-by-case basis
African Studies
AFRI 101	Introduction to African Civilization
AFRI 261	African Women: Changing Ideals and Realities
AFRI 263	African Belief Systems: Religion and Philosophy in Sub-Saharan Africa
AFRI 264	African Art and Culture
AFRI 265	Political Processes and Economic Developments in Africa
AFRI 266	Contemporary Africa: Issues in Health, Population, and the Environment
AFRI 368	Political Protest and Conflict in Africa
AFRI 430	Culture, Gender, and Participatory Development
AFRI 474	Key Issues in African and Afro-American Linkages
AFRI 480	Ethnography of Africa
AFRI 520	Contemporary Southern Africa
AFRI 521	East African Society and Environment
AFRI 522	West Africa: Society and Economy in the Twentieth Century
AFRI 523	Central Africa: The Politics of Development
AFRI 524	North-East Africa
African American Studies
AFAM 254	Blacks in Latin America
American Studies
AMST 277	The Nation and National Identity in the Age of Globalization
Anthropology
ANTH 155	Introduction to the Civilization of India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh
ANTH 280	War and Society
ANTH 380	Anthropological Perspectives on Cultural Diversity
ANTH 429	Culture and Power in Southeast Asia
ANTH 525	Culture and Personality
ANTH 682	Contemporary Chinese Society
Asian Studies
ARAB 150	Introduction to Arab Culture
CHIN 544	Chinese Cinema
Economics
ECON 360	Survey of International and Development Economics
ECON 460	International Economics
ECON 461	European Economic Integration
ECON 468	Principles of Soviet and Post-Soviet Economic Systems
ECON 469	Western and Asian Economic Systems
ECON 560	Topics in International Economics
Geography
GEOG 130	Geographical Issues in the Developing World
GEOG 259	Geography of Latin America
GEOG 452	Mobile Geographies: The Political Economy of Migration
History
HIST 262	History of the Holocaust: The Destruction of the European Jews
HIST 282	Origins of the Chinese Revolution
HIST 283	Revolutionary Change in Contemporary China
HIST 288	Japan since 1945: The Fragile Superpower
HIST 377	History of African Americans, 1865 to Present
HIST 463	History of Germany since 1918
HIST 466	Modern European Intellectual History
HIST 475	Great Britain in the Twentieth Century
HIST 477	Revolution in Russia, 1900-1930
HIST 478	Stalin and After: The USSR, 1929-1991
HIST 481	Eastern Europe since World War II
HIST 531	History of the Caribbean
HIST 532	History of Cuba
HIST 533	History of Brazil
HIST 536	Revolution in the Modern Middle East
HIST 537	Women in the Middle East
HIST 538	The Middle East and the West
HIST 539	The Economic History of Southeast Asia
HIST 577	United States Foreign Relations in the Twentieth Century
International and Area Studies
INTS 210	Global Issues
INTS 290	Current Topics in International and Area Studies
INTS 393	Great Decisions
INTS 394	Great Decisions and International Relations Corequisite, INTS 393. (Total 4 credits)
Political Science
POLI 130	Introduction to Comparative
POLI 131	Political Change and Modernization
POLI 150	International Relations and World Politics
POLI 210	Global Issues in the Twentieth Century
POLI 226	Government and Politics of East Asia
POLI 231	Latin America and the United States in World Politics
POLI 232	Politics in England
POLI 235	Politics of the Soviet Union and its Successor States
POLI 236	Politics of East-Central Europe
POLI 238	Contemporary Latin American Politics
POLI 239	Introduction to European Government
POLI 241	Contemporary Africa
POLI 250	Asia and World Affairs
POLI 252	International Organizations and Global Issues
POLI 253	Problems in World Order
POLI 254	International Environmental Politics
POLI 255	Great Decisions
POLI 257	Society and Culture in Postwar Germany
POLI 259	Evolution of the International System
POLI 260	Crisis and Change in Russia and East Europe
POLI 430	European Politics
POLI 432	Tolerance in Liberal States
POLI 433	Politics of the European Union
POLI 434	Politics of Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean
POLI 435	Democracy and Development in Latin America
POLI 437	Politics and Society in Africa
POLI 438	Democracy and International Institutions in an Undivided Europe
POLI 439	Comparative European Societies
POLI 440	Government and Politics in Japan
POLI 442	International Political Economy
POLI 443	American Foreign Policy: Formulation and Conduct
POLI 450	Contemporary Inter-American Relations
POLI 456	Contemporary International Relations of the United States
POLI 459	The United States and Russia
Public Policy
PLCY 270	Global Environment: Policy Analysis and Solutions
Romance Languages
FREN 378	The Role of France in Europe Today
ITAL 333	Italian Film and Culture
PORT 323	Luso-Brazilian Civilization
SPAN 340	Cultures of Contemporary Spain
SPAN 344	Contemporary Latin America: Mexico, Central America, and the Andean Region
SPAN 345	Contemporary Latin America: The Caribbean and the Southern Cone
Slavic Languages
RUSS 394	Russians View America
RUSS 442	From Cold War to Capitalism: Russian Literature and Culture, 1945-Present
Women's Studies
WMST 281	Gender and Global Change