International Business, B.B.A.

International Business Program Requirements

General: (120 total minimum hours, including 45 hours upper-level courses (3000-4000 level) and 30 hours in residence; students must complete at UA Little Rock at least 50 percent of the major department degree requirements and at least 50 percent of all COB courses required for a business degree)

First-Year Colloquium (0-1 hours)

Required of full-time freshmen entering college for the first time and transfer students with less than 12 hours of credit. (See Academic Requirements, Regulations, & Policies for details.)

BSAD 1100 recommended

Core (35 hours)

See “General Core Requirements .”

Major (72-75 hours)

General-business Courses (21 hours)

Professional Business Studies Foundation (28 hours)

International Business Required Courses (15 hours):

International Business Electives (3 hours)

Select one course from below:

ACCT 3311 - Intermediate Financial Accounting I
ACCT 4316 - International Accounting
ECON 4350 - Applied Econometrics
FINC 4362 - Derivatives
MKTG 4310 - Marketing Research
MGMT 3320 - Human Resources Management
MGMT 3340 - Managing People in Organizations
MGMT 4361 - Business Planning and Product Introduction
MGMT 4365 - Business Consulting
NOTE: other courses as approved by the program coordinator

Demonstrate Cultural Awareness U.S. Resident Option (3 hours):

Available to U.S. Residents only.

Demonstrate Cultural Awareness Non-U.S. Resident Student Option (3 hours):

Available to non-U.S. Resident Students only.

Emphasis Areas, Select One:

Select one of the following four tracks or certificates:

Foreign Language Track

Option One - Completion of:
SPAN 2311 - Intermediate Spanish
SPAN 2313 - Intermediate Spanish II
SPAN 3313 - Conversation and Presentation
or
FREN 2311 - Intermediate French
FREN 2315 - Intermediate Conversational French
FREN 3311 - Integrated Skills II or equivalent foreign language courses.
Students may take a placement test (SCAPEor F-CAPE).
Option Two - For students whose first language in not English, completion of:
RHET 1311 - Composition I
RHET 1312 - Composition II
and one of the following:
ENGL 2337 - World Literature
ENGL 2338 - World Literature Themes
PHIL 2320 - Ethics and Society

Cultural Awareness Track

Choose three additional courses (9 hours) from the Demonstrate Cultural Awareness list above, using the appropriate option.

Professional Sales Certificate

Program Requirements

The department offers a certificate in Professional Sales. The certificate requires MKTG 3350, MKTG 3353, MKTG 4351, MKTG 4355.

Business Analytics Certificate

Program Requirements (18 hours)

Required (9 hours):

Electives (9 hours):

Note:

If you have not completed BINS 3352 as a degree requirement, it should be taken as an elective.

Minor

(none required)

Unrestricted General Electives

Remaining hours, if any, to reach 120 minimum total hours, 45 hours of upper-level courses (3000-4000 level), and/or 30 hours in residence.