Bachelor of Science (BSc) in International Business Administration

General Introduction

This program recognizes that the growing economic interdependence between nations has created an acute awareness of the need for international course offerings. The program addresses this growing worldwide demand for graduates with greater managerial capability in transnational business and economics.

Business and Management programs provide students with a range of knowledge, skills, and problem-solving abilities to respond to the need for successful management of business firms, government organizations, and not-for-profit organizations in a changing transnational environment.

All programs are:

•Transnational – to provide the understanding and skills that are required for success in a multicultural global environment
•Holistic – to provide an overall perspective of the organization as a system
•Multidisciplinary – to provide a view of the organization that includes all relevant variables from all disciplines
•Environment-driven – to provide the understanding and analytic skills that are necessary to evaluate and respond appropriately to an organization’s changing economic, social, political, cultural and technological environments
•Change-oriented – to provide the attitude, understanding and skills necessary to achieve success in turbulent organizational environments
•Experiential – to provide practical experience working with multicultural teams on practical problems in organizations. Business and Management programs provide the following outcomes for traditional and non-traditional, domestic, and international students.

Core Competencies
Upon graduation, students will:

-Understand business, international business, and information systems and technology
-Possess knowledge of intercultural dynamics in a business environment
-Experience in working as a contributing member of a multicultural team
-Have proficiency in selected disciplines
-Understand the overall dynamics of organizations
-Have skills in critical thinking
-Possess competence in interpersonal, oral, written, quantitative and computer skills
-Be prepared for advanced study and professional positions.
The Program

Degree Requirements 120 units
General Education (48 units)
Major ( 57 units)

LOWER DIVISION COURSES

ACT 1010 Financial Accounting
ACT 2010 Managerial Accounting
BUS 1010 Introduction to Business Organizations
BUS 2010 Business Mathematics
BUS 2020 Business Communications
UPPER DIVISION COURSES

BUS 3010 Business Law
BUS 3020 Production and Operations Management
BUS 3030 e-Business Applications
BUS 4090 Strategic Management
BUS 4990 Capstone
FIN 3010 Principles of Finance
FIN 4010 International Managerial Finance
IBA 4010 International Business Operations
IBA 4020 International Economics and Trade
IST 3020 Information and Technology Management
MGT 3010 Overview of Management Practice
MGT 4030 Cross-Cultural Management
MKT 3010 Principles of Marketing
MKT 4010 International Marketing

Unrestricted Elective (3 units)
1 Lower or Upper Division Course

For further information, please contact Lesly Gutiérrez (lgutierrez2@alliant.edu)