Business Administration, International Business Option, B.S.

Admission Under Impaction

Refer to the following website for additional impaction criteria: www.csulb.edu/depts/enrollment/graduation/native-major-criteria/.

Requirements

In order to graduate with an undergraduate business degree from CSULB, a student must complete a minimum of 120 units. A majority of the upper division business courses, including economics and statistics, must be completed at this university. For details, refer to the CBA Policy on Course
Transfers/Substitutions.

All undergraduate students officially admitted to the College of Business Administration (all options) are required to complete all remaining lower division major requirements in a timely fashion. The lower division major courses must be completed within two academic semesters (excluding summer and winter session) to continue with the major.

All CBA majors must maintain major GPAs of 2.0 or higher. A student whose GPA in the major falls below 2.0 will be advised that they are at risk of being dismissed from the major and granted one semester to raise their major GPA(s) to 2.0. Students who do not successfully raise their major
GPA(s) must meet with an advisor to declare another major or submit an appeal to the CBA Center for Student Success explaining why they need one additional semester. Students whose major GPAs remain below 2.0 after this additional semester must declare a new major.

Lower Division:

Take all of the following:

ACCT 201 - Elementary Financial Accounting (3 units)
ACCT 202 - Managerial Accounting (3 units)
ECON 100 - Principles of Macroeconomics (3 units)
ECON 101 - Principles of Microeconomics (3 units)
MATH 115 - Calculus for Business (3 units)

Choose one of the following:

STAT 118 - Introductory Business Statistics (3 units)
Students planning business options should take STAT 118.

Critical Thinking Course Requirements

Any critical thinking course (GE category A3); I S 100 is recommended.

Complete one of the following:

All business and pre-business majors shall demonstrate computer literacy and competency..

Passing score (70%) on the Computer Proficiency Examination (CPE).
I S 233 - Office Productivity Software (3 units)
Transfer equivalent course with a “C” or better grade.

Upper Division:

Take all of the following:

CBA 300 - International Business (3 units)
FIN 300 - Business Finance (3 units)
BLAW 320 - Legal and Regulatory Environment of Business (3 units)
I S 300 - Management Information Systems (3 units)
I S 301 - Business Communications (3 units)
I S 310 - Business Statistics I (3 units)
HRM 360 - Organizational Behavior (3 units)
MGMT 300 - Principles of Management and Operations (3 units)
MKTG 300 - Principles of Marketing (3 units)

Capstone Course:

The following Capstone course must be taken at CSULB as a senior and after the upper-division prerequisite core courses have been completed:

MGMT 425 - Business Strategy and Policy (3 units)

Elective Courses

Elective courses to total 120 units. Student are encouraged to select electives for expansion of knowledge and intellectual interests as well as for preparation for business employment.

Option in International Business (120 units)

This option prepares students for an increasingly competitive and interdependent international business world and offers information about how international business practices and customs differ from those in the U.S. Students need some familiarity with a language other than English as well as knowledge of culture and world geography.

Requirements

Take all of the following:

ACCT 465 - International Accounting (3 units)
FIN 490 - International Finance (3 units)
MKTG 480 - International Marketing (3 units)

Take one of the following:

MGMT 405 - International and Comparative Management (3 units)
MGMT 406 - International Business Policy (3 units)

Take two of the following courses:

BLAW 424 - International Legal Environment of Business (3 units)
CBA 493 - Business Internship (1-3 units) (subject to approval of the Program Director)
CBA 494 - Short-Term Study Abroad (3 units)
Take either: CBA 494A: China or CBA 494B: Germany
HRM 458 - Managing Culture and Diversity (3 units)
MKTG 481 - International Marketing in Selected Markets (3 units)
MGMT 405 - International and Comparative Management (3 units)
or
MGMT 406 - International Business Policy (3 units)
(whichever was not taken in satisfaction of requirement #1)

Nine units of upper-division GE capstone

Nine units of upper-division GE capstone must be chosen from a list of courses with strong global or international emphasis. This list is available at the CBA Student Center for Success (CBA 100), from the Director of the International Business Program, and online at www.csulb.edu/colleges/cba/ib/majors/.