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 COB Policy on Course Transfers/Substitutions.

All undergraduate students officially admitted to the College of Business (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 COB 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 COB 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)
* “C” or better required.
ACCT 202 - Managerial Accounting (3 units)
* “C” or better required.
BLAW 220 - Introduction to Law and Business Transactions (3 units)
* “C” or better required.
ECON 100 - Principles of Macroeconomics (3 units)
* “C” or better required.
ECON 101 - Principles of Microeconomics (3 units)
* “C” or better required.
MATH 115 - Calculus for Business (3 units)
* “C” or better required.
STAT 118 - Introductory Business Statistics (3 units)
* “C” or better required.

Critical Thinking Course Requirements

Any critical thinking course (GE category A3); 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)
CBA 400 - Business Ethics (3 units)
FIN 300 - Business Finance (3 units)
I S 300 - Management Information Systems (3 units)

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.

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 http://www.csulb.edu/college-of-business/international-business.