Bachelor of Business Administration in International Business (Spanish)
About This Program
The Bachelor of Business Administration in International Business - Spanish is a dual concentration program requiring specific international business course work and 26 to 29 hours of coursework in the Spanish language.
Competencies
- Upon completion, IB Spanish students will demonstrate knowledge of how to apply business management and analysis skills to business decisions in an International context with a focus on the economies of Latin America.
- Upon completion, IB Spanish students will demonstrate a working knowledge of Business Statistics including the ability to interpret, critique, and estimate empirical models of business decision making.
- Upon completion, IB Spanish students will demonstrate a mastery of the Spanish language and be able to apply it on a daily basis in a business context.
Curriculum
Students must meet all lower division requirements before enrolling for upper division courses. Specified prerequisites are designated for certain courses.
| Foundations | ||
| General Core Requirements | 42 | |
| Students are required to complete specific courses in certain core areas. | ||
| For Communication select: | ||
| RHETORIC AND COMPOSITION I | ||
| RHETORIC AND COMPOSITION II | ||
| For Mathematics select: | ||
| COLLEGE ALGEBRA FOR ECONOMICS & BUSINESS ANALYSIS | ||
| MATHEMATICS FOR ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS ANALYSIS | ||
| For Language, Philosophy, and Culture select: | ||
| For U.S. History select: | ||
| INTERMEDIATE SPANISH II 1,3 | ||
| HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES TO 1865 | ||
| HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES, 1865 TO PRESENT | ||
| For Social & Behavioral Sciences select: | ||
| PRINCIPLES OF MACROECONOMICS | ||
| For Component Area Option select: | ||
| PRINCIPLES OF MICROECONOMICS | ||
| UNIV 1101 | CAREER PREPARATION AND STUDENT SUCCESS | 1 |
| or UNIV 1131 | STUDENT SUCCESS | |
| Core Courses | ||
| MANA 1301 | BUSINESS IN A GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT | 3 |
| ACCT 2301 | PRINCIPLES OF ACCOUNTING I | 3 |
| ACCT 2302 | PRINCIPLES OF ACCOUNTING II | 3 |
| BSTAT 2305 | INTRODUCTORY STATISTICS FOR BUSINESS ANALYTICS | 3 |
| INSY 2303 | INTRODUCTION TO M.I.S. AND DATA PROCESSING | 3 |
| BCOM 3360 | EFFECTIVE BUSINESS COMMUNICATION | 3 |
| BLAW 3310 | LEGAL AND ETHICAL ENVIRONMENT OF BUSINESS | 3 |
| BSTAT 3321 | INTERMEDIATE STATISTICS FOR BUSINESS ANALYTICS | 3 |
| FINA 3313 | BUSINESS FINANCE | 3 |
| MANA 3318 | MANAGING ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR | 3 |
| MARK 3321 | PRINCIPLES OF MARKETING | 3 |
| MANA 4322 | STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT | 3 |
| International Business Specialization | ||
| BLAW 4310 | BASIC INTERNATIONAL LAW FOR BUSINESS | 3 |
| ECON 4306 | COMPARATIVE ECONOMIC SYSTEMS | 3 |
| or ECON 4321 | INTERNATIONAL TRADE | |
| or ECON 4322 | INTERNATIONAL FINANCE | |
| FINA 4324 | INTERNATIONAL CORPORATE FINANCE | 3 |
| MANA 4321 | INTERNATIONAL MANAGEMENT | 3 |
| MARK 4325 | INTERNATIONAL MARKETING | 3 |
| Spanish Language Track | ||
| SPAN 1441 | BEGINNING SPANISH I 1 | 4 |
| SPAN 1442 | BEGINNING SPANISH II 1 | 4 |
| SPAN 2313 | INTERMEDIATE SPANISH I 1 | 3 |
| SPAN 3311 | SPANISH CULTURE AND CIVILIZATION | 3 |
| or SPAN 3312 | LATIN AMERICAN CULTURE AND CIVILIZATION | |
| SPAN 3314 | ADVANCED SPANISH GRAMMAR 3 | 3 |
| SPAN 4334 | CONTEMPORARY HISPANIC CULTURE | 3 |
| SPAN 4335 | BUSINESS SPANISH | 3 |
| Advanced Electives | ||
| Select one Business or Spanish course numbered 3000 or higher. 2 | 3 | |
| Total Hours | 120 | |
- 1
Students will be placed in appropriate language level upon completion of a written and/or a verbal competency exam administered by the Modern Language Department.
- 2
Non-heritage speakers should plan to take SPAN 3303 ADVANCED SPANISH CONVERSATION as an advanced business elective.
- 3
Heritage speakers should plan to take SPAN 2315 in place of SPAN 2314 and SPAN 3305 in place of SPAN 3314.
Suggested Course Sequence
| First Year | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| First Semester | Hours | Second Semester | Hours |
| ENGL 1301 | 3 | ENGL 1302 | 3 |
| MATH 1315 | 3 | MATH 1316 | 3 |
| HIST 1301 | 3 | HIST 1302 | 3 |
| ECON 2305 | 3 | ECON 2306 | 3 |
| SPAN 1441 | 4 | SPAN 1442 | 4 |
| UNIV-BU 1131(Freshmen Only; Transfer Students Take Elective) | 1 | MANA 1301 | 3 |
| 17 | 19 | ||
| Second Year | |||
| First Semester | Hours | Second Semester | Hours |
| ACCT 2301 | 3 | ACCT 2302 | 3 |
| POLS 2311 | 3 | BSTAT 2305 | 3 |
| INSY 2303 | 3 | POLS 2312 | 3 |
| SPAN 2313 | 3 | SPAN 2314 | 3 |
| Life & Physical Science | 3 | Life & Physical Science | 3 |
| 15 | 15 | ||
| Third Year | |||
| First Semester | Hours | Second Semester | Hours |
| SPAN 3311 or 3312 | 3 | SPAN 3314 | 3 |
| ECON 4306, 4321, or 4322 | 3 | MANA 4321 | 3 |
| BLAW 3310 | 3 | BSTAT 3321 | 3 |
| FINA 3313 | 3 | MARK 3321 | 3 |
| MANA 3318 | 3 | Creative Arts | 3 |
| 15 | 15 | ||
| Fourth Year | |||
| First Semester | Hours | Second Semester | Hours |
| SPAN 4334 | 3 | SPAN 4335 | 3 |
| FINA 4324 | 3 | BLAW 4310 | 3 |
| MARK 4325 | 3 | MANA 4322 | 3 |
| BCOM 3360 | 3 | Advanced Elective | 3 |
| 12 | 12 | ||
| Total Hours: 120 | |||