Foreign Language (B.A.)
Designed to provide the student of modern languages with a liberal arts education and a core of business courses that will open doors to a career in international business.
Required course work includes the university requirements (see regulation J-3), the general requirements for the B.A. degree, and:
In addition to the course work specified for this major, an international experience is required. This requirement will normally be fulfilled by completing a program of studies abroad which takes place after the student has finished language study through the intermediate (200) level. The specific program must receive prior approval from the student's MLC advisor and must be one that lasts a minimum of 12-15 weeks. The classes taken must earn a minimum of 12 upper-division (300/400 level) academic credits and be in subjects pertinent to the student's language option. Such credits may be obtained by two consecutive summer programs.
Business Option
One modern language (Chinese, French, German, Japanese, or Spanish), elementary and intermediate (16 cr)
Approved upper-division courses in the same language (including one business course or approved alternative in the target language) (21 cr)
Introduction to Financial Accounting (3 cr) |
One of the following (3-4 cr):
Principles of Microeconomics (3 cr) |
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Foundations of Econ Analysis (4 cr) |
One of the following groups of courses (15-17 cr):
Group A:
Financial Management (3 cr) |
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Introduction to Management (3 cr) |
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Marketing (3 cr) |
Six credits taken from Bus 101 or any other 300- or 400-level BUS prefix course
or
One of the following (3 cr):
Team Building and Group Dynamics (2 cr) |
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Business Systems (4 cr) |
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Product and Process Planning (3 cr) |
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Planning and Decision-Making in Organizations (2 cr) |
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Managing the Firm's Resources (3 cr) |
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Business Operating Decisions (3 cr) |
One of the following (3 cr)
The European Union (3 cr) |
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European Immigration and Integration (3 cr) |
Approved Alternative Course (3 cr)
Courses to total 120 credits for this degree, Business courses to total 21 credits