International Business Courses*
BUSN 114 • Introduction to Business (3 units)
A basic survey of the scope, function, and organization of modern business.
BUSN 215 • Principles of Economics I (Macro) (3 units)
Prerequisite: MATH 145C or college algebra. An introduction to the principles of economic analysis, economic institutions, and issues of public policy.
BUSN 216 • Principles of Economics II (Micro) (3 units)
Prerequisite: MATH 145C or college algebra. An introduction to the economics of private enterprise and resource allocation, including demand, supply, and elasticity; cost of production; price and output determination under various market structures; and pricing and employment resources.
BUSN 316 • Legal Aspects of the Business Process (3 units)
An examination of law and its development, courts and procedures, and basic legal principles as they relate primarily to business ethics, business crimes, product and service liability, warranty, business organization and operation, insurance, and property.
BUSN 317 • Legal and Ethical Environment of Business (3 units)
Explores the historical, philosophical, and religious bases of legal systems, the ethical posture of law as related to the moral dimensions of an economic complex, and the policies and implementation procedures of federal, state, and local regulatory bodies.
FINC 335 • Corporate Finance (3 units)
Prerequisite: MATH/SOCS 265, ACCT 220 and ACCT 221. This course is designed to provide the student with an overview of the financial principles and techniques related to financial management within a business enterprise. The course will introduce tools for financial decision making, policy making, and analysis. Areas studied will include financial statement analysis, asset valuation methods, capital budgeting, cost of capital, and capital asset pricing model.
ANTH/HIST/ICST/ 339 • Area Studies: [Topical Area] (3 units)
Prerequisites: ANTH 102C. Area Studies is an intensive examination of specific regions of the world. Each course gives a brief survey of the region with attention to cultural history, ethnicity, family structure, political organization, technology, social structure, ethnopsychology, economics and ideologies present within the region. Issues of cultural difference and commonality, regional minority sub-cultural groups, and the role that this region plays within “global” culture are also addressed. (This course may be repeated for credit.) Areas of study in the rotation may include: Latin America, Pacific Rim, Japan, Middle East, Oceania, East Asia, South East Asia, China, Korea, Northern Africa, Sub-Sahara Africa, Eastern Europe, Western Europe, North America, and North America Diaspora.
MNGT 346 • Organizational Behavior (3 units)
Prerequisite: MNGT 325. Addresses the problems and dynamics of individuals’ and groups’ impact upon organizations. Theories of motivation, power, and decision making and their influence upon behavior will be considered as well.
MRKT 360 • Principles of Marketing (3 units)
Studies marketing and marketing strategy from a managerial approach. It explores placing products and services in markets at a fair price while meeting customer expectations. The course builds upon the classical “four P’s” theory, and examines marketing’s contemporary ideas and practices.
MRKT 367 • Multinational Marketing (3 units)
Prerequisite: MRKT 360. Models for delivery of international promotions are studied with an emphasis upon cross-cultural considerations and complications.
FINC 421 • International Finance (3 units)
Prerequisite: FINC 335. Integrates various aspects of the financial control system of the international firm utilizing case study analysis. Attention will be given to the application of complex problem solving and model building in dealing with financial and economic forecasting for the firm and the global economy.
BUSN 452 • Summer Study Tours (1-8 units)
Prerequisite: Consent of the instructor. Occasional summer trips to international sites. Will include some coursework along with travel and tour. Units are computed according to the duration of the tour and the hours of instruction, one unit per week of travel.
BUSN 455C • Business Policy and Strategy (4 units)
Prerequisites: All major requirements. Designed to allow the business major the opportunity of integrating the knowledge obtained from accounting, economics, finance, marketing, and organizational and personnel management into coherent analytic skills on case studies approximating real world business situations. This course fulfills the Core Curriculum Capstone requirement for Business majors.
BUSN 457 • Semester Study Abroad (8 or 16 units)
Prerequisite: Approval of the Dean of the School of Business and Management. A semester of study at an approved study program or university abroad. A graduation requirement of international business majors. Students will receive up to eleven units of international credit and five units of anthropology credit to be applied toward graduation requirements.
BUSN 470 • Special Topics (1-3 units)
Prerequisite: Consent of the instructor. Study of a special topic in one of the fields of international business. May be repeated for credit.
POLS 482 • International Politics (3 units)
Examination of the concepts and principles of the international political system.
BUSN 490 • Seminar (1-3 units)
Prerequisite: Consent of the instructor. Mutual investigation of one topic in business of particular relevance to upper division majors. May be repeated for credit.
* This information is provided for ease of use, however it is not the official record. See the academic catalog for official course descriptions and requirements.