International Business Major

Associate Dean: Joseph Bailey, Ph.D.
Assistant Dean: Brian Horick

International Business responds to the global interest in international economic systems and their multicultural characteristics. This degree combines the college-required courses with International Business courses and provides students the opportunity to apply a specified upper level foreign language course toward this specialization's requirements. It is strongly recommended that this program be declared in combination with another major in or outside of business in order to assure that graduates will have specialized career focus.

Admission to the Major

See "Admission Requirements" on the Robert H. Smith School of Business page.

Program Learning Outcomes

  1. Apply elements of critical thinking.
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  2. Identify common situations in chosen career that could result in ethical dilemma.
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  3. Analyze ethical scenarios and apply frameworks to develop solutions.
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  4. Foster and sustain team environments that are inclusive of ideas from all contributing members.
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  5. Apply leadership skills to motivate and coordinate with other to achieve goals.
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  6. Write professional-grade business documents.
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  7. Develop and deliver effective oral presentations.
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  8. Identify and use appropriate quantitative tools and techniques.
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  9. Use software applications to analyze and solve problems.
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  10. Explain how functional areas interact and drive one another.
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  11. Demonstrate proficiency in cross-border business (with application to marketing, finance, and management).
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  12. Demonstrate a broadly diverse multi-cultural global mindset

Course requirements for the junior-senior curriculum concentration in International Business are:

Course Title Credits
College Requirements
BMGT392Introduction to International Business Management3
BMGT463Cross-cultural Challenges in Business3
Select four of the following:12
BMGT321
Managerial Accounting (Select one course from BMGT321 Managerial Accounting or BMGT428 Special Topics in Accounting)
BMGT341
Financial Markets (Select one course from BMGT341 Financial Markets or ECON330 Money and Banking)
BMGT354
Consumer Analysis (Select one course from BMGT354 Consumer Analysis or BMGT458 Special Topics in Marketing)
BMGT430
Data Modeling in Business (Select one course from BMGT430 Data Modeling in Business or BMGT438 Special Topics in Operations Management)
BMGT446
International Finance (Select one course from BMGT446 International Finance, BMGT448 Special Topics in Finance, ECON305 Intermediate Macroeconomic Theory and Policy, or ECON306 Intermediate Microeconomic Theory & Policy.)
BMGT454
Global Marketing
BMGT466
Global Business Strategy (Select one course from BMGT466 Global Business Strategy or BMGT469 Management and Organization Short-term Study Abroad)
BMGT477
International Supply Chain Management (Select one course from BMGT477 International Supply Chain Management or BMGT478 Special Topics in Supply Chain Managment.)
BMGT485
Project Management
In addition, a MAXIMUM OF ONE of the following language courses may be applied towards this 4 course requirement:
ARAB304
Advanced Modern Standard Arabic I
CHIN301
Advanced Chinese I
FREN301
Composition and Style
GERS301
Conversation and Composition I: The German-Speaking World
HEBR313
Conversation and Composition I
ITAL301
Italian Composition
JAPN301
Advanced Japanese I
PERS301
Advanced Persian I
PORT405
Portuguese for Spanish Speakers
RUSS301
Advanced Russian I
SPAN301
Advanced Grammar and Composition I
Total Credits18

In addition to the major requirements listed above, please see the Roberts H. Smith School of Business  under The Colleges and Schools or www.rhsmith.umd.edu for a listing of additional Smith School degree requirements that apply to all Smith School majors.

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