The emphasis of this degree is on identifying global business strategies, managing risks, and creating value for companies under specific macroeconomic, political, and social context conditions.
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In keeping with the tradition of American business education, the program provides students from diverse cultural and educational backgrounds with a challenging and interdisciplinary business curriculum. Students pursuing a Bachelor of Arts degree in International Business at John Cabot University are required to take courses that aim at building a strong competence with regard to the understanding of the crucial role of external environments for doing business.
The required courses should be taken from a variety of disciplines, such as economics, finance, international business law, international management, or marketing. Small class sizes permit most of the upper-level courses to focus on active learning through class discussion and teamwork. All courses balance theory with practice, emphasize the importance of clear and accurate communication, both written and oral, and require projects, reports, and/or formal presentations. Professors regularly invite renowned guest speakers from the world of business to talk to their students.
The final course of the international business program is a capstone course, International Business Seminar. This course is taken by students in their senior year, to integrate the principles, concepts, and techniques developed in earlier core courses. In this course, students examine issues regarding the strategic management of enterprises competing in a global environment. The International Business Seminar makes extensive use of the case-study method of teaching.
A. The Proficiency and General Distribution Requirements of the University (the Mathematics and Science requirement will be satisfied by completing the courses in C).
B. Additional Requirements for the International Business Major
1. CS 110 Microcomputer Applications
2. EC 201 Principles of Microeconomics
3. EC202 Principles of Macroeconomics
4. MA 198 Calculus I
5. MA 208 Statistics I
Any two of these five courses will satisfy Requirement D of the Associate of Arts degree in International Business.
C. Core Curriculum
1. BUS 220 Business Communications OR IT/BUS 303 Italian for Business
2. ACCT 201 Financial Accounting
3. ACCT 202 Managerial Accounting
4. FIN 301 Finance
5. LAW 323 International Business Law
6. MGT 301 Principles of Management
7. MKT 301 Principles of Marketing
8. MGT 310 Organizational Behavior
9. MGT 330 Operations Management
10. BUS 330 International Business
11. MGT 426 International Management OR MKT 330 International Marketing
12. BUS 498 International Business Seminar
The University requires an overall minimum grade point average of 2.00 in all courses taken at the University, with no more than two grades lower than C- in core courses.
D. Major Electives
Four additional upper division (300 or 400 level) courses as follows:
Approved Substitutes:
Concentrations: Students majoring in International Business may select a concentration in Marketing, which would mean three upper division (300 or 400 level) courses with a MKT prefix and a strong international focus.*
E. General Electives sufficient to give a total of 120 credits.
*Current courses that would qualify for this concentration include: MKT 302 Service Marketing, MKT 305 Market and Marketing Research, MKT 320 Integrated Marketing Communications, MKT 330 International Marketing, MKT 340 e-Marketing, MKT 350 Marketing for Not for Profit Organizations. Prerequisites for these courses include EN 110, MA 208 , MGT 301 and MKT 301, which IB majors would have fulfilled under (A), (C) and (D).
Please note that students cannot earn a double major or double degree in International Business and Business Administration.
We offer numerous merit-based Presidential Scholarships and need-based Assistance Grants.
Students of International Business are provided with a great number of opportunities to develop their professional skills outside the classroom, always under the careful supervision and guidance provided to them by professors. They develop business skills, for instance, through working on consulting projects for real companies with Learn-Do-Share and JERO International Consulting, becoming a member of JCU’s Business Club, or through an internship provided through JCU’s Center for Career Services, which is a career starting point for many of our students.
Institute for Entrepreneurship
We collaborate closely with the JCU Institute for Entrepreneurship to prepare students for a successful entrepreneurial career or a career in a start-up. Our students develop an entrepreneurial mindset by taking one of many entrepreneurship-related courses, connecting with start-ups from our network, and participating in international entrepreneurship competitions, such as Enactus and the international Bengis Social Challenge.
Students graduating from John Cabot University with a B.A. degree in International Business will have acquired knowledge and skills that will allow them to pursue many different career paths such as: Management positions of leading international corporations, International business consulting, Export manager and international retailing, Management of international NGOs, International financial corporations, Product manager.
Many of our students decide to pursue graduate studies at prestigious universities such as the London School of Economics, Imperial College London, Cass Business School, HEC Paris, ESCP Business School, Grenoble École de Management, MIP Politecnico di Milano, Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi, LUISS Business School, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Copenhagen Business School, Stockholm Business School, Yonsei University, and Purdue University, among others.
