International Business
Major: International Business
Degree Awarded: Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (BSBA)
Calendar Type: Quarter
Minimum Required Credits: 180.0
Co-op Options: Three Co-op (Five years); One Co-op (Four years); No Co-op (Four years)
Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) code: 52.1101
Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) code: 11-1021; 11-1011; 25-1011
About the Program
This major explores the international business environment as well as the internal workings of multinational corporations and the impact of international considerations on the various functional areas of business.
This major includes in-depth study of a foreign language, and students choose from a menu of courses to fulfill additional requirements. The curriculum is interdisciplinary with courses drawn from international business, marketing, management, finance, economics, and other areas. Specialized operational courses are offered, along with more general theoretical and comparative ones. Students are encouraged to explore additional opportunities such as international co-ops, study abroad and global classrooms.
Additional Information
For more information about this program, contact the School of Economics.
Degree Requirements
Students completing the major in International Business are required to complete six courses in the same language (a language other than the student's native language) at Drexel University. It is recommended that students also take a 320 or 420 language course, focusing on the language of business or professions. This requires a minimum of 6 language courses (24.0 credits) at the college level or up to level 6 placement, including proficiency in at least one language. Some of these courses may count toward the student's general education electives.
Students may satisfy the language requirement through foreign language course replacement by studying overseas. All study abroad programs must be approved by the Study Abroad Office.
Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (BSBA) Degree Requirements | ||
General Education Requirements | ||
CIVC 101 | Introduction to Civic Engagement | 1.0 |
COM 270 [WI] | Business Communication | 3.0 |
COOP 101 | Career Management and Professional Development * | 1.0 |
ENGL 101 | Composition and Rhetoric I: Inquiry and Exploratory Research | 3.0 |
or ENGL 111 | English Composition I | |
ENGL 102 | Composition and Rhetoric II: Advanced Research and Evidence-Based Writing | 3.0 |
or ENGL 112 | English Composition II | |
ENGL 103 | Composition and Rhetoric III: Themes and Genres | 3.0 |
or ENGL 113 | English Composition III | |
MATH 101 | Introduction to Analysis I | 4.0 |
MATH 102 | Introduction to Analysis II | 4.0 |
PHIL 105 | Critical Reasoning | 3.0 |
PSY 101 | General Psychology I | 3.0 |
UNIV B101 | The Drexel Experience | 1.0 |
UNIV B201 [WI] | Career Management | 1.0 |
English literature elective (ENGL 200 - ENGL 399) | 3.0 | |
Fine Arts elective | 3.0 | |
Courses with the following subjects and course range from 100-499. Architecture (ARCH), Art History (ARTH), Dance (DANC), Film Studies (FMST), Interior Design (INTR), Music (MUSC), Photography (PHTO), Visual Studies (VSST), Screenwriting & Playwriting (SCRP),Theatre (THTR) | ||
History (HIST) elective | 4.0 | |
Select two of the following: | 6.0 | |
Applied Cells, Genetics & Physiology | ||
or BIO 101 | Applied Biological Diversity, Ecology & Evolution | |
Applied Chemistry | ||
Applied Physics | ||
or PHYS 170 | Electricity and Motion | |
or PHYS 175 | Light and Sound | |
General Education Electives | 12.0 | |
Students select (12.0 credits) general education electives, with a minimum of one course in each of the following four categories. | ||
Diversity & Multicultural | ||
Society and Culture | ||
Courses with the following subjects and course range from 100-499. Communications (COM), English (ENGL), Fine Arts (ARCH, ARTH, DANC, DIGM, FMVD, SCRP, FMST, INTR, MUSC, PHTO, THTR, WBDV, VSST), Global Studies (GST), Language (LANG) or Philosophy (PHIL) | ||
Social Science | ||
Courses with the following subjects and course range from 100-499. Anthropology (ANTH), Criminology and Justice Studies (CJS), History (HIST), Sociology (SOC), Political Science (PSCI), Psychology (PSY) | ||
Science | ||
Courses with the following subjects and course range from 100-499. Computer Science (CS), Information Systems (INFO), Science, Technology and Society (SCTS) | ||
Business Requirements | ||
ACCT 115 | Financial Accounting Foundations | 4.0 |
ACCT 116 | Managerial Accounting Foundations | 4.0 |
BLAW 201 | Business Law I | 4.0 |
BSAN 160 | Business Analytics and Data Visualization | 4.0 |
BUSN 101 | Foundations of Business I | 4.0 |
BUSN 102 | Foundations of Business II | 4.0 |
ECON 201 | Principles of Microeconomics | 4.0 |
ECON 202 | Principles of Macroeconomics | 4.0 |
FIN 301 | Introduction to Finance | 4.0 |
INTB 200 | International Business | 4.0 |
MGMT 450 | Strategy and Competitive Advantage | 4.0 |
MIS 200 | Management Information Systems | 4.0 |
MKTG 201 | Introduction to Marketing Management | 4.0 |
OPM 200 | Operations Management | 4.0 |
ORGB 300 [WI] | Organizational Behavior | 4.0 |
STAT 201 | Introduction to Business Statistics | 4.0 |
Select one of the following: | 4.0 | |
Introduction to Entrepreneurship | ||
For-Profit Business Consulting | ||
Nonprofit Business Consulting | ||
Startup Business Consulting | ||
International Business Consulting | ||
Negotiations and Conflict Resolution | ||
Sport Business Consulting | ||
Business Statistics II | ||
Required International Business Major Courses ** | ||
INTB 440 | Seminar in International Business | 4.0 |
Category A: Complete at least 16.0 credits from the following list | 16.0 | |
Intercultural Communication | ||
Strategic International Communication | ||
International Macroeconomics | ||
Economic Development | ||
International Trade | ||
International Money and Finance | ||
Regional Studies in Economic Policies and International Business | ||
Category B: Complete 16.0 credits from the following list | 16.0 | |
International Business Law | ||
Global Financial Management | ||
Multinational Corporations | ||
International Business Consulting | ||
Domestic and Global Outsourcing Management | ||
Global Marketing | ||
Operations Planning | ||
Free Electives | 18.0 | |
Total Credits | 180.0 |
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Students not participating in co-op will take one additional credit of Free Elective instead of COOP 101.
Co-op cycles may vary. Students are assigned a co-op cycle (fall/winter, spring/summer, summer-only) based on their co-op program (4-year, 5-year) and major.
COOP 101 registration is determined by the co-op cycle assigned and may be scheduled in a different term. Select students may be eligible to take COOP 001 in place of COOP 101.
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Students majoring in international business (Primary Major) must complete the Language Proficiency Certificate in a language outside their native language. This requires reaching at least the fifth level (202) of a single language and students must take at least 8.0 credits in this language.
Writing-Intensive Course Requirements
In order to graduate, all students must pass three writing-intensive courses after their freshman year. Two writing-intensive courses must be in a student's major. The third can be in any discipline. Students are advised to take one writing-intensive class each year, beginning with the sophomore year, and to avoid “clustering” these courses near the end of their matriculation. Transfer students need to meet with an academic advisor to review the number of writing-intensive courses required to graduate.
A "WI" next to a course in this catalog may indicate that this course can fulfill a writing-intensive requirement. For the most up-to-date list of writing-intensive courses being offered, students should check the Writing Intensive Course List at the University Writing Program. Students scheduling their courses can also conduct a search for courses with the attribute "WI" to bring up a list of all writing-intensive courses available that term.
Sample Plan of Study
4 year, no co-op
First Year | |||||||
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Fall | Credits | Winter | Credits | Spring | Credits | Summer | Credits |
BUSN 101 | 4.0 | BUSN 102 | 4.0 | ACCT 115 | 4.0 | VACATION | |
ECON 201 | 4.0 | CIVC 101 | 1.0 | BSAN 160 | 4.0 | ||
ENGL 101 or 111 | 3.0 | ECON 202 | 4.0 | ENGL 103 or 113 | 3.0 | ||
MATH 101 | 4.0 | ENGL 102 or 112 | 3.0 | Modern Language 101 or Society & Culture elective | 4.0 | ||
UNIV B101 | 1.0 | MATH 102 | 4.0 | ||||
16 | 16 | 15 | 0 | ||||
Second Year | |||||||
Fall | Credits | Winter | Credits | Spring | Credits | Summer | Credits |
ACCT 116 | 4.0 | INTB 200 | 4.0 | BLAW 201 | 4.0 | VACATION | |
COM 270 | 3.0 | History (HIST) elective | 4.0 | MIS 200 | 4.0 | ||
STAT 201 | 4.0 | Modern Language 103 or Free Elective | 4.0 | PSY 101 | 3.0 | ||
Modern Language 102 or Free Elective | 4.0 | Select one of the following: | 3.0 | Modern Language 201 or Free elective | 4.0 | ||
15 | 15 | 15 | 0 | ||||
Third Year | |||||||
Fall | Credits | Winter | Credits | Spring | Credits | Summer | Credits |
FIN 301 | 4.0 | OPM 200 | 4.0 | Diversity elective | 3.0 | VACATION | |
ORGB 300 | 4.0 | INTB Category A elective | 4.0 | Free Elective* | 2.0 | ||
MKTG 201 | 4.0 | INTB Category B elective | 4.0 | INTB Category A elective | 4.0 | ||
Modern Language 202 or Free elective | 4.0 | Select one of the following: | 3.0 | INTB Category B elective | 4.0 | ||
16 | 15 | 13 | 0 | ||||
Fourth Year | |||||||
Fall | Credits | Winter | Credits | Spring | Credits | ||
UNIV B201 | 1.0 | MGMT 450 | 4.0 | INTB 440 | 4.0 | ||
ENGL 200 - ENGL 399 course | 3.0 | INTB Category A elective | 4.0 | PHIL 105 | 3.0 | ||
INTB Category A elective | 4.0 | INTB Category B elective | 4.0 | Fine Arts elective | 3.0 | ||
Science elective | 3.0 | Select one of the following: | 4.0 | INTB Category B elective | 4.0 | ||
Social Science elective | 3.0 | ||||||
14 | 16 | 14 | |||||
Total Credits 180 |
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Students not participating in co-op will take one additional credit of Free Elective instead of COOP 101.
4 year, 1 co-op (Fall/Winter)
First Year | |||||||
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Fall | Credits | Winter | Credits | Spring | Credits | Summer | Credits |
BUSN 101 | 4.0 | BUSN 102 | 4.0 | ACCT 115 | 4.0 | VACATION | |
ECON 201 | 4.0 | CIVC 101 | 1.0 | BSAN 160 | 4.0 | ||
ENGL 101 or 111 | 3.0 | ECON 202 | 4.0 | ENGL 103 or 113 | 3.0 | ||
MATH 101 | 4.0 | ENGL 102 or 112 | 3.0 | Modern Language 101 or Society & Culture elective | 4.0 | ||
UNIV B101 | 1.0 | MATH 102 | 4.0 | ||||
16 | 16 | 15 | 0 | ||||
Second Year | |||||||
Fall | Credits | Winter | Credits | Spring | Credits | Summer | Credits |
ACCT 116 | 4.0 | COOP 101* | 1.0 | BLAW 201 | 4.0 | FIN 301 | 4.0 |
COM 270 | 3.0 | INTB 200 | 4.0 | MIS 200 | 4.0 | ORGB 300 | 4.0 |
STAT 201 | 4.0 | History (HIST) elective | 4.0 | PSY 101 | 3.0 | MKTG 201 | 4.0 |
Modern Language 102 or Free elective | 4.0 | Modern Language 103 or Free elective | 4.0 | Modern Language 201 or Free elective | 4.0 | Modern Language 202 or Free elective | 4.0 |
Select one of the following: | 3.0 | ||||||
15 | 16 | 15 | 16 | ||||
Third Year | |||||||
Fall | Credits | Winter | Credits | Spring | Credits | Summer | Credits |
COOP EXPERIENCE | COOP EXPERIENCE | OPM 200 | 4.0 | Diversity elective | 3.0 | ||
INTB Category A elective | 4.0 | Free Elective | 1.0 | ||||
INTB Category B elective | 4.0 | INTB Category A elective | |||||
Select one of the following: | 3.0 | INTB Category B electives | 8.0 | ||||
0 | 0 | 15 | 12 | ||||
Fourth Year | |||||||
Fall | Credits | Winter | Credits | Spring | Credits | ||
ENGL 200 - ENGL 399 course | 3.0 | MGMT 450 | 4.0 | INTB 440 | 4.0 | ||
INTB Category A elective | 4.0 | INTB Category A elective | 4.0 | PHIL 105 | 3.0 | ||
Science elective | 3.0 | INTB Category B elective | 4.0 | UNIV B201 | 1.0 | ||
Social Science elective | 3.0 | Select one of the following: | 4.0 | Fine Arts elective | 3.0 | ||
INTB Category B elective | 4.0 | ||||||
13 | 16 | 15 | |||||
Total Credits 180 |
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Co-op cycles may vary. Students are assigned a co-op cycle (fall/winter, spring/summer, summer-only) based on their co-op program (4-year, 5-year) and major.
COOP 101 registration is determined by the co-op cycle assigned and may be scheduled in a different term. Select students may be eligible to take COOP 001 in place of COOP 101.
5 year, 3 co-op (Fall Winter)
First Year | |||||||
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Fall | Credits | Winter | Credits | Spring | Credits | Summer | Credits |
BUSN 101 | 4.0 | BUSN 102 | 4.0 | ACCT 115 | 4.0 | VACATION | |
ECON 201 | 4.0 | CIVC 101 | 1.0 | BSAN 160 | 4.0 | ||
ENGL 101 or 111 | 3.0 | COOP 101* | 1.0 | ENGL 103 or 113 | 3.0 | ||
MATH 101 | 4.0 | ECON 202 | 4.0 | Modern Language 101 or Society & Culture elective | 4.0 | ||
UNIV B101 | 1.0 | ENGL 102 or 112 | 3.0 | ||||
MATH 102 | 4.0 | ||||||
16 | 17 | 15 | 0 | ||||
Second Year | |||||||
Fall | Credits | Winter | Credits | Spring | Credits | Summer | Credits |
COOP EXPERIENCE | COOP EXPERIENCE | ACCT 116 | 4.0 | INTB 200 | 4.0 | ||
COM 270 | 3.0 | History (HIST) elective | 4.0 | ||||
STAT 201 | 4.0 | Modern Language 103 or Free elective | 4.0 | ||||
Modern Language 102 or Free elective | 4.0 | Select one of the following: | 3.0 | ||||
0 | 0 | 15 | 15 | ||||
Third Year | |||||||
Fall | Credits | Winter | Credits | Spring | Credits | Summer | Credits |
COOP EXPERIENCE | COOP EXPERIENCE | BLAW 201 | 4.0 | FIN 301 | 4.0 | ||
MIS 200 | 4.0 | MKTG 201 | 4.0 | ||||
PSY 101 | 3.0 | ORGB 300 | 4.0 | ||||
Modern Language 201 or Free elective | 4.0 | Modern Language 202 or Free elective | 4.0 | ||||
0 | 0 | 15 | 16 | ||||
Fourth Year | |||||||
Fall | Credits | Winter | Credits | Spring | Credits | Summer | Credits |
COOP EXPERIENCE | COOP EXPERIENCE | OPM 200 | 4.0 | Diversity elective | 3.0 | ||
INTB Category A elective | 4.0 | Free Elective | 1.0 | ||||
INTB Category B elective | 4.0 | INTB Category A elective | 4.0 | ||||
Select one of the following: | 3.0 | INTB Category B electives | 4.0 | ||||
0 | 0 | 15 | 12 | ||||
Fifth Year | |||||||
Fall | Credits | Winter | Credits | Spring | Credits | ||
ENGL 200 - ENGL 399 course | 3.0 | MGMT 450 | 4.0 | INTB 440 | 4.0 | ||
INTB Category A elective | 4.0 | INTB Category A elective | 4.0 | PHIL 105 | 3.0 | ||
Science elective | 3.0 | INTB Category B elective | 4.0 | UNIV B201 | 1.0 | ||
Social Science elective | 3.0 | Select one of the following: | 4.0 | Fine Arts elective | 3.0 | ||
INTB Category B elective | 4.0 | ||||||
13 | 16 | 15 | |||||
Total Credits 180 |
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Co-op cycles may vary. Students are assigned a co-op cycle (fall/winter, spring/summer, summer-only) based on their co-op program (4-year, 5-year) and major.
COOP 101 registration is determined by the co-op cycle assigned and may be scheduled in a different term. Select students may be eligible to take COOP 001 in place of COOP 101.
Co-op/Career Opportunities
International Business graduates are employed in a variety of corporate settings, including the pharmaceutical, banking and telecommunication industries. Some students pursue graduate studies or find employment in multilateral governmental organizations.
The concentration has been designed to provide a competitive advantage for those students interested in international business careers. In addition to business coursework, students also take advantage of Drexel’s programs in history-politics, sociology, anthropology, and other areas that focus on international topics.
The University offers minors in French, Italian Studies, Japanese, and Spanish. Each minor can include study of the vocabulary needed for business transactions within the particular language.
Proficiency certificates are also available to students at the intermediate level as proof that students are proficient enough to live abroad and interact with native speakers in their home countries and cultures. Proficiency certificates are available in Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Japanese, Korean, and Spanish.
Visit the Drexel Steinbright Career Development Center page for more detailed information on co-op and post-graduate opportunities. Also visit the Career Guides provided by the Steinbright Career Development Center.
Facilities
The 12-story, 177,500-square-foot home for LeBow College of Business is located at the heart of the Drexel University campus, at the intersection of Woodland Walk and Market Street, where it forms a gateway to Drexel and a backdrop to the historic statue of A. J. Drexel (Moses Ezekiel, 1904). The diagonal massing of the lower floors follows Woodland Walk and combines with the new Papadakis Integrated Sciences Building (Diamond & Schmitt, 2011) to energize the University’s central quadrangle. The building’s tower will mark the LeBow College and Drexel campus from all directions while the open, glassy Market Street façade will showcase the College’s student activities to passersby.
The building’s organization unites the school’s various constituencies around a five-story-high atrium ringed by classrooms, student lounges, events spaces, and offices. The atrium is immediately accessible from main entrances at the three corners of the building. An open stair within the atrium leads to a 300-seat auditorium and 100-seat lecture hall one floor below and to a divisible multipurpose room and additional classrooms above. The building’s upper floors contain faculty offices interspersed with seminar rooms and group study rooms. The top floor houses the Dean’s suite and a boardroom and conference suite that opens to east- and west-facing terraces.
The building’s warm masonry and glass exterior reflects the emerging vocabulary of the next generation of Drexel buildings. Sophisticated solar shading devices allow maximum transparency between the inside and outside while supporting the building’s high environmental aspirations.
Key Building Features
- Five-story atrium
- Finance trading lab with Bloomberg Terminal Room
- 300-seat auditorium
- 160-seat event space
- 100-seat lecture hall
- 45-seat seminar rooms
- 44-seat computer classrooms
- 60-seat classrooms
- Executive MBA classroom
- 24-seat classrooms
- Special areas for experiential learning simulations and business consulting
- Videoconferencing capabilities
- Integrated teaching technology in all classrooms
- Recording studio to support LeBow College’s online programs
- Extensive areas for students to gather socially and for collaborative study, including student collaboration rooms, two quiet study areas, and 3,500 square feet of student social space
- EMBA Alumni Lounge for the exclusive use of EMBA alumni
- Behavioral Studies Lab
- Starbucks
- Green Globe certifiable, meeting worldwide sustainability standards
Gerri C. LeBow Hall brings together faculty, students, and staff in a state-of-the-art building on the University City campus. Please visit the LeBow College of Business webpage, the Behavioral Lab webpage, and the Finance Trading Lab webpage to learn more about Gerri C. LeBow Hall.