Bachelor of International Business
International business is an interdisciplinary program, drawing on all areas of business, with a particular focus on international trade, multinational corporations, and foreign direct investment. We provide broadly-educated, flexible graduates with a sound core of the functional areas of business and a passion for understanding the world.
Why is International Business in demand?
- Employers in both the public and private sectors are increasingly valuing candidates who have a global mindset and cross-cultural sensitivities.
- Business today is global; more than a quarter of everything made or grown in the world crosses international borders.
- Approximately 30% of the top 700 CEO’s in the USA have had international experience.
Curriculum
With an international business major, students gain an understanding of the complex forces shaping business today.
We offer you an interdisciplinary approach drawing on all the functional areas of business. Courses include:
- Environment of International Business
- International Accounting
- International Finance
- International Economics
- International Management
- International Marketing
Courses that focus on business in one area of the world include:
- European Business
- Business in China
- East Asian Trade and Investment
- Latin American Business
There is an opportunity to specialize in a region of interest through our Asian Studies or Latin American Studies concentration. There is also a foreign language requirement and, for most students, a built-in minor. You can chose from:
- Arabic
- Chinese
- French
- German
- Italian
- Japanese
- Portuguese
- Spanish
- Russian
A study abroad experience is strongly encouraged. More than 85% of international business graduates study in a foreign country. IB majors have studied in 25 different countries on all six continents in the last decade. Many students have chosen: Argentina, China, France, Italy, Japan and Spain, among others.
Click here to see the curriculum.
Research
One of the many great reasons to choose The University of Scranton is the opportunity to engage in research, often funded by the President’s Fellowships for Summer Research. Mark Grambo ’12 and Jan Wessel ’14 are two international business majors who were awarded these fellowships. Grambo studied ecotourism, ethics and “greenwashing” and presented his research at the International Academy of Business and Public Affairs Disciplines Conference in Orlando, Florida. Meanwhile, Wessel studied sustainability in China’s automobile industry, the world’s largest auto market. You can read more about their research here
https://admissions.scranton.edu/academic-programs/majors-minors/programs/international-business.shtml
