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International Business Major

Requirements for a major in international business:

Students will take the total credit hours required in the functional area major, including the international course in the major, and meet the requirements given below.

Foreign language competency:

Students must offer proof of competency in a foreign language as evidenced by passing a competency exam or completion of the Intermediate II course in the language with a grade of “C” or better. (A TOEFL score of 550, 213 [CBT] or 79–80 [IBT] or better meets the competency criteria.)

Education abroad experience:

This requirement may be met either by studying abroad for a semester or a year, enrolling in a UT travel course, completing an internship abroad or fulfilling a community-based service learning experience abroad. All education abroad experiences must be taken for academic credit, must be pre-approved and all activities must be successfully completed. Community-based service learning abroad must be taken for academic credit, must be pre-approved and all activities must be successfully completed. Students participating in the community-based service learning abroad option may register for 0-4 credit hours in IBS 499.  International students are typically waived from the education abroad requirement, as their studies at The University of Tampa constitutes an education abroad experience. 

For complete information about UT’s education abroad programming, including deadlines, transfer policies and application requirements for UT Travel Courses, Summer/Semester/Year abroad programs, international internships and community service learning abroad, please see Office of International Programs.

In addition to the hours in the functional major, all IB majors must complete 8 credits of IB coursework that includes MGT 350, International Management, and one required IB major international elective from the list below. Students must meet course prerequisites.

  • MKT 410 - Global Marketing
  • ECO 430 - International Economics and Finance
  • ECO 315 - International Economic Development
  • MGT 450 - Born Global: International Entrepreneurship & Strategy
  • IBS 495 - Special Topics in International Business

International electives outside the College of Business (4 credit hours):

Students must take one non-College of Business elective course designated from the list below. The course may include electives offered abroad (with the approval of the international business program coordinator). Courses used to satisfy other programs may not also be used to satisfy this requirement.

  • GEO 102 - World Regional Geography
  • GEO 207 - Economic Geography
  • GEO 240 - Cultural Geography
  • HIS 103  - World History 1500 to Present
  • HIS 128 - History of the Islamic World
  • HIS 204 - Twentieth Century Europe
  • HIS 217 - China's Centuries of War and Revolution: since 1800
  • HIS 220 - Introduction to African History
  • HIS 221 - Japan's Modern Centuries
  • HIS 228 - Traditional Japan
  • HIS 236 - Latin America
  • HIS 260 - The Holocaust
  • PSC 102 - Introduction to International Relations
  • ART 271 - Pre-Columbian
  • ART 282 - Survey of Non-Western Art
  • COM 261 - World Cinema
  • SPE 212 - Global Speech, Human Rights and Social Justice
  • FMX 201 - World Animation
  • FMX 211 - Media Arts: History and Theory
  • LIT 201 - World Literature I
  • LIT 229 - Contemporary African Literature
  • LIT 251 - Literary History I
  • PHL 237 - Indian and Asian Philosophy 
  • REL 205 - World Religions
  • REL 288 - Chinese Yoga and Meditation
  • THR 253 - Survey of World Theatre
     

Degree Requirements

Requirements for a degree in Sykes College of Business

ACC 202Financial Accounting Information

4
ACC 203Managerial Accounting

4
BUS 101Introduction to Global Business

4
BUS 221Business Law and Social Responsibility

4
ECO 204Principles of Microeconomics

4
ECO 205Principles of Macroeconomics

4
FIN 310Financial Management

4
ITM 220Management Information Systems

4
MAT 225Calculus for Business

4
MGT 330Principles of Management

4
MGT 431Practical Strategic Assessment

4
MKT 300Principles of Marketing

4
QMB 210Business Statistics and Analytics

4
SPE 208Speech for Business and the Professions

4

Students majoring in Cybersecurity, Entrepreneurship and International Business and Entrepreneurship are not required to take MGT 431.

Requirements for a major in International Business and Accounting

ACC 304Cost Accounting

4
ACC 320Intermediate Accounting I

4
ACC 351Accounting Information Systems

4
ACC 352Federal Taxation I

4
ACC 401Auditing and Attestation

4
ACC 420Intermediate Accounting II

4
MGT 350International Management

4

Total Credit Hours: 32

One of the following required IB major international elective:

MKT 410Global Marketing

4
ECO 430International Economics and Finance

4
ECO 315International Economic Development

4
MGT 450Born Global: International Entrepreneurship & Strategy

4
IBS 495Special Topics in International Business

4

Requirements for a major in International Business and Economics

ECO 320Intermediate Microeconomics

4
ECO 321Intermediate Macroeconomic Analysis

4
ECO 460Econometrics

4
ECO 461Seminar in Economics

4
MGT 350International Management

4

One of the following required IB major international elective

MKT 410Global Marketing

4
ECO 430International Economics and Finance

4
ECO 315International Economic Development

4
MGT 450Born Global: International Entrepreneurship & Strategy

4
IBS 495Special Topics in International Business

4
 

Three of the following:

ECO 300Labor Economics

4
ECO 310Environmental Economics and Management

4
ECO 315International Economic Development

4
ECO 340Game Theory

4
ECO 360Health Economics

4
ECO 420Public Choice and the Economics of Politics

4
ECO 421Mathematical Economics

4
ECO 430International Economics and Finance

4
ECO 432Economics of Emerging Markets

4
ECO 442Monetary Economics

4
ECO 495Special Topics in Economics

4

Note: One of these ECO 315, ECO 430 or ECO 432 is required. IB-Economics majors may not double count ECO 315 or ECO 430 as an IB-Economics requirement if used to satisfy any other requirement in the IB-Economics major. Total Credit Hours: 36

Requirements for a major in International Business and Entrepreneurship

ENT 320Introduction to Entrepreneurship/Feasibility

4
ENT 360New Venture Finance

4
ENT 420Managing the Start Up Venture

4
ENT 487Business Plan Development

4
MGT 350International Management

4

One of the following required IB major international elective

MKT 410Global Marketing

4
ECO 430International Economics and Finance

4
ECO 315International Economic Development

4
MGT 450Born Global: International Entrepreneurship & Strategy

4
IBS 495Special Topics in International Business

4
 

One of the following:

MGT 355The Art and Science of Negotiation

4
MGT 365Business Strategies for Emerging and the Base of the Pyramid Markets

4
MGT 450Born Global: International Entrepreneurship & Strategy

4

One of the following:

BIT 345Web and Mobile Technology Applications

4
BIT 365Business Database Technology

4
ENT 330Creativity and Innovative Problem Solving

4
ENT 380Introduction to Hospitality Management

4
ENT 390Managing the Family Business

4
ENT 475Real Estate Venturing

4
ENT 490Entrepreneurship Internship

4
ENT 495Seminar in Entrepreneurship

4
Any ENT course not already taken except independent studies

4
FMX 310Creative Coding

4
FMX 311UX/UI User Experience & User Interaction

4
ITM 251Application Development

4
ITM 360Advanced Application Development

4
MGT 355The Art and Science of Negotiation

4
MGT 365Business Strategies for Emerging and the Base of the Pyramid Markets

4
MGT 370Leadership and Change Management

4
MGT 450Born Global: International Entrepreneurship & Strategy

4
MKT 371Professional Selling and Sales Management

4

(Note: IB-Entrepreneurship majors may not double count MGT 355, MGT 365 or MGT 450). Total Credit Hours: 32

Requirements for a major in International Business and Finance

FIN 410Intermediate Financial Management

4
FIN 425International Financial Management

4
FIN 440Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management

4
FIN 470Financial Markets, Institutions, and Money

4
MGT 350International Management

4

One of the following required IB major international elective

MKT 410Global Marketing

4
ECO 430International Economics and Finance

4
ECO 315International Economic Development

4
MGT 450Born Global: International Entrepreneurship & Strategy

4
IBS 495Special Topics in International Business

4
 

Two of the following:

FIN 415Applied Investment Management

4
FIN 319Applied Finance and Accounting using Enterprise Resource Systems

4
FIN 450Risk Management for Business

4
FIN 480Financial Models

4
FIN 491Advanced Financial Management

4
FIN 495Special Topics in Finance

4

Note: IB-Finance majors must take FIN 425. Total Credit Hours: 32

Requirements for a major in International Business and Management

MGT 340Human Resource Management

4
MGT 345Organizational Behavior

4
MGT 350International Management

4


One of the following required IB major international elective

MKT 410Global Marketing

4
ECO 430International Economics and Finance

4
ECO 315International Economic Development

4
MGT 450Born Global: International Entrepreneurship & Strategy

4
IBS 495Special Topics in International Business

4
 

One of the following:

MGT 355The Art and Science of Negotiation

4
MGT 365Business Strategies for Emerging and the Base of the Pyramid Markets

4
MGT 450Born Global: International Entrepreneurship & Strategy

4
 

One of the following:

ENT 320Introduction to Entrepreneurship/Feasibility

4
ENT 330Creativity and Innovative Problem Solving

4
ENT 360New Venture Finance

4
ENT 380Introduction to Hospitality Management

4
ENT 390Managing the Family Business

4
ENT 420Managing the Start Up Venture

4
ENT 475Real Estate Venturing

4
ENT 495Seminar in Entrepreneurship

4
Any ENT course not already taken except independent studies

4
IBS 492Seminar in International Business

4
IBS 495Special Topics in International Business

4
ITM 361Operations Management

4
LED 450Capstone in Leadership Studies

4
MGT 360Sustainable Development: A New Business Paradigm

4
MGT 370Leadership and Change Management

4
MGT 355The Art and Science of Negotiation

4
MGT 365Business Strategies for Emerging and the Base of the Pyramid Markets

4
MGT 450Born Global: International Entrepreneurship & Strategy

4
MGT 492Learning by Travel: Management and Leadership

4
Any MGT course not already taken except internships and independent studies

4

(Note: Cannot double count MGT 355, MGT 365 or MGT 450. IB courses are restricted to those that have been designated as a Management Major elective). Total Credit Hours: 24

Requirements for a major in International Business and Management Information Systems

ITM 251Application Development

4
ITM 280Network and Cloud Infrastructure

4
ITM 318Systems Analysis and Design

4
ITM 361Operations Management

4
ITM 408Data and Information Management

4
ITM 419MIS Capstone

4
MGT 350International Management

4

One of the following required IB major international elective

MKT 410Global Marketing

4
ECO 430International Economics and Finance

4
ECO 315International Economic Development

4
MGT 450Born Global: International Entrepreneurship & Strategy

4
IBS 495Special Topics in International Business

4
 

One of the following:

ITM 319Business Process Integration Using Enterprise Systems

4
ITM 350Information Security Principles

4
ITM 360Advanced Application Development

4
ITM 375Information Security Standards, Risk Management and Compliance

4
ITM 380Network Security

4
ITM 415Digital Forensic & Software Security

4
ITM 450Cybersecurity Capstone

4
ITM 466Business Intelligence and Analytics

4
ITM 480Ethical Hacking

4
ITM 495Special Topics in Information and Technology Management

4

Note: IB-Management Information Systems majors must take ITM 361. Total Credit Hours: 36

Requirements for a major in International Business and Marketing

MGT 350International Management

4
MKT 360Marketing Research

4
MKT 410Global Marketing

4
MKT 450Marketing Strategy

4

One of the following required IB major international elective

MKT 410Global Marketing

4
ECO 430International Economics and Finance

4
ECO 315International Economic Development

4
MGT 450Born Global: International Entrepreneurship & Strategy

4
IBS 495Special Topics in International Business

4

Note: MKT 410 is required. IB-Marketing majors may not double count MKT 410 as an IB-Marketing requirement if used to satisfy any other requirement in the IB-Marketing major.

Two of the following:

ENT 320Introduction to Entrepreneurship/Feasibility

4
MKT 352Services Marketing and Management

4
MKT 354Buyer Behavior

4
MKT 362Digital Marketing

4
MKT 371Professional Selling and Sales Management

4
MKT 372Retail and Distribution Management

4
MKT 411Promotion and Branding Strategies

4
MKT 418Advanced Professional Selling

4
MKT 495Special Topics in Marketing

4

Total Credit Hours: 28