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Undergraduate Catalog 2024-2025 
    
Undergraduate Catalog 2024-2025

International Business, BA


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The program for the International Business major is structured uniquely to include substantial course work in Business, Economics, and a modern foreign language. Majors must combine the business skill with the language skill. The requirements are intensive and demanding. Career possibilities are numerous and expanding, and a growing number of businesses have foreign affiliations providing opportunities in manufacturing, marketing, and finance. The International Business major earns a B.A. degree. 

Transfer Policy

A student may transfer in the following:

  1. the common Business core courses except for BUS 450  - Business Policy and no more than 6 credit hours from BUS 320 , BUS 340 , BUS 344 , BUS 360 , and BUS 370 .
  2. no more than 6 credit hours from the required major courses.

Honors

Students in the College of Business & Economics may elect to pursue honors work. To be eligible for honors, students must:

  • have a 3.2 cumulative GPA;
  • have a 3.5 GPA in the major; and
  • have completed ACC 231  and BUS 300 , BUS 340 , BUS 360  and CSC 175  or have been invited to apply by the faculty of the College of Business & Economics;
  • have successfully complete BUS 320  and BUS 344  as honors courses;
  • have successfully complete BUS 499  concurrently with BUS 450 , which includes a specific business written analysis report and an oral presentation to the faculty of the College of Business & Economics.

Earning two or more majors in Charles M. Snipes College of Business and Economics

Students seeking two or more majors in the Charles M. Snipes College of Business & Economics must complete 15 hours of unique course work in the Major Requirements section of each major. All required course work for the major must be completed. The unique course work will come from the required courses and elective courses prescribed for the additional major. Some courses may require substitutions approved by the dean.

General Education Requirements (37 hours)


 Graduation Requirements (4 hours)

General Education Requirements  

Technical Requirements (3 Hours)


Major Requirements (24 Hours)


International Business Experience (9 hours)


  • A total of 9 hours of international business experiential courses is required in this area. At least 3 hours must be from study abroad, global business tour, and/or foreign internship courses.
  • If less than 9 hours of international experience is taken, then the remaining hours must be approved by an advisor and come from international business electives (below). 
  • INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS:
    • Rather than taking an international experience, international students should take 9 credit hours of international business electives (list below).

General Elective Credits


General Electives (10 hours) as needed to reach 120 hours overall.

Total Credit Hours - Minimum 120 hours


On occasion, technical and/or program requirements may also meet specific General Education requirements. Please confer with your program advisor to determine which courses, if any, may be counted accordingly.

All bachelor’s degree programs at Lenoir-Rhyne require at least 120 credit hours. If, in combination, General Education, technical, and program requirements do not generate at least 120 hours, additional credits must be completed to achieve 120 hours. These classes may be general electives, or a student may complete a minor or additional major.

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