Degree Plans - International Business and Trade - International Business and Trade Certificate
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS AND TRADE
Richland only
(Certificate)
Degree Plan Code: C1.IBUS/TRADE.03
The International Business and Trade Program prepares students for entry-level employment in such positions as specialists in exporting and importing for the critically important and growing international trade community. Most students focus on careers in international marketing, export or import management including supply chain management, international transportation and logistics, import-export trading, or various international business support services. Skills developed for the export and import of goods and services are presented in the context of the global economy and cross-cultural awareness and communications. Emphasis is placed on the contribution of exports to the local, state, and national economies. Students will have the opportunity to participate in activites related to the Export Assistance Center of the U. S. Department of Commerce, the Export-Import Bank through the Greater Dallas Chamber, the International Trade Center, SBDC, The Dallas Council on World Affairs, the North Texas Customs Brokers and Foreign Freight Forwarders Association, and Women in International Trade of Texas and other international organizations.
Entrepreneurs, managers of firms with export potential, international agents, traders, or brokers, customer sales and service representatives, transportation managers, product managers, documentation clerks, letters of credit specialists, and global e-commerce entrepreneurs or aspirants to these fields may all benefit from the International and Trade Program. An International Business and Trade Certificate and an Import-Export Certificate will expedite your entrance to the international arena. The Import-Export Certificate is offered concurrently through the Continuing Education Division. The International Business and Trade Program is a World Trade Week educational award winner of the International Trade Association of Dallas/Fort Worth.
| CREDIT HOURS |
SEMESTER I
| IBUS 1301 | Principles of Imports-Exports I | 3 |
| IBUS 1373 | Global Logistics Management | 3 |
| IBUS 1305 | Introduction to International Business and Trade | 3 |
| IBUS 1349 | International Information Systems | 3 |
| COSC 1401 | Microcomputer Concepts and Applications OR | 4 | ITSC 1401 | Introduction to Computers OR | (4) | ITSC 1413 | Internet/Web Page Development OR | (4) | POFI 1341 | Computer Applications II | (3) |
| ENGL 1301 | Composition I | 3 |
| 18-19 |
SEMESTER II
| IBUS 1302 | Principles of Imports-Exports II | 3 |
| IBUS 1354 | International Marketing Management | 3 |
| IBUS 2335 | International Business Law | 3 |
| IBUS 2339 | International Banking and Finance | 3 |
| IBUS 2341 | International Comparative Management | 3 |
| 15 |
SEMESTER III
| SPCH 1311 | Introduction to Speech Communication | 3 |
| +Elective | OR | 3 |
| IBUS 2366 | Practicum-International Business | (3) |
| 6 |
| Minimum Hours Required | 39-40 |
+Recommended Electives:
| IBUS 1341 | International Purchasing | 3 |
| IBUS 1351 | Coordination in Multinational Industries | 3 |
| IBUS 2331 | International Human Resource Management | 3 |
| IBUS 2345 | Import Customs Regulations | 3 |
| IBUS 1191 | Special Topics in International Business AND | 1 |
| IBUS 1291 | Special Topics in International Business | 2 |
| IBUS 1391 | Special Topics in International Business | 3 |
| BUSI 2301 | Business Law | 3 |
| ECON 2301 | Principles of Economics I | 3 |
| ECON 2302 | Principles of Economics II | 3 |
| ECON 2311 | Economics of Global Issues | 3 |
A student cannot take more than a total of THREE (3) credit hours of Special Topics toward the Certificate.