Walsh School of Foreign Service

IBD Courses

GBUS course have two 4000-level sections for SFS upperclassmen undergraduate students and two 5000-level sections for SFS graduate students. All four sections will meet at the same time.

The GBUS course sections key is as follows:

4000-level 01 – BSFS open section
4000-level 02 – GBF, IBD undergraduate students
5000-level 03 – GSFS open section
5000-level 04 – IBD graduate students 

Please note: the only IBD course that sophomores can take is GBUS 4400/5400.

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Spring 2025

Foundational Courses (f/k/a Gateway Courses)

GBUS 4410/5410 International Trade Policy & Law
GBUS 4477/5477 Public Interest & the Common Good

Accounting and Finance Requirement

GBUS 4400/5400 Business, Accounting & Finance
MSFS 5200 Corporate Finance

Data Sciences Requirement

GBUS 4401/5401 Foundations in Data Science

All IBD Course Offerings

GBUS 4400/5400 Business, Accounting & Finance
GBUS 4401/5401 Foundations in Data Science
GBUS 4403/5403 Investment Mgmt Career Prep
GBUS 4406/5406 Mody Seminar: Illicit Finance
GBUS 4410/5410 International Trade Policy & Law
GBUS 4414/5414 Geopolitical Risks in International Business
GBUS 4431/5431 Modern Global Economy: Forward Look at Business and Policy
GBUS 4445/5445 Global Investment Foundations
GBUS 4449/5449 Hedge Funds, Private Equity & Alternative Investments (with optional 1-credit lab to prepare you to take the Security Industry Essentials (SIE) exam)
GBUS 4450/5450 Joint Ventures and Strategic Alliances
GBUS 4461/5461 Political Economy of Cities: Latin America & Asia
GBUS 4477/5477 Public Interest & the Common Good
GBUS 4481/5481 BusinessMechanicsEurasiaChina
GBUS 4970 CLab: WTO Dispute Settlement
GBUS 4972 CLab: Startup Studio

Courses Accepted for IBD Elective Credit

Asian Studies

ASST 5031 Sovereign Risk & Asia
ASST 7006 Evolution of US-China Economic Relations

BSFS

AFSP 3392 Economics of Africa
AFSP 4450 Reimagining Tech in Africa
ANZP 3390 Australian-American Alliance
STIA 4375 Markets, Security, and Transform Analytics

CCT

CCTP 6009 Future Corporate Comm
CCTP 6040 Competition and Regulation in Tech
CCTP 6041 AI Policy

CERES

REES 5600 BusinessMechanicsEurasiaChina (crosslisted with GBUS 5481)

CLAS

LASP 5703 Trade: Americas
LASP 6680 Natural Resources and Development in Latin America
LASP 7504 Political Economy of Latin America

GHDP

GHDP 6020 Clean Energy Investment
GHDP 6038 Applied Public Finance

MSFS

MSFS 5400 DevPolicy: Market/Gov Failures
MSFS 6100 Economic Development Theory, Evidence, & Policy
MSFS 6110 Investing in Emerging Markets
MSFS 6120 Trade Law & Policy Practicum
MSFS 6150 International Project Finance
MSFS 6210 Sustainability & Business
MSFS 6220 Financing Social Impact
MSFS 6450 Policies for Financial Development
MSFS 7100 Illicit Finance
MSFS 7110 Economic Growth and Crisis
MSFS 7140 Macroeconomics for Development
MSFS 7325 National Security & Foreign Investment

PPOL

PPOL 6201 Public-Private Partnerships

MBA

BADM 6012 National Security & Global Economy
BADM 6028 Developing New Business Models
BADM 6052 Commercial Approach to Public Sector
FINC 6531 Valuation
MGMT 6535 Negotiations
MGMT 6577 Social Entrepreneurship
OPAN 6580 Global Supply Chain Management
STRT 6531 Antitrust & Business Strategy
STRT 6542 Technology Strategy
STRT 6545 Economics of Strategic Behavior