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 2026
Foundational Courses (f/k/a Gateway Courses)
GBUS 4402/5402 MNC & Global Value Chains
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 4402/5402 MNC & Global Value Chains
GBUS 4403/5403 Investment Mgmt Career Prep
GBUS 4406/5406 Mody Seminar: Illicit Finance
GBUS 4407/5407 Tackling Grand Challenges — new for Spring 2026
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 4449/5449 Hedge Funds, Private Equity & Alternative Investments (with optional 1-credit lab GBUS 4451 to prepare you to take the Security Industry Essentials (SIE) exam)
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
Arab Studies
ARST 6564 Political Economy: Middle East
Asian Studies
ASST 5031 Sovereign Risk & Asia
ASST 7006 Evolution of US-China Economic Relations
BSFS
AFSP 3392 Economics of Africa
ANZP 3390 Australian-American Alliance
STIA 3375 Science Innov & Entrepreneurs
STIA 3376 Financial Technologies in the Global South
CCT
CCTP 6041 AI Policy
CCTP 6002 Corporate Social Responsibility
CERES
REES 5600 BusinessMechanicsEurasia (cross-listed with GBUS 5481)
CLAS
LASP 5703 Trade: Americas
LASP 6680 Natural Resources and Development in Latin America
LASP 6801 Political Economy of Development: Latin America
LASP 7504 Political Economy of Latin America
GHDP
GHDP 6008 Social Innov. for Global Dev
GHDP 6020 Clean Energy Investment
GHDP 6037 Cost-Benefit Analysis
GHDP 6038 Applied Public Finance
MSFS
MSFS 5200 Corporate Finance
MSFS 5400 DevPolicy: Market/Gov Failures
MSFS 6100 Economic Development Theory, Evidence, & Policy
MSFS 6110 Investing in Emerging Markets
MSFS 6120 Practical Trade Law and Policy
MSFS 6150 International Project Finance
MSFS 6210 Sustainability & Business
MSFS 6220 Financing Social Impact
MSFS 6450 Policies for Financial Development
MSFS 7110 Economic Growth and Crisis
MSFS 7140 Macroeconomics for Development
MSFS 7211 Sustainability & Finance
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