GBF Courses and Requirements

LANGUAGES
Students must take a minimum of 6 semesters of a modern foreign language (through advanced level) or equivalent. Students who already meet the SFS language requirement are not required to take another language.

PRE-REQUISITE
Calculus I (MATH 035, AP Credit, or equivalent)

STATISTICS
Statistics (OPIM 172, OPIM 173, INAF 320, GOVT 201, ECON 121 or ECON 122 – as appropriate for the student’s major)

MAP OF THE MODERN WORLD
MSB students are required to complete the Map of the Modern World course. This is already a requirement for all SFS students.

BUSINESS CORE (ALL FOUR REQUIRED)
MARK 220: Principles of Marketing
ACCT 101: Accounting I
ACCT 102: Accounting II
FINC 211: Business Financial Management

ECONOMICS CORE (ALL FOUR REQUIRED)
ECON 001: Microeconomics
ECON 002: Macroeconomics
ECON 243: International Trade
ECON 244: International Finance

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS CORE (required to take one of the following, junior year recommended)
GBUS 402: MNC & Global Value Chains – Fall & Spring Semester
GBUS 413: Global Business Strategies
GBUS 450: Joint Ventures & Strategic Alliances – Spring Semester ONLY

REQUIRED INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS CORE (Junior spring or Senior spring)
BADM 290: Global Business Experience

SUPPORTING COURSES
SFS Global Business Fellows (ONE from SFS Supporting & ONE from MSB Supporting Courses)
MSB Global Business Fellows (TWO from SFS Supporting Courses)

SFS SUPPORTING COURSES
GBUS 401: Big Data in Business, Economics & Society
GBUS 402: MNC & Global Value Chains
GBUS 404: Global Innovation Strategy
GBUS 405: Intro to International Business Diplomacy
GBUS 407: Political Risk Assessment and Management
GBUS 421: Energy: Players, Markets and Project Finance
GBUS 430: Tech/Innovation and International Trade
GBUS 431: The Modern Global Economy: Looking Forward: Policy & Business
GBUS 443 Securities Industry Essentials (one credit course)
GBUS 444: ESG Investment
GBUS 445: Global Investment Foundations
GBUS 446: International Financial Markets
GBUS 448: Investments in Emerging Markets
GBUS 449: Hedge Funds & Alternative Investments
GBUS 450: Joint Ventures & Strat Alliances
GBUS 454: Business and Investment Negotiations
GBUS 461: Political Economy of Cities: Latin America and Asia
GBUS 464: Trade and Worker Rights
GBUS 477: Public Interest and Common Good
GBUS 490: Global Entrepreneurship
GBUS 491: CLab: Startup Studio – This course is by application through this link

MSB SUPPORTING COURSES
ACCT 181: Business Law
FINC 212: Applied Financial Management
FINC 225: Investment Banking
FINC 250: International Finance
MARK 229: Marketing Across Borders
MARK 232: Global Retail Marketing
MGMT 205: Intercultural Communications
MGMT 220: Foundations of Entrepreneurship
MGMT 224: Launching Entrepreneurial Ventures
OPIM 220: Modeling Analytics
OPIM 230: Operations Management
OPIM 256: Electronic Commerce
OPIM 262: Global Supply Chain Management
STRT 261: International Business
STRT 270: Advanced International Business

Note: Study abroad courses may be petitioned to fulfill GBF requirements, subject to meeting criteria as to content and rigor.

This list is not comprehensive and not every class will be available every semester.