Core Support
Electives
| Core Requirements |
| ECON 626 International Trade Economics (3 credits) A study of the basis for gains from international trade including the effects of growth and development on a nation's welfare. Attention is also given to the effects of tariffs and other restrictions to trade. Balance of payments accounting, foreign exchange markets and international monetary institutions are covered during the last part of the course. |
| ICP 610 International Commerce & Policy: Case Studies (3 credits) Introduction to commerce and policy concepts and terminology using analysis of case studies to build business and policy vocabulary, develop negotiation and cultural skills, and integrate business concepts for use in the ICP program. Requires individual and team projects involving written and oral presentation using current software technology. |
| ICP 620 Cross-Cultural Management (3 credits) A study of the emerging field of international management as the practice of applying management concepts and processes in a uniquely multinational environment. Emphasis will be placed on culture-based behaviors and cross-cultural comparisons along with the theories which underpin international management principles. |
| ICP 621 Organizational Leadership & Team Development (3 credits) Defines qualities of a true leader, with the goal of helping individuals find their style of leadership. Deals with the difference between managing and leading, as well as the roles of coaching and mentoring in leadership. Motivation, communication, visioning, team development, and situational-based leadership are covered. |
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LS 605 English for Business-For non-native English students only (3 credits)
Preparation for business terminology for understanding academic lectures, making oral presentations, leading discussions and negotiations, reading scholarly books and journals, and writing appropriately for courses in business and commerce. Focus on reading and comprehension strategies and on the analysis and preparation of case studies. Includes visitation to local businesses as well as interaction with business professors and students. Back to Top |
| Sample Electives |
| LS 570 e-Commerce & e-Business (3 credits) This course offers an overview of potentials, policies, politics, possibilities, and pitfalls of the e-business technologies of intranets, extranets, enterprise resource planning, electronic commerce (conducting business online) and electronic business (using information technology to manage the supply-chain), including hardware and software applications required for both. |
| POLS 530 Politics of Industrialized Nations (3 credits) A study of political systems in the Western industrialized world. Attention is directed primarily at Western and Eastern Europe, alternatively. |
| POLS 535 Politics of Developing States (3 credits) A study of the governments and political problems of selected newly independent, underdeveloped states. Areas given in a semester vary across Africa, Latin America, the Middle East and the Far East. |
| POLS 560 Public Administration (3 credits) An introduction to the basic principles of administration organization and management in government. |
| POLS 580 Problems in International Relations (3 credits) An intensive study of topics in international relations. Generally the course covers either American foreign policy or international law. |
| ICP 671 International Business Transactions (3 credits) Explores the practical aspects of conducting international business transactions as well as the workings of international systems such as the general Agreement of Tariffs and Trade. Areas covered include unfair foreign competition; anti-dumping duties; subsidies and countervailing duties; regulating international investment; technology transfer; and regulating the multinational corporation. |
| ICP 672 International Law I (3 credits) Explores how the law governing the conduct of nations is developed and enforced through a study of substantive areas like the law of the sea and the law of the use of force, leading into such areas as international dispute settlement, the force of international law in United States' courts, and international organizations such as the United States. |
| ICP 673 International Law II (3 credits) A continuation of LS 671, including discussion of territory authority, individuals and nationality, immigration, force and war, state responsibility and international claims, and immunities from jurisdiction. |
| ICP 674 Comparative Law (2-3 credits) A historical, theoretical, and contemporary comparison of the Anglo-American tradition primarily with that of continental Europe. Emerging law of a united Europe may also be discussed. |
| ICP 675 International Commerce Dispute Resolution: American Foreign Policy/International Law (3 credits) Examines the principle modes of setting international commercial disputes. Subjects in the areas of international commercial disputes. Subjects in the areas of international litigation that may be covered are jurisdiction, choice of law, taking evidence abroad and enforcement of judgments. Basic issues of international arbitration will be covered as well as the use of mediation as a tool for the resolution of cross-cultural disputes. Attention will be given to the circumstances influencing the choice of dispute resolution processes and drafting dispute settlement clauses in contracts. Back to Top |