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Twin Cities Campus
International Business MinorCSOM Strategic Mgmt & Entrepre
Curtis L. Carlson School of Management
The international business minor provides students with a vital foundation for success in today's global business environment. It enhances any functional major with a broad understanding of the additional complexity and contingencies required when conducting business across international borders.
Program Delivery
This program is available:
Admission Requirements
Freshman and transfer students are usually admitted to pre-major status
before admission to this major.
For information about University of Minnesota admission requirements, visit the
Office of Admissions
website.
Minor Requirements
This minor is only available for students who are completing a BSB degree in the Carlson School of Management.
International Business Foundation
The International Business Foundation courses must be completed at the Carlson School. Students who study abroad for a semester may choose to complete MGMT 4500 as one course in the Foundations category.
MGMT 3045 - Understanding the International Environment of Firms: International Business
(2.0 cr)
Take 2 or more course(s) from the following:
·
ACCT 5311 - International Accounting
(2.0 cr)
·
FINA 4621 - The Global Economy (Macro)
(2.0 cr)
·
FINA 4622 - International Finance
(2.0 cr)
·
MGMT 3039 - Intercultural Business Communication
[GP]
(3.0 cr)
·
MKTG 4081W - Marketing Strategy
[WI]
(4.0 cr)
·
IBUS 3010 - Introduction to Global Entrepreneurship
(4.0 cr)
·
IBUS 3081 - Sustainability and Corporate Social Responsibility in Costa Rica
(4.0 cr)
·
IBUS 4010 {Inactive}
(3.0 cr)
·
IBUS 4050 {Inactive}
(4.0 cr)
·
IBUS 4082W - Brand Management
[WI]
(4.0 cr)
·
MGMT 4505 - Senior Seminar in International Business
(2.0 cr)
International Environment Breadth
The International Environment Breadth courses may be completed abroad with advising and departmental approval. Students may choose to complete this category with one depth course from the IB major and one breadth course, or two breadth courses. Business language courses may not be used in the minor.
International Political Economy Survey course
Take 1 or more course(s) from the following:
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APEC 3007 - Applied Macroeconomics: Policy, Trade, and Development
[GP]
(3.0 cr)
·
APEC 5751 {Inactive}
(3.0 cr)
·
ECON 4401 {Inactive}
[GP]
(3.0 cr)
·
GEOG 3331 - Geography of the World Economy
[SOCS, GP]
(3.0 cr)
·
GLOS 3415W - Global Institutions of Power: World Bank, International Monetary Fund, and World Trade Organization
[GP, WI]
(3.0 cr)
·
POL 3410 {Inactive}
(3.0 cr)
·
POL 3835 - International Relations
[SOCS, GP]
(3.0 cr)
·
POL 4481 - Comparative Political Economy: Governments and Markets
(3.0 cr)
·
SOC 3417W - Global Institutions of Power: World Bank, International Monetary Fund, and World Trade Organization
[GP, WI]
(3.0 cr)
·
HIST 3419 - History of Capitalism: Uneven Development Since 1500
(3.0 cr)
or
GLOS 3219 {Inactive}
(3.0 cr)
Sociocultural Survey course
Students may choose to complete a credit-bearing internship with an academic seminar component during the semester or summer abroad to complete this category.
Take 1 or more course(s) from the following:
·
AGRO 3203W - Environment, Global Food Production, and the Citizen
[GP, WI]
(3.0 cr)
·
AMST 4301 - Workers and Consumers in the Global Economy
[DSJ]
(3.0 cr)
·
ANTH 3003 - Cultural Anthropology
(3.0 cr)
·
ANTH 3005W - Language, Culture, and Power
[SOCS, DSJ, WI]
(4.0 cr)
·
ANTH 4031W - Anthropology and Social Justice
[CIV, WI]
(4.0 cr)
·
ANTH 4053 - Economy, Culture, and Critique
[SOCS, GP]
(3.0 cr)
·
ANTH 4121 - Business Anthropology
(3.0 cr)
·
GEOG 3379 - Environment and Development in the Third World
[SOCS, ENV]
(3.0 cr)
·
GEOG 3381W - Population in an Interacting World
[SOCS, GP, WI]
(3.0 cr)
·
GLOS 3303 {Inactive}
[SOCS, ENV]
(3.0 cr)
·
GLOS 3602 - Other Worlds: Globalization and Culture
(3.0 cr)
·
GLOS 3701W {Inactive}
[SOCS, GP, WI]
(3.0 cr)
·
GLOS 4221 - Globalize This! Understanding Globalization Through Sociology
[GP]
(3.0 cr)
·
SOC 4321 - Globalize This! Understanding Globalization through Sociology
[GP]
(3.0 cr)
·
SPAN 3105W - Introduction to the Study of Hispanic Cultures
[WI]
(3.0 cr)
·
SPAN 3510 - Issues in Hispanic Cultures
(3.0 cr)
International Experience Requirement
An international experience requirement that meets the Carlson School's requirement of all students will fulfill the minor requirement.
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Credits: | 2.0 [max 2.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Every Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 2.0 [max 2.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 2.0 [max 2.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | Fina 4621/Fina 4641 |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Every Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 2.0 [max 2.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Every Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 4.0 [max 4.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Every Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 4.0 [max 12.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | IBUS 3010/Mgmt 3010 |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 4.0 [max 4.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 4.0 [max 4.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | IBus 4082W/Mktg 4082W |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 2.0 [max 2.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Every Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | Geog 3331/GloS 3231 |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | GloS 3415W/ Soc 3417W |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Fall, Spring & Summer |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | Pol 3481H/Pol 4481 |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | GloS 3415W/ Soc 3417W |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | GloS 3219/Hist 3419 |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | Agro/AnSc 3203/AgUM 2224 |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | Anth 3003/GloS 3003 |
Typically offered: | Every Fall, Spring & Summer |
Credits: | 4.0 [max 4.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 4.0 [max 4.0] |
Typically offered: | Spring Odd Year |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | Anth 4053/8205 |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | Anth 4121/Anth 5121 |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | Geog 3379/GloS 3303 |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 4.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | Geog 3381W/GLOS 3701W |
Typically offered: | Every Fall, Spring & Summer |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Every Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | GloS 4221/Soc 4321 |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | GloS 4221/Soc 4321 |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | Span 3105W/Span 3105V/Tldo 310 |
Typically offered: | Every Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 9.0] |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall, Spring & Summer |