Recommended Curriculum

First Year - Fall

• ENGL 1301 - Essentials of College Rhetoric 3 Semester Credit Hours
• ECO 2301 - Principles of Economics I 3 Semester Credit Hours
• Life and Physical Sciences Elective 4 Semester Credit Hours *
• POLS 1301 - American Government, Organization 3 Semester Credit Hours
• IS 1100 - RaiderReady: Freshman Seminar 1 Semester Credit Hours

Total: 14

First Year - Spring

• ENGL 1302 - Advanced College Rhetoric 3 Semester Credit Hours
• ECO 2302 - Principles of Economics II 3 Semester Credit Hours
• Life and Physical Sciences Elective 4 Semester Credit Hours *
• POLS 2302 - American Public Policy 3 Semester Credit Hours
• Creative Arts Elective 3 Semester Credit Hours *

Total: 16

Second Year - Fall

• ENGL 2311 - Introduction to Technical Writing 3 Semester Credit Hours
• ECO 3312 - Intermediate Economic Theory 3 Semester Credit Hours
  • The order in which the student takes ECO 3311 and ECO 3312 may be switched.
• MATH 1330 - Introductory Mathematical Analysis I 3 Semester Credit Hours
  • Or more advanced MATH course.
• HIST 2300 - History of the United States to 1877 3 Semester Credit Hours
  • HIST 2310 may be substituted for HIST 2300 or HIST 2301.
• Foreign Language 3 Semester Credit Hours
• Personal Fitness and Wellness 1 Semester Credit Hours

Total: 16

Second Year - Spring

• ENGL Literature 3 Semester Credit Hours
• ECO 3311 - Intermediate Macroeconomics 3 Semester Credit Hours
  • The order in which the student takes ECO 3311 and ECO 3312 may be switched.
• MATH 1331 - Introductory Mathematical Analysis II 3 Semester Credit Hours
  • Or more advanced MATH course.
• HIST 2301 - History of the United States Since 1877 3 Semester Credit Hours
  • HIST 2310 may be substituted for HIST 2300 or 2301.
• Foreign Language 3 Semester Credit Hours
• Personal Fitness and Wellness 1 Semester Credit Hours

Total: 16

Third Year - Fall

• ECO 3333 - International Economics 3 Semester Credit Hours
• ECO Elective 3 Semester Credit Hours
• MATH 2300 - Statistical Methods 3 Semester Credit Hours
  
  OR
  
  MATH 2345 - Introduction to Statistics with Application to Business 3 Semester Credit Hours
• International POLS Course 3 Semester Credit Hours
• IB/ME/C and Q Elective 3 Semester Credit Hours

Total: 15

Third Year - Spring

• ECO 4331 - Economics of Multinational Enterprise 3 Semester Credit Hours
• ECO Elective 3 Semester Credit Hours
• Oral Communication 3 Semester Credit Hours *
• International POLS 3 Semester Credit Hours
• IB/ME/C and Q Elective 3 Semester Credit Hours

Total: 15

Fourth Year - Fall

• ECO Elective 3 Semester Credit Hours
• International POLS Course 3 Semester Credit Hours
• IB/ME/C and Q Elective 6 Semester Credit Hours
• Multicultural Elective 3 Semester Credit Hours
  • Choose from the multicultural requirement list.

Total: 15

Fourth Year - Spring

• ECO 4332 - International Finance 3 Semester Credit Hours †
• Elective 3 Semester Credit Hours
• IB/ME/C and Q Elective 3 Semester Credit Hours
• Electives 4 Semester Credit Hours

Total: 13

 

* See Arts and Sciences General Degree Requirements for more information. 3 hours of English literature coursework may fulfill 3 hours of Language, Philosophy, and Culture requirements for B.S.I.E. degree.

† Partially fulfills the Communication Literacy requirement for the B.S. degree

 

Foreign Languages

A student must complete 6 hours at the sophomore level or above in a single language. The prerequisite for all sophomore language courses is credit for the freshman level. This credit can be determined through a credit by examination. The score attained on the exam will determine whether the student is placed in a second-year course, a 5-hour review course, or in some cases the first or second semester of a beginning (first-year) language course. See Arts and Sciences General Degree Requirements for further explanation.

International POLS Course

Note that not all courses will be offered in a given semester.

Choose from:

• POLS 3360 - United States Foreign Policy 3 Semester Credit Hours
• POLS 2361 - International Politics 3 Semester Credit Hours
• POLS 3363 - International Organization 3 Semester Credit Hours
• POLS 3364 - Comparative Foreign Policy 3 Semester Credit Hours
• POLS 3366 - International Political Economy 3 Semester Credit Hours
• POLS 3368 - Transnational Issues 3 Semester Credit Hours
• POLS 2371 - Comparative Politics 3 Semester Credit Hours
• POLS 3372 - Post-Communist Politics 3 Semester Credit Hours
• POLS 3373 - Governments of Western Europe 3 Semester Credit Hours
• POLS 3375 - Latin American Politics 3 Semester Credit Hours
• POLS 3376 - Asian Governments and Politics 3 Semester Credit Hours

IB/ME/C and Q Elective

Note that not all courses will be offered in a given semester.

Choose from the International Business, Managerial Economics, Cultural and Quantitative Tools component (in addition to MATH 2300 or MATH 2345). Approved courses are:

• AAEC 4302 - Statistical Methods in Agricultural Research 3 Semester Credit Hours
• AAEC 4306 - International Agricultural Trade 3 Semester Credit Hours
• AAEC 4309 - Sustaining Global Ecology, Natural Resources and Economy 3 Semester Credit Hours
  • Also fulfills multicultural requirement.
• AAEC 4312 - Applied Optimization Methods 3 Semester Credit Hours
• AAEC 4317 - Commodity Futures Trading and Analysis 3 Semester Credit Hours
• ARAB 3305 - Introduction to Arab-Muslim Civilization 3 Semester Credit Hours
  • Also fulfills multicultural requirement.
• ECO 3305 - Game Theory 3 Semester Credit Hours
• ECO 3320 - Managerial Economics 3 Semester Credit Hours
• ECO 4305 - Introduction to Econometrics 3 Semester Credit Hours
• ECO 4306 - Economic and Business Forecasting 3 Semester Credit Hours
• FIN 3320 - Financial Management 3 Semester Credit Hours
• FIN 4328 - International Finance 3 Semester Credit Hours
• FREN 2390 - French Culture 3 Semester Credit Hours
  • Also fulfills multicultural requirement.
• FREN 4304 - Commercial French 3 Semester Credit Hours
• GERM 3301 - Cultures of the German Speaking World 3 Semester Credit Hours
• GERM 4309 - Business German 3 Semester Credit Hours
• ISQS 3344 - Introduction to Production and Operations Management 3 Semester Credit Hours
• ITAL 2307 - Italian Culture 3 Semester Credit Hours
• MKT 4358 - International Marketing 3 Semester Credit Hours
• MGT 4375 - International Management 3 Semester Credit Hours
• RUSN 2304 - Russian Culture 3 Semester Credit Hours
  • Also fulfills multicultural requirement.
• SPAN 3306 - Cultures of the Spanish Speaking World I 3 Semester Credit Hours
• SPAN 3344 - Mexican Life and Culture 3 Semester Credit Hours
• SPAN 3390 - Hispanic Culture and Civilization 3 Semester Credit Hours
  • Also fulfills multicultural requirement.
• SPAN 4308 - Business Spanish 3 Semester Credit Hours
• TURK 3307 - Turkish Culture 3 Semester Credit Hours