Overview

This area of emphasis provides a global perspective on management, finance, marketing, international affairs, and economics, while providing students with a firm foundation in the fundamentals of the business curriculum. The field aims at preparing students for work in the global marketplace as business professionals who can understand and exploit the dynamics of global business and finance.

Admission Requirements

To enter the major, students must meet the general university requirements.

Graduation Requirements

A minimum of 92 credits are required to graduate, based on:

Core Requirements (33 credits)

• ACC203 / Financial Accounting (3 cr.)
• ACC204 / Managerial Accounting (3 cr.)
• BUS213 / Business Law and Ethics (3 cr.)
• BUS299 / Civic Engagement (0 cr.)
• ECO201 / Microeconomics (3 cr.)
• ECO202 / Macroeconomics (3 cr.)
• FIN301 / Managerial Finance (3 cr.)
• ITM211 / Information Technology Management (3 cr.)
• MGT201/ Introduction to Management (3 cr.)
• MGT420 / Strategic Planning and Policy Formulation (3 cr.)
• MKT201 / Introduction to Marketing (3 cr.)
• QBA201/ Managerial Statistics (3 cr.)

Emphasis Requirements (15 credits)

• ECO401 / International Economics (3 cr.)
• FIN302 / Financial Institutions & Markets (3 cr.)
• FIN322 / Global Financial Management (3 cr.)
• IBS311 / Managing the Multinational Corporation (3 cr.)
• MKT311 / International Marketing (3 cr.)

Other Requirements

Choose any nine credits of the following courses

• BUS311 / Research Methods (3 cr.)
• ECO311 / Economic Development (3 cr.)
• FEM488 / Special Topics in Family & Entrepreneurial Business (3 cr.)
• HOM321 / Tourism Economic & Cultural Impact (3 cr.)
• MGT236 / Communication Skills (1 cr.)
• MGT336 / Developing a Business Plan (1 cr.)
• MGT399 / Internship/Practicum (1 cr.)
• MGT436 / Personality and Career Development (1 cr.)
• OPM301 / Operation and Production Management (3 cr.)
• POL313 / Concepts of International Relations (3 cr.)
• QBA201/ Managerial Statistics (3 cr.)

Sample Study Plan

Year One

Fall (15 credits)

• ACC203 / Financial Accounting (3 cr.)
• MGT201 / Introduction to Management (3 cr.)
• ECO201 / Microeconomics (3 cr.)
• LAC Core (3 cr.)
• LAC Elective (3 cr.)

Spring (16 credits)

• ACC204 / Managerial Accounting (3 cr.)
• MKT201 / Intro to Marketing (3 cr.)
• ECO202 / Macroeconomics ( 3cr.)
• BUS299 / Civic Engagement (0 cr.)
• LAC Elective (3 cr.)
• LAC Core (1 cr.)
• Free Elective (3 cr.)

Year Two

Fall (15 credits)

• FIN301 / Managerial Finance (3 cr.)
• ITM211 / Information Technology Management I (3 cr.)
• FIN302 / Financial Institutions & Markets (3 cr.)
• LAC Core (3 cr.)
• LAC Elective (3 cr.)

Spring (15 credits)

• BUS213 / Business Law & Ethics (3 cr.)
• QBA201 / Managerial Statistics (3 cr.)
• ECO401 / International Economics (3 cr.)
• LAC Elective (3 cr.)
• LAC Core (3 cr.)

Year Three

Fall (16 credits)

• IBS311 / Management of Multinat’l Corporations (3 cr.)
• FIN322 / Global Financial Management (3 cr.)
• Emphasis Elective I (3 cr.)
• LAC Elective (3 cr.)
• Emphasis Elective II (3 cr.)
• Free Elective (1 cr.)

Spring (16 credits)

• MGT420 / Strategic Planning & Policy Formation (3 cr.)
• Emphasis Elective III (3 cr.)
• MKT311 / International Marketing (3 cr.)
• Free Elective (3 cr.)
• LAC Core (1 cr.)
• LAC Core (1 cr.)
• LAC Core (1 cr.)

NOTE:

• Liberal Arts Core Requirements total 13 credits
• Liberal Arts Electives are 21 credits

Career Opportunities

The undergraduate FEM emphasis strives to develop future business leaders and decision makers and prepares students for a various career opportunities including:

• Preserve continuity of already-existing Family Business
• Maintain the family’s wealth from generation to generation
• Help you start your own business, as it encourages entrepreneurship and the building of solid guidelines for future business start-ups