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Cross Cultural Option

 
International Business Students MUST select one of the following options:
1. Foreign Language Option: Demonstrate reading and conversational proficiency in a language other than English
2. Cross Cultural Option: select 1 course (3 credits) from the following courses:
3250:560 Economics of Developing Countries
3250:670 International Monetary Economics
3250:671 International Trade
3350:550 Development Planning
3350:633 Comparative Planning
3400:516 Modern India
3400:573 Latin America: The Twentieth Century
3400:575 Mexico
3700:505 Politics in the Middle East
3700:512 Global Environment Politics
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Any cross-cultural course approved by the CBA Graduate Programs Director
Cross-Cultural Courses should be used for Free Elective credits

3250:560 ECONOMICS OF DEVELOPING COUNTRIES - 3 credits
Prerequisite: 200 and 201, or 244. Basic problems of economic development. Theories of economic development, issues of political economy and institutions. Topics include poverty, population, migration, employment, finance, international trade, environment.

3250:670 INTERNATIONAL MONETARY ECONOMICS - 3 credits
International financial relations. Foreign exchange market and exchange rate adjustments. Balance of payments adjustment policies. International monetary system.

3250:671 INTERNATIONAL TRADE - 3 credits
Traditional trade theory. Recent developments in trade theory, policy implications in trade relations among developed and developing economies.

3350:550 DEVELOPMENT PLANNING - 3 credits
A study of planning concepts and techniques for developing countries, including growth and development, planning agencies, regional inequities and alternative approaches

3350:633 COMPARATIVE PLANNING - 3 credits
A survey of national, regional and local planning implementation measures in use in the developed world. Particular attention will be given to the planning experiences of European nations and their impact on American planning theory and practice.

3400:516 MODERN INDIA - 3 credits
History of the Indian subcontinent from c.1500 with emphasis on Indian society and culture, British imperialism, and the emergence of Indian nationalism.

3400:573 LATIN AMERICA: THE TWENTIETH CENTURY - 3 credits
Social revolution, political ideology and contemporary problems.

3400:575 MEXICO - 3 credits
History of Mexico from Indian civilizations to present with emphasis on relations with United States; social and political ramifications of the 20th Century Mexican revolution.

3700: 505 POLITICS IN THE MIDDLE EAST - 3 credits
The rise of the state system in the Middle East after World War I; an analysis of the sociocultural,
ideological forces influencing the political behavior of the people of the Middle East. In depth study of selected political systems.

3700:512 GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT POLITICS - 3 credits
Prerequisites: 300, 310 or permission of instructor. Examines the general dimensions of the global environmental challenge, including the roles played by technology and the structure of the world system.
 
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