GLOBAL BUSINESS MANAGEMENT OPTION

 

(47-49 Units)

 

Global Business Management

Option Director

Glen Brodowsky, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Marketing

Craven Hall, Room 2228

(760) 750-4261

glenbrod@csusm.edu

 

The option in Global Business Management is intended to provide students with a strong foundation in global business studies. Consistent with the mission and direction of this campus, this curriculum meets a growing need for individuals who understand and are skilled in the complex and readily changing global environment of business organizations. The curriculum is designed to provide students with important knowledge about global business practice and provide an understanding and appreciation of culture, language, economics, politics, and history of countries other than the United States. A curriculum composed of College of Business Administration courses and College of Arts and Sciences courses make up this option.

 

Foundations of Business Courses

(16 units)

BUS 302                                                                 2 units

BUS 304                                                                 4 units

FIN 302*                                                2 units

MGMT 302*                                         2 units

MKTG 302*                                          2 units

MIS 302*                                                2 units

POM 302*                                              2 units

 

Core Arts and Sciences Courses

(9 units)

COMM 330                                           3 units

ECON 441                                              3 units

PSCI 460**                                             3 units

 

FOREIGN LANGUAGE

 

Students will be required to demonstrate proficiency at the advanced level in at least one foreign language. All students must pass a language exam. Proficiency may be obtained in a variety of ways. For example, students may be culturally bilingual or take sufficient language training courses to achieve advanced proficiency.

 

Global Business Management Option Electives (12 units)

 

A minimum of 9 units must be taken from the following CoBA courses in residence:

 

ACCT 423                                              2 units

FIN 341                                                  4 units

FIN 441                                                  2 units

GBM 481-485                                        1-4 units

GBM 498                                               1-4 units

HTM 404                                               4 units

HTM 423                                               2 units

HTM 440                                               2 units

SSM 342                                                 4 units

SSM 448                                                 4 units

SSM 461                                                 4 units

 

Students may count up to three (3) units of elective credits from the following Arts and Sciences courses:

 

HIST 319                                                3 units

HIST 326                                                3 units

HIST 362                                                3 units

HIST 365                                                3 units

HIST 385                                                3 units

 

Students participating in CSU-approved study abroad courses through Council on International Education Exchange (CIEE) may substitute electives taken overseas for those listed above. However, they must get approval from the GBM option director for any business electives taken overseas.

 

Capstone

GBM 444                                               4 units

 

Senior Experience

GBM 492                                               3 units

GBM 493                                               5 units

or

Global Management

Experience (6 units)

GBM 497^                                             6 units

 

CoBA recommends that students in the Global Option choose their upper-division Social Science General Education course (DD) from the list below. These courses may be used to satisfy GE requirements, but may not also be applied to fulfilling the Global Business Management Option.

 

GEOG 301                                              3 units

GEOG 450                                              3 units

ID 306                                                     3 units

PSYC 341                                               3 units

 

^Global Management experience projects must be approved by the Option Director. Students must submit project proposals and name of sponsoring international organization for approval.

**PSCI 350 or consent of instructor required.

*Equivalent 4-unit courses can be substituted for these 2-unit courses. However, the excess units cannot count towards GBM electives.