Nov 03, 2024  
Undergraduate Catalog 2024-2025 
    
Undergraduate Catalog 2024-2025

International Business, B.S.

Location(s): West Palm Beach Campus (Day)


120 Credit Hours

Program Learning Outcomes


“Expected student learning outcomes specify the knowledge, skills, values, and attitudes students are expected to attain in courses or in a program.” Page 69. Resource Manual for the Principles of Accreditation: Foundations for Quality Enhancement, Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC), 2018.

  1. Students will exhibit business appropriate communication skills.
  2. Students will exhibit the ability to successfully perform in a group or team.
  3. Students will exhibit an understanding of elements, standards, and application of critical thinking.
  4. Students will exhibit the ability to express a Christian Worldview as it relates to business practices.
  5. Display critical thinking in a cross-cultural context.

Graduation Requirements


Conferral of a Baccalaureate degree in this program of study is determined by successful completion of the Baccalaureate Graduation Requirements outlined here .

NOTE: Students must earn 39 upper level (3000-4000) credit hours in order to graduate. A total of at least 21 of these upper level credit hours must be completed in the selected major.

International business majors are required to experience an international business trip.

Visit this program’s information page  for additional program-specific requirements.

Faith, Roots, and Reason (General Education) - 43 Credit Hours


International Business majors must meet the Baccalaureate Degree Requirements  as set out in the Faith, Roots, and Reason Program . The Faith, Roots, and Reason (General Education) Mathematics, Global Studies, and Social Science requirements are fulfilled through other courses in this major. Only 31 of the 43 credit hours of the Faith, Roots, and Reason (General Education) Program will still be required for the completion of this program.

International Business Major - 76 Credit Hours


Required Business Core - 52 Credit Hours


Note:


**Mandatory international business trip

Foreign Language Requirement - 6 Credit Hours


If the student demonstrates proficiency in a foreign language, these courses can be substituted with Upper Level open electives.

Additional Required Credit Hours - 13 Credit Hours


These additional hours may be fulfilled by a minor, second major, general electives taken concurrently, previous coursework taken at PBA or through transfer credits.

Sample Degree Plan


International Business Degree Plan