International Management
The International Management program provides a comprehensive factual and analytical understanding of the global business environment. Built on Franklin’s traditional strengths of active learning, student engagement, and research-based learning, the major couples the foundation of standard business core courses with the latest knowledge and analytical methods in all management sub disciplines. Students learn to deploy that knowledge and methods in strategic planning, marketing, accounting, finance, business analytics and data driven decision making.
In addition to graduate school opportunities such as MBA, MSc, and MA programs, possible career paths for International Management graduates include: Marketing Manager, Trading and Fund Manager, Financial Analyst, Business Development Manager, Product Manager, Advertising Account Manager, and Business and Data Analyst.
Major Requirements (54 Credits)
Foundation Courses (18 credits)
| BUS 115 | Financial Accounting | 3 |
| BUS 135 | Introduction to Business Systems | 3 |
| BUS 136 | Marketing in a Global Context | 3 |
| ECN 100 | Principles of Macroeconomics | 3 |
| ECN 101 | Principles of Microeconomics | 3 |
| MAT 182 | Statistics For Everybody | 3 |
Required Courses (21 credits)
| BUS 226 | Managerial Finance | 3 |
| BUS 237T | Operations and Supply Chain Management (Italy) | 3 |
| BUS 256 | Market Research Methods | 3 |
| BUS 306 | Quantitative Methods and Dynamic Forecasting | 3 |
| BUS 353 | Strategic Management Theory | 3 |
| BUS 397 | Data Mining (Business Intelligence) | 3 |
| BUS 410 | Organizational Behavior and Leadership | 3 |
Major Electives (12 credits)
Four of the following:
| BUS 143 | Behavioral Science for Decision Making | 3 |
BUS 2XX
| Any 200-level Business course | |
BUS 3XX
| Any 300-level Business course | |
BUS 4XX
| Any 400-level Business course | |
| ECN 365 | Investment Analysis I | 3 |
| ECN 366 | Investment Analysis II (Corporate Finance) | 3 |
| POL 112 | Markets, Policy and Administration | 3 |
Capstone Requirement (3 credits)
| BUS 455 | Global Strategic Management | 3 |
Note: Prerequisites may be required for courses outside of the major.