International Business
More than $8 trillion in goods and services are traded annually on the international level - up 400 percent over the past 20 years. A quarter of the United States' gross national product results from international trade. As firms worldwide become more dependent upon international trade - many multinationals do business in more than 100 countries - the need for graduates with global communication and business skills continues to increase.THE MARQUETTE ADVANTAGE
GET YOUR FOOT IN THE DOOR. You typically need to distinguish yourself in a business foundation, such as accounting, marketing or finance, before you can move into the international sector of a firm. That's why we require you to maximize your marketability by having a second business major, which takes four years to complete.
The Student Perspective
DO MORE IN FOUR YEARS. As a Marquette IB major, you will study abroad for a semester or year, be proficient in a foreign language (and perhaps earn a minor) and choose a second major in business (accounting, economics, finance, real estate, human resources management, information technology, marketing or operations and supply chain management). Ours is the only program in the country to combine all of these elements in an undergraduate major. Consider our new program in Applied Investment Management (AIM) with real-time, real-money investment and global investment internship opportunities.
JOIN MARQUETTE'S GLOBAL VILLAGE. You can interact with business students from universities in Europe, Asia and Latin America visiting Marquette as exchange students. You can also tap into Marquette's buddy system, connecting you with mentors and internship opportunities.
PARLEZ-VOUS ESPAÑOL. You have several languages to choose from at Marquette. You'll deepen your language proficiency when you spend a semester or full year studying abroad at dozens of institutions throughout the world.
Please expand to view Suggested Curriculum and What You Can Do With It
Suggested curriculum
Your major courses blue.
Freshman
- Foundations for Business Leadership
- Rhetoric and Composition I & II
- Histories of Cultures and Societies Elective
- Science and Nature Elective
- Introduction to Theology
- Philosophy of Human Nature
- Finite Mathematics
- Elements of Calculus
- Public Speaking
- Foreign Language I & II*
Sophomore
- Developing Critical Skills for Business Leadership
- Business Statistics
- Principles of Financial Accounting
- Principles of Managerial Accounting
- Principles of Macroeconomics
- Principles of Microeconomics
- Literature Elective
- Diverse Cultures Elective
- Theory of Ethics
- Theology Elective
- Foreign Language III & IV*
Junior
- Applying Business Leadership Skills
- International Business Elective
- Two Business Major Electives
- Introduction to Marketing
- Introduction to Financial Management
- Applied Business Economics
- Introduction to Information Technology
- Behavior and Organization
- Operations and Supply Chain Management
- Foreign Language: Composition and
- Conversation I & II*
- (Semester Abroad)
Senior
- Strategies for Entering the Business World
- Three International Business Electives
- Three Business Major Electives
- Business Policies
- Ethical and Societal Issues Elective
- Legal and Regulatory Environment Elective
- Two Non-business Electives
* Placement based on competency tests administered by Marquette University.
WHAT YOU CAN DO WITH IT
International business grads usually start in traditional, domestic entry-level positions in accounting, finance, marketing and IT before they go global.
Marquette graduates have been hired internationally by:
- Accenture (Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
- Bank of America Corp.
- Bentley Motors Ltd.
- Levi Strauss & Co. (Brussels, Belgium)
- Long-term Credit Bank of Japan Ltd.
- Morton International Inc.
- PricewaterhouseCoopers (Frankfurt, Germany)
- Reuters (London)
- Rolls Royce Motor Cars Ltd.
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