UNDERGRADUATE

Introduction To International Business, B.S.

Students in Saint Louis University's international business bachelor's degree program, offered through the Richard A. Chaifetz School of Business, gain global business understanding and experience through courses, student activities, special events and internships.

2024 - 2025

Degree Details

What You Will Learn

Graduates will be able to understand essential business concepts and how the various functional areas of business are related.
Graduates will be able to demonstrate knowledge of ethical concepts and corporate social responsibility and be able to evaluate business problems from multiple ethical perspectives.
Graduates will be able to identify and structure business problems and propose actionable solutions to business problems and when applicable utilizing appropriate technology.
Graduates will be able to demonstrate effective written communication.
Graduates will be able to understand how cultures, politics, laws, ethics, and economies influence and impacts business and use tools and concepts to analyze and formulate an international business strategy.
Graduates will be able to apply international trade and foreign direct investment theories and practices in formulating multinational enterprises' business strategies.
Graduates will be able to analyze country, industry, and firm-level factors to assess global competitive dynamics.
Graduates will be able to demonstrate an ability to analyze the impact of cross-cultural differences on a multinational enterprise’s strategies, structures and performance.

Career Oppurtunities

The increasingly global nature of commerce means students majoring in international business have a wide range of career options. Graduates holding a Bachelor of Science in International Business find opportunities at local firms doing business abroad and multi-national companies operating in countries around the world.

International business students receive dedicated career development support from the Chaifetz School's Valerie A. Davisson Career Resources Center and join a global network of 20,000 alumni of the Richard A. Chaifetz School of Business. A survey of the Class of 2020 found 82% of Chaifetz School international business graduates were employed or in graduate school within six months of graduation with 100% in jobs related to their major.

Entry Requirement

Begin your application for this program at www.slu.edu/apply.

All admission policies and requirements for domestic students apply to international students along with the following:

You must demonstrate English Language proficiency.
Proof of financial support must include:
- A letter of financial support from the person(s) or sponsoring agency funding your time at Saint Louis University.
- A letter from the sponsor's bank verifying that the funds are available and will be so for the duration of your study at the University.
Academic records, in English translation, of students who have undertaken postsecondary studies outside the United States must include the courses taken and/or lectures attended, practical laboratory work, the maximum and minimum grades attainable, the grades earned or the results of all end-of-term examinations, and any honors or degrees received. WES and ECE transcripts are accepted.

Degree Structure Details

Year One:

CORE 1000 Ignite First Year Seminar 1
BIZ 1000 Business Foundations 1
CMM 1200 or CMM 1250 Public Speaking or Communicating in Groups and Teams
CORE 1900 Eloquentia Perfecta 1: Written and Visual Communication 1
Foreign Language
Elective in Business or Other Areas

Year Two:

CORE 3800 Ways of Thinking: Natural and Applied Sciences
MATH 1320 or MATH 1510 Survey of Calculus 2 or Calculus I
CORE 1600 Ultimate Questions: Theology
BIZ 1100/1002 Business in Action
ECON 1900 Principles of Economics
Foreign Language

Year Three:

CORE 2500 Cura Personalis 2: Self in Contemplation
PSY 1010 General Psychology
ACCT 2200 Financial Accounting
IB 2000 Introduction to International Business
OPM 2070 Introduction to Business Statistics
Foreign Language

Year Four:

CORE 3400 Ways of Thinking: Aesthetics, History, and Culture
ECON 3120 or ECON 3140 Intermediate Macroeconomics or Intermediate Microeconomics
FIN 3010 Principles of Finance
IB 4120 International Business Strategies
MGT 3000 Management Theory and Practice