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This area of emphasis is designed to for students with an interest in working the private sector for companies
involved in international trade and finance. Required courses include business courses in accounting and economic
statistics as well as analytic classes in international and comparative economics. Students select four more analytic
courses (12 hours) in the areas of development, geography, U.S. foreign policy, and international politics, as
well as several areas of business. Among these courses, Political Science 361 emphasizes international organization
and transnational relations with an emphasis on political economy and is therefore highly recommended. Finally,
this area of emphasis requries three cross-cultural courses (9 hours) for a particular region: Europe, East Asia,
the Americas, or Africa/Middle East. Students with strong language skills are encouraged to take commercial language
courses. A foreign study experience is strongly recommended. WVU has several programs that are focused on international
business and economics (e.g., ones in Cuba, China, and Italy), and courses taken on these programs can count towards
the above requirements. See the study abroad section for information on these programs.
Course List
Required business/economics courses (15 hours):
- Accounting 201( Principles of Accounting I)
- Accounting 202 (Principles of Accounting II)
- Economics 225 (Elementary Business and Economic Statistics)
- Economics 451 (International Economics)
- Economics 454 (Comparative Economic Systems)
Select 12 hours from the following analytic courses (at least three disciplines):
- Economics 455 (Economic Development)
- Economics 493 (Transitional Economies of Europe)
- Geography 302 (Political Geography)
- Geography 310 (Global Issues: Inequality & Interdependence)
- History 464 (American Diplomacy since 1941)
- Political Science 361 (International Organization)
- Political Science 364 (Conduct of American Foreign Relations)
- Political Science 368 (International Conflict)
- Sociology/Anthropology 322 (Third World Development)
- Women's Studies 245 (Women in International Development)
Select 9 hours from the following cross cultural courses (at least two disciplines):
- French 461 (Commercial French I)
- French 462 (Commercial French II)
- Geography 243 (Geography of Africa)
- Geography 309 (Industrial Geography)
- Geography 411 (Rural and Regional Development)
- Geography 412 (The Geography of Gender)
- Geography 466 (Field Camp: The Caribbean)
- German 361 (Commercial German I)
- German 362 (Commercial German II)
- History 209 (Twentieth Century Europe)
- History 214 (England, 1066 to Present)
- History 218 (History of Russia: Emancipation to Present)
- History 221 (History of Modern Germany)
- History 242 (Latin America: Reform and Revolution)
- History 409 (Brazil: Colony to World Power)
- History 410 (Modern Spain)
- History 411 (Industrial Revolution 1600?1900)
- History 414 (France since 1815)
- History 418 (Eastern Europe Since 1945)
- History 420 (The USSR: 1939?Present )
- History 422 (Twentieth Century Germany from Weimar to Bonn)
- History 425 (History of Modern China)
- History 426 (History of Modern Japan)
- History 428 (East Africa Since 1895)
- History 430 (History of Africa: European Dominance to Independence)
- History 433 (West Africa to 1885)
- History 434 (West Africa from 1885)
- Political Science 350 (Government of Japan)
- Political Science 351(Governments of the USSR (Russia & Eastern Europe)
- Political Science 353 (Western Democratic Governments)
- Political Science 354 (Government of China)
- Political Science 355 (Governments of Latin America)
- Political Science 356 (Governments of the Middle East)
- Political Science 358 (Politics of Africa)
- Political Science 366 (Post?Soviet Foreign Policy)
- Political Science 367 (Latin America in International Affairs)
- Political Science 369 (Far Eastern International Affairs)
- Sociology/Anthropology 255 (Latin American Cultures)
- Sociology/Anthropology 256 (Traditional and Changing Africa)
- Spanish 461 (Commercial Spanish I)
- Spanish 462 (Commercial Spanish II)
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