Saint Francis University

International Business / Modern Language
Courses Required

The International Business/Modern Languages department's major programs aim at providing life enrichments through a liberal arts curriculum and life skills through professional experiences to all its students.  The curricular objectives of the program are consistent with those of the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, the Modern Language Association of America, the several American associations of teachers of foreign language.

Bachelor of Arts -- Interdisciplinary Major in International Business/Modern Languages: French or Spanish Option

Major Requirements:

• Accounting 101, 102

• Economics 102, 402

• Management 101, 202, 206, 302, 324, 403

• Mathematics 111

• Statistics 301

• Business Law 301

• Computer Science 101

• Language 103
  

• Either: Eighteen credits above the 202 level in French, to include French 301, 306, and other courses in literature, culture, and business take abroad; or:
  
  Eighteen credits above 202 level in Spanish, to include Spanish 301, 312, and courses in literature, culture, and business taken abroad.
  

• Six credits of business or modern language electives (beyond core requirements) to include Independent Study, Internship Abroad, Domestic Internship with an international business emphasis, or Study Abroad.
  Free Electives: Suggested Areas: Accounting, Anthropology, Computer Science, Economics, French, German, History, Management, Mathematics, Political Science, Psychology, Spanish, or Linguistics.

Notes: Advanced placement, particularly in a language or in mathematics, may increase the number of free electives; secondary certification to teach French or Spanish may be possible to obtain by careful use of free electives (see Education Department chair for courses required); a concentration in Latin American studies may be possible by choosing such courses as History 336 and Political Science 212.