Interdisciplinary study in an area for which student has basic preparation.

A prospective or practicing teacher will team with faculty to deliver an interdisciplinary humanities course at MSU, M, a community college, or a high school (this last setting available only to practicing teachers). Pre-reqs or Co-reqs: HUM 631 and 651

International dimensions of business: global business environment (economic, cultural, legal, political) and international business functions (management, marketing, finance, exporting, importing).

Curricular Practical Training: Co-Operative Experience is a zero-credit full-time practical training experience for one summer and an adjacent fall or spring term. Special rules apply to preserve full-time student status. Please contact an advisor in your program for complete information.

Prerequisites:

Permission of the Chairperson of the department; co-op contract; other prerequisites may also apply.

Topics on current developments in international business, technology, and legislation.

Prerequisites:

IBUS 380

Managerial approach to marketing decision making in multicultural market situations.

Prerequisites:

MRKT 210, IBUS 380

This course examines cross-cultural differences in business practices. Among the topics covered are the differences in management styles, multiculturalism, international negotiations, as well as international human resource issues, social responsibility and ethics in a global context, international labor relations, cultural synergy and multicultural teams.

International finance functions in a corporation include currency issues, investment, financial markets interacting, raising debt and equity, and export financing.

Prerequisites:

IBUS 380

Provides knowledge and documentary skills in managing and implementing the export operations of firms engaged in international trade.

Prerequisites:

IBUS 380

A capstone course for students majoring in international business designed to analyze and integrate the various international business management decisions.

Prerequisites:

IBUS 428, IBUS 448, IBUS 469 (select 2 out of the 3 courses)

Study tours are led by Minnesota State University, Mankato faculty and provide students with opportunities to visit companies and attend lectures by renowned experts from key sectors of economy, government, and business.

Supervised experience in business, industry, state or federal institutions.

Prerequisites:

Consent

Supervised experience in business, industry, state or federal institutions. Taken for grade only.

Prerequisites:

Consent

Individual study of special topics.

Prerequisites:

Consent

S Prerequisite: consent of instructor

F Prerequisite: consent of instructor

The BS in Open Studies and BS in Interdisciplinary Studies culminate in a capstone experience course which students take during their final semester of studies. Students reflect upon their learning to understand how their coursework has prepared them to transition from the academic world into the professional world. This is a variable-credit course that can be taken for 1-4 credits depending on each student's needs and under consultation with their advisor. The workload increases with each credit. The requirements for this course are dependent on academic focus and goals for the future.

Extend coursework into the professional world. Internship must be arranged in consultation with advisor.

Individualized learning to be arranged with advisor.

In this course, multilingual students in the Intensive English Program develop their reading comprehension and vocabulary at the beginning level by reading a selective range of shorter academic texts from a variety of genres and by applying a variety of reading and vocabulary-building strategies.

In this course, multilingual students in the Intensive English Program develop their writing skills at the beginning level by writing sentences and short paragraphs in a range of genres and by applying a variety of writing strategies.

In this course, multilingual students in the Intensive English Program develop their listening and speaking skills at the beginning level by listening to a selective range of short academic texts and other types of audio-visual texts, by participating in short academic and social conversations, and by performing brief oral presentations.

In this course, multilingual students in the Intensive English Program develop their grammar skills at the beginning level by understanding how written and spoken grammar at the sentence-level is used in context and how to apply them in written and spoken contexts.

In this course, multilingual students in the Intensive English Program develop in all four skills of listening, speaking, reading, and writing in an integrated manner through a focus on selected interdisciplinary themes and topics. Designed for beginning learners, the course will help students to develop their overall language proficiency.

In this course, multilingual students in the Intensive English Program develop their reading comprehension and vocabulary at the low-intermediate level by reading a selective range of academic texts from a variety of genres and by applying a variety of reading and vocabulary-building strategies.