Naveen Jindal School of Management

Global Business (BS)

Bachelor of Science in Global Business

Degree Requirements (120 semester credit hours)¹

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An international experience² is required for all Global Business majors. Students are encouraged to complete up to 6 semester credit hours in a foreign language. For additional information, please contact the Global Business Program Director.

Faculty

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Professors: Ashiq Ali @axa042200, Alain Bensoussan @axb046100, Gary Bolton @gxb122130, Metín Çakanyildirim @metin, Huseyin Cavusoglu @huseyin, Jianqing Chen @jxc111031, William M. Cready @wmc041000, Milind Dawande @milind, Gregory G. Dess @ggd021000, Umit G. Gurun @ugg041000, Dorothée Honhon @dbh130130, Kyle Hyndman @tdp062000, Varghese S. Jacob @vjacob, Sanjay Jain @sxj164830, Ganesh Janakiraman @gxj091000, Elena Katok @emk120030, Dmitri Kuksov @dgk120030, Nanda Kumar @nkumar, Seung-Hyun Lee @sxl029100, Stanley Liebowitz @liebowit, Zhiang (John) Lin @zlin, Sumit K. Majumdar @skm021100, Stanimir Markov @sxm079200, Amit Mehra @axm078200, Syam Menon @sxm021300, Vijay S. Mookerjee @vijaym, B. P. S. Murthi @murthi, Vikram Nanda @vkn150030, Özalp Özer @oxo091000, Mike W. Peng @mxp059000, Hasan Pirkul @hpirkul, Cuili Qian @cxq170330, Suresh Radhakrishnan @sradhakr, Srinivasan Raghunathan @sraghu, Ram C. Rao @rrao, Brian Ratchford @btr051000, Michael J. Rebello @mjr071000, Gil Sadka @gxs143630, Sumit Sarkar @sumit, Suresh P. Sethi @sethi, Kathryn E. Stecke @kes021000, Wing Kwong (Eric) Tsang @wkt071000, Jun Xia @jxx132030, Ying Xie @yxx124930, Harold Zhang @hxz054000, Zhiqiang (Eric) Zheng @zxz062000

Associate Professors: Mehmet Ayvaci @mua120030, Nina Baranchuk @nxb043000, Zhonglan Dai @zxd051000, Rebecca Files @rlf092000, Bin Hu @bxh180009, Surya N. Janakiraman @suryaj, Robert L. Kieschnick Jr. @rkiesch, Atanu Lahiri @axl144730, Jun Li @jxl128031, Ningzhong Li @nxl124130, Maria Loumioti @mxl175830, Lívia Markóczy @lxm055000, Ramachandran (Ram) Natarajan @nataraj, Naim Bugra Ozel @nbo150030, H. Dennis Park @hxp174230, Anyan Qi @axq140430, Young U. Ryu @ryoung, Serdar Simsek @axs158032, Harpreet Singh @hxs104000, Upender Subramanian @uxs092000, Shaojie Tang @sxt146930, Shouqiang Wang @sxw163830, Kelsey D. Wei @kdw061000, Han (Victor) Xia @hxx110930, Yexiao Xu @yexiaoxu, Alejandro Zentner @axz051000, Jieying Zhang @jxz146230, Yuan Zhang @yxz122931, Zhe (James) Zhang @zxz145430, Feng Zhao @fxz082000, Yibin Zhou @yxz066000

Assistant Professors: Khai Chiong @kxc173030, Andrew Frazelle @aef180002, Ying Huang @yxh124430, Joonhwi Joo @jxj180020, Sora Jun @sxj177030, Jason Kautz @jdk200000, Sheen Levine @ssl140530, Meng Li @mxl120531, Jean-Marie Meier @jmm172030, Radha Mookerjee @rvm019000, Alejandro Rivera Mesias @axr150331, Alessio Saretto @axs125732, Simon Siegenthaler @sxs177933, Xiaoxiao Tang @xxt180003, Shervin Tehrani @sst180003, Ashwin Venkataraman @axv190029, Christian Von-Drathen @cxv141430, Guihua Wang @gxw130630, Junfeng Wu @jxw175430, Steven Xiao @sxx150930, Yingjie Zhang @yxz180067

Professor Emeritus: John J. Wiorkowski @wiorkow

Associate Professors Emeriti: J. Richard Harrison @harrison, Jane Salk @jes025000

Clinical Professors: John Barden @jpb063000, Abhijit Biswas @axb019100, Shawn Carraher @smc130730, Larry Chasteen @chasteen, Howard Dover @hfd021000, John Gamino @jpg140630, Randall S. Guttery @rxg112530, William Hefley @weh150130, Marilyn Kaplan @mkaplan, Sonia Leach @sel120030, Peter Lewin @plewin, Jeffrey Manzi @jxm158130, Diane S. McNulty @dmcnulty, Divakar Rajamani @dxr020100, Daniel Rajaratnam @dxr143430, Kannan Ramanathan @kxr087000, Mark Thouin @mxt083000, McClain Watson @jmw077000, Jeff Weekley @jaw160330, Habte Woldu @wolduh, Fang Wu @fxw052000, Laurie L. Ziegler @ziegler

Clinical Associate Professors: Shawn Alborz @sxa063000, Dawn Owens @dmo130130, Carolyn Reichert @carolyn, Avanti P. Sethi @asethi, Ramesh Subramoniam @rxs179630, Aysegul Toptal @axt083100, David Widdifield @dsw180001

Clinical Assistant Professors: Athena Alimirzaei @axa134231, Moran Blueshtein @mxb135230, Jerome Gafford @jmg171130, Jeffery (Jeff) Hicks @jnh061000, Revansiddha Khanapure @rbk160130, Liping Ma @lxm133730, Ravi Narayan @rln130030, Parneet Pahwa @pxp030100, Nassim Sohaee @nxs045000

Professors of Instruction: Semiramis Amirpour @sxa130731, Mary Beth Goodrich @goodrich, Chris Linsteadt @ccl019000, Matt Polze @mmp062000, Luell (Lou) Thompson @lot013000

Associate Professors of Instruction: Judd Bradbury @jdb101000, Monica E. Brussolo @meb049000, Amal El-Ashmawi @ahe013000, Ayfer Gurun @axg119030, Maria Hasenhuttl @h1562, Julie Haworth @haworth, Thomas (Tom) Henderson @txh093000, Kathryn Lookadoo @kxl164330, Sarah Moore @sem054000, Mohammad Naseri Taheri @mxn121930, Hubert Zydorek @hxz120930

Assistant Professors of Instruction: Negin Enayaty Ahangar @nxe180001, Jennifer G. Johnson @jxj091000, Joseph Mauriello @jam151430, Victoria D. McCrady @vdm130030, Edward Meda @exm150330, Rasoul Ramezani @rxr145930, Gaurav Shekhar @gxs150130

Professors of Practice: Tiffany A. Bortz @tabortz, Ranavir Bose @rxb132730, Alexander Edsel @ade012000, Rajiv Shah @rxs079000

Associate Professors of Practice: Richard Bowen @rxb073100, Jackie Kimzey @jxk092000, David Parks @dxp153830, Margaret Smallwood @meg012400, Steven Solcher @sjs107020, Kathy Zolton @kxz121730

Assistant Professors of Practice: Khatereh Ahadi @kxa180010, Abu Naser Islam @nxi110630, Robert (Stephen) Molina @sxm163630, Timothy Stephens @tgs170130, Guido Tirone @gxt170001, Robert Wright @rgw091000

Senior Lecturers: Juliann Chapman @jgc160130, Madison Pedigo @mfp013000

I. Core Curriculum Requirements: 42 semester credit hours³

Communication: 6 semester credit hours

Select any 6 semester credit hours from Communication Core courses (see advisor)

Mathematics: 3 semester credit hours

MATH 1325 Applied Calculus I^{4, 5, 6, 7}

Or select any 3 semester credit hours from Mathematics Core courses (see advisor)

Life and Physical Sciences: 6 semester credit hours

Select any 6 semester credit hours from Life and Physical Sciences Core courses (see advisor and degree requirements)

Language, Philosophy and Culture: 3 semester credit hours

Select any 3 semester credit hours from Language, Philosophy and Culture Core courses (see advisor)

Creative Arts: 3 semester credit hours

Select any 3 semester credit hours from Creative Arts Core courses (see advisor)

American History: 6 semester credit hours

Select any 6 semester credit hours from American History Core courses (see advisor)

Government/Political Science: 6 semester credit hours

GOVT 2305 American National Government

GOVT 2306 State and Local Government

Or select any 6 semester credit hours from Government/Political Science Core courses (see advisor)

Social and Behavioral Sciences: 3 semester credit hours

Choose one of the following:⁸

BA 1310 Making Choices in Free Market Systems^{4, 5}

BA 1320 Business in a Global World^{4, 5}

ECON 2301 Principles of Macroeconomics^{4, 5}

ECON 2302 Principles of Microeconomics^{4, 5}

Or select any 3 semester credit hours from Social and Behavioral Sciences Core courses (see advisor)

Component Area Option: 6 semester credit hours

Choose two of the following:⁸

BA 1310 Making Choices in Free Market Systems^{4, 5}

BA 1320 Business in a Global World^{4, 5}

ECON 2301 Principles of Macroeconomics^{4, 5}

ECON 2302 Principles of Microeconomics^{4, 5}

Or select any 6 semester credit hours from Component Area Option Core courses (see advisor)

II. Major Requirements: 60 semester credit hours

Major Preparatory Courses: 12 semester credit hours beyond Core Curriculum⁸

ACCT 2301 Introductory Financial Accounting⁴

ACCT 2302 Introductory Management Accounting⁴

BLAW 2301 Business and Public Law⁴

MATH 1325 Applied Calculus I^{4, 5, 6, 7}

OPRE 3360 Managerial Methods in Decision Making Under Uncertainty

or STAT 3360 Probability and Statistics for Management and Economics

Choose two of the following:⁸

BA 1310 Making Choices in Free Market Systems^{4, 5}

BA 1320 Business in a Global World^{4, 5}

ECON 2301 Principles of Macroeconomics^{4, 5}

ECON 2302 Principles of Microeconomics^{4, 5}

Major Core Courses: 27 semester credit hours⁸

BCOM 1300 Introduction to Professionalism and Communication in Business⁹

or BCOM 3300 Professionalism and Communication in Business⁹

BCOM 4300 Managing Communications in Business

IMS 3310 International Business

FIN 3320 Business Finance

ITSS 3300 Information Technology for Business

OPRE 3310 Operations Management

OBHR 3310 Organizational Behavior

or OBHR 3330 Introduction to Human Resource Management

MKT 3300 Principles of Marketing

IMS 4395 Capstone Senior Project - Global Business

or BPS 4395 Capstone Senior Project - Business

or ENTP 4395 Capstone Senior Project - Entrepreneurship

Major Related Courses: 21 semester credit hours

IMS 4320 or MKT 4320 International Marketing

FIN 3380 International Financial Management

IMS 4330 Global Human Resource Management

IMS 4350 Global Market Entry Strategies

IMS 4373 Global Strategy

BLAW 4301 International Law

Choose one from the following:

IMS 4310 Export Market Development

IMS 4340 Managing Global Teams

IMS 4v94 Seminar Series in International Management

All prerequisites must be met.

Students are strongly encouraged to meet with their Program Director every semester to discuss their progress, career interests, and international experiences.

At the 45 semester-hour audit, students are required to meet with Advising and declare a double major within major, a concentration, or a minor, if they have not already done so.

III. Elective Requirements: 18 semester credit hours

A practicum experience of at least 160 working hours is required; the student has the option of zero to 3 semester credit hours, depending on the particular internship, and preference for additional electives.²

IMS 4V90 Management Internship

IMS 4090 Management Internship

BA 4090 Management Internship

A community engagement experience is required; the student has the option of zero or 3 semester credit hours, depending on the particular experience, and preference for additional electives.

IMS 4335 Social Sector Entrepreneurship and Community Engagement

or ENTP 4340 Social Sector Entrepreneurship and Community Engagement

or MKT 4360 Social Impact Marketing

or BA 4095 Social Sector Engagement and Community Outreach Practicum

Remaining electives may be used toward the choice of minor, concentration, or double major.

Students must select a focus by choosing one of the following:

Double Majors⁸

1. Bachelor of Science in Global Business and Human Resource Management (128 semester credit hours)
2. Bachelor of Science in Global Business and International Political Economy (137 semester credit hours)
3. Bachelor of Science in Global Business and Marketing (128 semester credit hours)
4. Bachelor of Science in Global Business and Supply Chain Management (128 semester credit hours)

Concentrations⁸

Business Economics Concentration: (15 semester credit hours)

FIN 3350 Financial Markets and Institutions

MECO 4303 Decisions, Behavior, and Business Policy

MECO 4351 Industrial Organization and Corporate Strategy

MECO 4352 Applied Econometrics and Time Series Analysis

And one course approved by the department

Energy Management Concentration: (12 semester credit hours)

ENGY 3301 Managing Carbon Assets: Oil, Gas, and Coal

ENGY 3302 Managing Power and Renewable Energy Assets; Sustainability

And choose 2 of the following:

ENGY 3340 Energy Law and Contracts or BLAW 4301 International Law

FIN 4313 or ENGY 4313 Energy Finance

MECO 4342 Financial and Business Negotiation Analysis

Innovation and Entrepreneurship Concentration (12 semester credit hours)

ENTP 3301 Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Select 9 semester credit hours from the following:

ENTP 3360 or FIN 3360 Entrepreneurial Finance

ENTP 4311 Entrepreneurial Strategy and Business Models

ENTP 4320 Small Business Management

or ENTP 4350 Corporate Entrepreneurship

Risk Management and Insurance Concentration: (15 semester credit hours)

RMIS 3370 or FIN 3370 Principles of Risk Management and Insurance

RMIS 4331 or FIN 4331 Business Liability Risk Management and Insurance

RMIS 4332 or FIN 4332 Commercial Property Risk Management and Insurance

RMIS 4333 or FIN 4333 Enterprise Risk Management

RMIS 4334 or FIN 4334 Insurance Law and Contracts

Real Estate Investment Management Concentration: (12 semester credit hours)

REAL 3305 or FIN 3305 Real Estate Principles

REAL 3365 or FIN 3365 Real Estate Finance and Principles

REAL 4321 or FIN 4321 Real Estate Law and Contracts

REAL 4328 or FIN 4328 Real Estate Valuation

Sales Concentration: (12 semester credit hours)

MKT 3330 Introduction to Professional Selling

MKT 3331 Principles of Category Management

or MKT 4332 Advanced Professional Sales

MKT 4331 or ENTP 4331 Digital Prospecting

OBHR 4352 Negotiation and Dispute Resolution

Minors⁸

Minor in Business Intelligence and Analytics: 18 semester credit hours

STAT 3360 Probability and Statistics for Management and Economics

or OPRE 3360 Managerial Methods in Decision Making Under Uncertainty

ITSS 4300 Database Fundamentals

or CS 4347 Database Systems

ITSS 4351 Foundations of Business Intelligence

ITSS 4352 Introduction to Web Analytics

ITSS 4353 Business Analytics

Also choose one course from the following:

ITSS 4354 Advanced Big Data Analytics

ITSS 4355 Data Visualization

All other prerequisites should be met.

Minor in Energy Management: 18 semester credit hours

Choose 4 courses from the following:

ENGY 3301 Managing Carbon Assets: Oil, Gas, and Coal

ENGY 3302 Managing Power and Renewable Energy Assets; Sustainability

ENGY 3340 Energy Law and Contracts

FIN 4313 or ENGY 4313 Energy Finance

MECO 4342 Financial and Business Negotiation Analysis

Also choose 2 courses from the following:

GEOS 1303 Physical Geology

MECO 3330 or ENGY 3330 Energy Economics

MKT 3340 Marketing Research

OPRE 4330 Global Logistics and Inventory Management

All other prerequisites should be met.

Minor in Finance: 18 semester credit hours

ACCT 2301 Introductory Financial Accounting

FIN 3320 Business Finance

FIN 3390 Introduction to Financial Modeling

And an additional 9 semester credit hours to be selected from upper-division finance courses listed as options under the finance degree.

All other prerequisites should be met.

Minor in Human Resource Management: 18 semester credit hours

Choose six courses from the following:

BLAW 3301 Employment Law

OBHR 3330 Introduction to Human Resource Management

OBHR 4310 Business Ethics

OBHR 4331 Compensation and Benefits Administration

OBHR 4333 Performance Management

OBHR 4334 Talent Acquisition and Management

OBHR 4335 Training and Development

OBHR 4336 Labor and Employee Relations

OBHR 4350 Introduction to Leading and Managing

OBHR 4352 Negotiation and Dispute Resolution

OBHR 4354 Leading Organizational Change

OBHR 4356 Power and Influence in Organizations

All other prerequisites should be met.

Minor in Insurance: 18 semester credit hours

Choose six courses from the following:

RMIS 3370 or FIN 3370 Principles of Risk Management and Insurance

RMIS 4331 Business Liability Risk Management and Insurance

RMIS 4332 Commercial Property Risk Management and Insurance

RMIS 4333 Enterprise Risk Management

RMIS 4334 Insurance Law and Contracts

RMIS 4336 Systems and Theories

RMIS 4338 Foundations of Risk Analytics and Applications

MKT 3330 Introduction to Professional Selling

FIN 3305 or REAL 3305 Real Estate Principles

All other prerequisites should be met.

Minor in Marketing: 18 semester credit hours

MKT 3300 Principles of Marketing

MKT 3340 Marketing Research

MKT 3330 Introduction to Professional Selling

MKT 4330 Digital and Internet Marketing

With an additional 6 semester credit hours to be selected from:

MKT 3331 Principles of Category Management

MKT 4331 Digital Prospecting

MKT 4332 Advanced Professional Sales

MKT 4335 Category Buying

MKT 4336 E-Retailing

MKT 4337 Marketing Analytics

MKT 4338 Marketing Content Creation

MKT 4339 Marketing Creative Skills and Testing

MKT 4340 Consumer Behavior

MKT 4341 Predictive Analytics

MKT 4350 Advertising

MKT 4360 Social Impact Marketing

MKT 4370 Marketing Projects

MKT 4395 Capstone Senior Project - Marketing

MKT 4V83 Individual Study in Marketing

MKT 4V90 Marketing Internship

All other prerequisites should be met.

Minor in Supply Chain Management: 18 semester credit hours

OPRE 3320 Integrated Supply Chain Management

OPRE 3330 Project Management

OPRE 4310 Lean and Six Sigma Processes

OPRE 4330 Global Logistics and Inventory Management

OPRE 4340 Purchasing and Sourcing Management

Plus, one of the following three courses:

OPRE 4320 Integrated SCM Information Systems

OPRE 4350 Spreadsheet Modeling and Analytics

OPRE 4395 Capstone Senior Project - Supply Chain Management

All other prerequisites should be met.

Both lower- and upper-division courses may count as electives but students must complete at least 51 semester credit hours of upper-division courses to qualify for graduation.

1. Incoming freshmen must enroll and complete requirements of UNIV 1010 and the corresponding school-related freshman seminar course. Students, including transfer students, who complete their core curriculum at UT Dallas must take UNIV 2020.

2. Global Business majors may complete their international experience with any of the following: a semester studying abroad taking at least 9 semester credit hours applicable to their major (NOTE: study abroad courses are subject to a pre-approval process to ensure transferability to their major); 2 JSOM faculty-led trip courses ("Regional Management Area Studies"); or an international internship (IMS 4090 or IMS 4V90).

3. Curriculum Requirements can be fulfilled by other approved courses from institutions of higher education. The courses listed are recommended as the most efficient way to satisfy both Core Curriculum and Major Requirements at UT Dallas.

4. Indicates a prerequisite class to be completed before enrolling for upper-division classes.

5. A required Major course that also fulfills a Core Curriculum requirement. Semester credit hours are counted in Core Curriculum.

6. Students may elect to substitute MATH 2413 or MATH 2417.

7. In order to make timely degree progress, students should complete MATH 1325 or its equivalent by the end of their first semester at UT Dallas. Students who will not meet this requirement should contact their academic advisor to discuss their degree timeline.

8. Certain courses listed are prerequisites for major core, major concentration, or major related courses. Choose accordingly.

9. JSOM first-time-in-college freshmen are required to take BCOM 1300 in their first semester. Transfer students and students new to JSOM are required to take BCOM 3300 in their first semester.