Naveen Jindal School of Management

Global Business and International Political Economy (Double Major) (BS)

Bachelor of Science in Global Business and International Political Economy (Double Major)

Degree Requirements (137 semester credit hours)¹

An international experience² is required for all Global Business majors. For additional information, please contact the Global Business Program Director.

EPPS Faculty

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Professors: Patrick T. Brandt @pxb054000, Euel W. Elliott @eelliott, Jennifer S. Holmes @jholmes, Dohyeong Kim @dxk132530, Clint W. Peinhardt @cwp052000, Richard K. Scotch @scotch

Associate Professors: Simon M. Fass @fass, Thomas Gray @txg171430

Assistant Professor: Lauren Santoro @lar170530

Professors Emeriti: Brian J. L. Berry @bjb012800, Paul Diehl @pxd153230, Lloyd J. Dumas @ljdumas, Donald A. Hicks @dahicks, Murray J. Leaf @mjleaf

Professor of Instruction: Karl K. Ho @kxh022100

JSOM Faculty

FACG> jsom-global-business-and-international-political-economy-bs

Professors: Ashiq Ali @axa042200, Alain Bensoussan @axb046100, Gary Bolton @gxb122130, Metín Çakanyildirim @metin, Huseyin Cavusoglu @huseyin, Jianqing Chen @jxc111031, William M. Cready @wmc041000, 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

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, 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 courses⁶ (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 hours⁸

ECON 2301 Principles of Macroeconomics^{3, 4, 5}

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

Component Area Option: 6 semester credit hours⁸

ECON 2302 Principles of Microeconomics^{3, 4, 5}

BA 1320 Business in a Global World^{3, 4, 5}

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

II. Major Requirements: 95 semester credit hours

Students must meet all course prerequisites.

Global Business Major Preparatory Courses: 12 semester credit hours beyond Core Curriculum

ACCT 2301 Introductory Financial Accounting⁴

ACCT 2302 Introductory Management Accounting⁴

BLAW 2301 Business and Public Law⁴

ECON 2301 Principles of Macroeconomics^{3, 4, 5, 9}

ECON 2302 Principles of Microeconomics^{3, 4, 5, 9}

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

Major Core Courses: 27 semester credit hours

BCOM 1300 Professional Communication⁹

or BCOM 3300 Business Communication⁹

BCOM 4300 Advanced Professional Communication

FIN 3320 Business Finance

IMS 3310 International Business

IMS 4395 Capstone Senior Project - Global Business

or BPS 4395 Capstone Senior Project - Business

or ENTP 4395 Capstone Senior Project - Entrepreneurship

ITSS 3300 Information Technology for Business

MKT 3300 Principles of Marketing

OBHR 3310 Organizational Behavior

or OBHR 3330 Introduction to Human Resource Management

OPRE 3310 Supply Chain and Operations Management

Major Related Courses: 12 semester credit hours

IMS 4350 Global Market Entry Strategies

Choose three courses from the following:

FIN 3380 International Financial Management

IMS 4320 or MKT 4320 International Marketing

IMS 4330 Global Human Resource Management

IMS 4373 Global Strategy

International Political Economy (IPEC) Core Courses: 21 semester credit hours

Choose seven courses from the following:

ECON 3310 Intermediate Microeconomic Theory

ECON 3311 Intermediate Macroeconomic Theory

ECON 4360 International Trade

IPEC 3349 World Resources and Development

IPEC 4301 Political Economy of Industrialized Countries

IPEC 4302 Political Economy of Developing Countries

PSCI 4329 Global Politics

PSCI 4356 International Political Economy

PSCI 4360 The Political Economy of Multinational Corporations

Foreign Language Requirement: 12 semester credit hours of the same language

If the language credit is obtained without taking classes, twelve additional semester credit hours of Free Electives (upper-division or lower-division) can be taken by the student.

Upper-Division Major Related Electives: 11 semester credit hours

A practicum experience of at least 160 working hours is required, with registration in one of the courses below. Depending on the internship and preference for additional electives, the student may qualify for a zero to 3 semester credit hours course with the BS GLBS Program Director's approval.

IMS 4V90 Management Internship²

IMS 4090 Management Internship²

BA 4090 Management Internship^{10, 11}

BA 4V90 Management Internship^{10, 11}

A community engagement experience is required, with registration in one of the courses below. Depending on the service and preference for additional electives, the student has the option of zero or 3 semester credit hours.

IMS 4335 Social Sector Entrepreneurship and Community Engagement

or BPS 4396 Social Impact 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

Students should choose from IPEC or other approved courses to fulfill the remaining Elective semester credit hours.

Both lower- and upper-division courses may count as electives.

The plan must include sufficient upper-division courses to total 45 upper-division semester credit hours.

1. Degree is 138 hours if students are required to take EPPS 1110.

2. Global Business majors may complete their international experience with any of the following: a semester studying abroad, with 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); A JSOM faculty-led international trip course ("Regional Management Area Studies"); or an international internship (IMS 4090 or IMS 4V90) approved and verified by the BS GLBS Program Director to fulfill the international experience.

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. MATH 1325 is required for all JSOM undergraduate students. Students may elect to substitute MATH 2413 or MATH 2417 for MATH 1325.

7. 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.

10. Student who are employed in full-time jobs may fulfill their internship requirement with their current employer as a special project with preapproval from their program director.

11. BA 4090 or BA 4V90 will not fulfill the international experience requirement. Double major students are recommended to complete IMS 4090 or IMS 4V90 to satisfy both internship and international experience requirements.