Naveen Jindal School of Management

Global Business and Human Resource Management (Double Major) (BS)

Bachelor of Science in Global Business and Human Resource Management (Double Major)

Degree Requirements (121 semester credit hours)

The Bachelor of Science in Global Business (BS GB) and Bachelor of Science in Human Resource Management (BS HRM) double major is a minimum 121 semester credit hours degree program that prepares students to address human resource issues in global markets. The program emphasizes building key skills and competencies of HR professionals working with global talent and mobility such as cross-cultural communication, recruitment and selection for global projects as well as understanding foreign employment laws. Students also gain analytical decision-making and problem-solving skills through real-life HR consulting and global mobility projects, and internships.

An international experience¹ is required for all Global Business majors. Also, students are encouraged to complete up to 6 hours in a foreign language.

Faculty

FACG> jsom-global-business-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

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

Students must meet all course prerequisites.

I. Core Curriculum Requirements: 42 semester credit hours

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.

Communication: 6 semester credit hours

Select any 6 semester credit hours from Communication Core courses

Mathematics: 3 semester credit hours

MATH 1325 Applied Calculus I^{2, 3}

Or select any 3 semester credit hours from Mathematics Core courses

Life and Physical Sciences: 6 semester credit hours

Select any 6 semester credit hours from Life and Physical Sciences Core courses

Language, Philosophy and Culture: 3 semester credit hours

Select any 3 semester credit hours from Language, Philosophy and Culture Core courses

Creative Arts: 3 semester credit hours

Select any 3 semester credit hours from Creative Arts Core courses

American History: 6 semester credit hours

Select any 6 semester credit hours from American History Core courses

Government/Political Science: 6 semester credit hours

Select any 6 semester credit hours from Government/Political Science Core courses

Social and Behavioral Sciences: 3 semester credit hours

Choose one of the following:

BA 1310 Making Choices in Free Market Systems^{2, 3}

or BA 1320 Business in a Global World^{2, 3}

or ECON 2301 Principles of Macroeconomics^{2, 3}

or ECON 2302 Principles of Microeconomics^{2, 3}

Or select any 3 semester credit hours from Social and Behavioral Sciences Core courses

Component Area Option: 6 semester credit hours

Choose one of the following:

BA 1310 Making Choices in Free Market Systems^{2, 3}

or BA 1320 Business in a Global World^{2, 3}

or ECON 2301 Principles of Macroeconomics^{2, 3}

or ECON 2302 Principles of Microeconomics^{2, 3}

And select 3 semester credit hours from Component Area Option Core courses

Or select any 6 semester credit hours from Component Area Option Core courses

II. Major Requirements: 73-76 semester credit hours

Major Preparatory Courses: 12 semester credit hours beyond Core Curriculum

ACCT 2301 Introductory Financial Accounting²

ACCT 2302 Introductory Management Accounting²

BLAW 2301 Business and Public Law²

OPRE 3360 Managerial Methods in Decision Making Under Uncertainty

or STAT 3360 Probability and Statistics for Management and Economics

Complete the following courses if not already completed as part of the Core Curriculum Requirements

MATH 1325 Applied Calculus I^{2, 3} (Required for all JSOM undergraduate students. May elect to substitute MATH 2413 or MATH 2417 for MATH 1325.)

Choose two of the following if not completed in Core Curriculum:

BA 1310 Making Choices in Free Market Systems^{2, 3}

BA 1320 Business in a Global World^{2, 3}

ECON 2301 Principles of Macroeconomics^{2, 3}

ECON 2302 Principles of Microeconomics^{2, 3}

Major Core Courses: 28-31 semester credit hours

BA 1105 Professional Development (JSOM first-time-in-college freshmen are required to take BA 1105 in their first semester)

or BA 3105 Professional Development (Transfer students and students new to JSOM are required to take BA 3105 in their first semester)

BCOM 3300 Business Communication

FIN 3320 Business Finance

IMS 3310 International Business

ITSS 3300 Information Technology for Business

BUAN 3301 Artificial Intelligence in Business

MKT 3300 Principles of Marketing

OBHR 3330 Human Resource Management in Business

OPRE 3310 Supply Chain and Operations Management

Experiential Learning

A capstone course is required for all undergraduate JSOM students

IMS 4395 Capstone Senior Project - Global Business

or BPS 4395 Capstone Senior Project - Business

or OBHR 4395 Capstone Senior Project - Human Resource Management

A practicum experience of at least 160 working hours is required, with registration in the course below.

IMS 4090 Management Internship⁴

Students are required to complete 100 hours of community engagement experience, with registration in the course below.

BA 4095 Social Sector Engagement and Community Outreach Practicum⁵

International Experience

An international experience is required for this major.¹

Major Related Courses: 33 semester credit hours

FIN 3380 International Financial Management

IMS 4320 International Marketing

IMS 4330 Global Human Resource Management

IMS 4350 Global Market Entry Strategies

IMS 4373 Global Strategy

OBHR 4331 Compensation and Benefits Administration

OBHR 4333 Performance Management

OBHR 4334 Talent Acquisition and Management

OBHR 4335 Training and Development

OBHR 4354 Leading Organizational Change

Plus choose one course from the following:

OBHR 3310 Organizational Behavior

OBHR 4336 Labor and Employee Relations

OBHR 4361 The Human Resource Professional

III. Elective Requirements: 3-6 semester credit hours

Guided Electives:

Choose from the following to fulfill the remaining Guided Elective semester credit hours:

Any JSOM Faculty-Led International Study Trip course^{1, 6}

ENTP 4311 Entrepreneurial Strategy and Business Models

FIN 3350 Financial Markets and Institutions

IMS 4310 Export Market Development⁶

OBHR 4310 Business Ethics

OBHR 4352 Negotiation and Dispute Resolution

OPRE 3320 Integrated Supply Chain Management

OPRE 3330 Project Management⁶

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

1. 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.

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

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

4. Students may fulfill the internship requirement with IMS 4090 or IMS 4V90 (1-3 semester credit hours). The zero semester credit hour course IMS 4090 is recommended as the most efficient way to satisfy this requirement. Double major students are recommended to complete IMS 4090 or IMS 4V90 to satisfy both internship and international experience requirements.

5. Students may fulfill the community engagement requirement with BA 4095, BPS 4396, IMS 4335, MKT 4360, or OPRE 4391. The zero semester credit hour course BA 4095 is recommended as the most efficient way to satisfy this requirement.

6. This course can fulfill elective credit if not used in major related core, or elsewhere on degree plan.