International Business Four-Year Degree Plan
The following degree plan, last reviewed 08/15/2025, is based on the 2025-26 catalog and Missouri State general education requirements.
First semester (fall)
| Courses |
Hours |
| Loading... |
Loading... |
| Loading... |
Loading... |
| Loading... |
Loading... |
| Loading... |
Loading... |
| Foreign Language |
3 |
| Total hours |
14 |
Second semester (spring)
| Courses |
Hours |
| Foreign Language |
3 |
| Loading... |
Loading... |
| Loading... |
Loading... |
| Loading... |
Loading... |
| Loading... |
Loading... |
| Total hours |
15 |
Third semester (fall)
| Courses |
Hours |
| Foreign Language |
3 |
| Loading... |
Loading... |
| Loading... |
Loading... |
| Loading... |
Loading... |
| Loading... |
Loading... |
| Total hours |
15 |
Fourth semester (spring)
| Courses |
Hours |
| Foreign Language |
3 |
| Loading... |
Loading... |
| Loading... |
Loading... |
| Loading... |
Loading... |
| Physical Science with Lab or Life Science with Lab |
4 |
| Total hours |
16 |
Fifth semester (fall)
| Courses |
Hours |
| Physical Science or Life Science |
3 |
| Loading... |
Loading... |
| Loading... |
Loading... |
| Loading... |
Loading... |
| Loading... |
Loading... |
| Total hours |
15 |
Sixth semester (spring)
| Courses |
Hours |
| COB International List |
3 |
| COB or Non-COB International List |
3 |
| The Arts |
3 |
| Cultural Competence -IDS 297 Study Away |
3 |
| Loading... |
Loading... |
| Total hours |
15 |
Seventh semester (fall)
| Courses |
Hours |
| Loading... |
Loading... |
| Loading... |
Loading... |
| COB International List |
3 |
| Loading... |
Loading... |
| MGT or ENT course at 300 level or higher |
3 |
| Total hours |
15 |
Eighth semester (spring)
| Courses |
Hours |
| Human Cultures - Humanities |
3 |
| Loading... |
Loading... |
| Loading... |
Loading... |
| Loading... |
Loading... |
| MGT or ENT course 300 level or higher |
3 |
| International Abroad Experience Required |
3 |
| Total hours |
18 |
COB International List:
Select two (or three*) of the following:
- MGT 496 - Readings in Management and Leadership (if designated with international business
content)
- MGT 596 - Research Issues and Problems: Management (if designated with international business
content)
- MKT 464 - Global Supply Chain Management
- MKT 474 - International Marketing
- FIN 392 - International Education Abroad in Finance
- FIN 582 - International Financial Management
- FIN 586 - International Financial Statement Analysis
- LAW 537 - Environmental Regulation
- LAW 539 - Legal Regulation of International Commerce
- ACC 506 - International Accounting
- ECO 346 - International Economic Development
- ECO 456 - Comparative Economic Systems
- ECO 565 - International Economics
Non-COB International List:
Select one from the following:*
- AGB 514 - International Agricultural Trade
- ANT 313 - Volunteering and Development in the Global South; Anthropological Perspectives
- IPE 376 - Cultural Competence in Health Care
- IPE 377 - Global Issues in Health Care
- PLS 333 - Model United Nations
- PLS 338 - Politics of Less Developed Countries
- PLS 437 - International Organizations and Law
- PLS 544 - Government and Politics of the Middle East
- PLS 545 - Asian Politics
- PLS 547 - Politics of the European Union and Its Members
- PLS 548 - Latin American Politics
- PLS 550 - Modern African Politics
- PLS 555 - Public Policy for a Global Environment
- PLS 569 - Foreign Policies of the Middle Eastern States
-
- *or another COB international course (listed above)
GPA & credit hour requirements
For Admission to College of Business (COB): Student must earn a minimum of 2.00 Missouri State GPA and a minimum of 2.50 combined
GPA for admission to COB AND to take upper division COB courses.
For Graduation: Students must obtain a 2.50 GPA in all upper-division (300+) in their College of
Business business unit coursework taken at Missouri State University.
For Graduation: Students must complete at least 120 hours. Of those 120 hours, at least 40 hours
must be upper division (300+) level. Electives may be needed to meet these requirements.