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International Business and Economics

Concentration Requirements:

  • Please select a minimum of four courses (12 credits total) from the list below, including two INTAF courses.
  • Please note that this list will be reviewed and updated periodically. However, students should always check LionPATH to determine the availability of these courses in any given semester and review any mandatory prerequisites prior to enrolling.
  • Please note that enrollment in any course listed below is not guaranteed, especially when the course is outside of INTAF.
  • Classes included on the list below are approved to use as electives for this concentration. Any course that is not listed below must go through a formal review process. To begin this review process, please complete this form.
    • Courses that are not approved electives from the below list will NOT count towards your concentration unless you obtain approval through the review process.

SIA Elective Courses (please select at least two classes from the following list):

  • INTAF 504 – Political Economy of Development and Growth (3 credits)
  • INTAF 505 – Strategy, Conflict and Peace (3 credits)
  • INTAF 513 – Applied Time Series for Social Science Contexts (3 credits)
  • INTAF 597 – Special Topics: Political Economy of Climate Change (3 credits)
  • INTAF 810 – Energy, International Security, and the Global Economy (3 credits)
  • INTAF 815 – Dynamics of International Economic Order: Law, Politics, and Power (3 credits)
  • INTAF 820 – Economic Development and the Environment (3 credits)
  • INTAF 897 – Special Topics: Corporations in Global Affairs (3 credits)

Penn State Law Elective Courses (requires instructor and SIA faculty director approval prior to enrolling):

  • BUSLW 968 – Multinational Corporations (3 credits)

Penn State Graduate Elective Courses:

  • BA 545 – Business, Government and International Economics* (3 credits)
  • BAN 530 – Business Analytics* (3 credits)
  • BAN 540 – Marketing Analysis* (3 credits)
  • ECON 507 – International Trade (3-6 credits)
  • IB 500 – International Business Management* (3 credits)
  • IB 555 – Global Finance* (3 credits)
  • LEAD 882 – Social Entrepreneurship and Community Leadership (3 credits)
  • MKTG 542 – New Product Development* (2 credits)
  • MKTG 543 – E-Business Marketing* (2 credits)
  • PPOL 529 – Business and Democracy Around the World (3 credits)
  • PPOL 802 – Economic Analysis for Public Policy (3 credits)
  • PLSC 563 – International Political Economy (3 credits)

Penn State 400-Level Elective Courses (please select no more than three courses from the following list):

  • BA 411 – Analyzing Business and Industry* (3 credits)
  • BA 422W – Strategic Business Planning* (3 credits)
  • BA 565 – Strategic Leadership* (3 credits)
  • EBF 484 – Energy Economics —(3 credits)
  • ECON 402 – Decision Making and Strategy in Economics (3 credits)
  • ECON 410 – Economics of Labor Markets (3 credits)
  • ECON 411 – Behavioral Economics (3 credits)
  • ECON 412 – Labor Economics and Labor Markets: Theory, Evidence and Policy (3 credits)
  • ECON 415 – Economics of Global Climate Change (3 credits)
  • ECON 427 – Economics of Energy and Energy Security (3 credits)
  • ECON 428 – Environmental Economics (3 credits)
  • ECON 429 – Public Finance and Fiscal Policy (3 credits)
  • ECON 433 – Advanced International Trade (3 credits)
  • ECON 434 – International Finance and Open Economy Macroeconomics (3 credits)
  • ECON 442 – Managerial Economics (3 credits)
  • ECON 443 – Economics of Law and Regulation (3 credits)
  • ECON 450 – The Business Cycle (3 credits)
  • ECON 452 – Economics of the Financial Crisis (3 credits)
  • ECON 465 – Cross-Sectional Econometrics (3 credits)
  • ECON 476 – Economics of Developing Countries (3 credits)
  • ECON 481 – Business Forecasting Techniques (3 credits)
  • ECON 483 – Economic Forecasting (3 credits)
  • ERM 402 – Foundations of Sustainable Business (3 credits)
  • FIN 406 – Security Analysis and Portfolio Management* (3 credits)
  • GEOG 424W – Geography of the Global Economy (3 credits)
  • IB 403 – International Business and National Policies* (3 credits)
  • IB 404 – Contemporary Issues in International Business* (3 credits)
  • IB 450 – The Business Environment of Europe* (3 credits)
  • IB 460 – International Business in Emerging Nations* (3 credits)
  • IB 470 – International Development in African Context* (3 credits)
  • IB 480 – International Real Estate Markets* (3 credits)
  • MGMT 402 – Negotiation and Conflict Management* (3 credits)
  • MGMT 425 – New Venture Creation* (3 credits)
  • MGMT 426 – Invention Commercialization* (3 credits)
  • PLSC 444 – Government and the Economy (3 credits)
  • PLSC 446 – Business and Government Relations (3 credits)

*Please note that registration in any Smeal College of Business course (e.g., BA, BAN, FIN, IB, MKTG, MGMT) is limited and dependent upon seats being available. For more information about the process for requesting enrollment, contact the SIA academic adviser at academic_advising@sia.psu.edu.

All World Campus courses, including any that appear as elective class options on this list, require enrollment permission from the SIA faculty director prior to registering for the class. Please contact the SIA academic adviser for more information.