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Globalization has been a reality for Canadian businesses large and small for some time now.  In order to survive, even small companies often have to compete directly with large international organizations.  Most organizations are much more diverse than they were even a year or two ago.  Many of our graduates will no doubt experience rewarding international placements and foreign travel as their careers develop.  It will be unusual to work in firms without employees and clients who originate from different corners of the world.  In order to develop synergy in this new business environment, it will be necessary to learn to work together, to communicate effectively, and to manage as a unit people coming from very different experiences, cultures, values, and expectations.

If managers wish to remain competitive, they must learn to adapt psychologically, to communicate effectively, and interact socially with other cultures.  International managers are expected to speak more than one foreign language.  The Bachelor of Commerce in Global Business Management offers the opportunity to study the skills essential for a successful international career.

The Bachelor of Commerce is a well-established, foundational degree and requires the requirements listed below alongside general graduation requirements.

Major in Global Business Management

Note: Students are advised that possession of the minimum qualifications does not guarantee admission to a particular academic program.  Limits to the number of students who can be in a particular program at any one time exist and depend very much on the number of faculty members available in a particular academic unit.

Note:  In addition to all other requirements for the major, a minimum GPA of 2.2 out of 4.3 is required in:

Course List

Code	Title	Credit Hours
ACCT 3357	International Accounting	3
MKTG 3375	International Marketing	3
FINA 4476	International Financial Mgt	3
MGMT 4488	International Business MGMT	3
Geographic and cognate electives completed in fulfillment of this major

Plan of Study Grid

Third Year		Credit Hours
ACCT 3332	Planning and Control (See Note (3))	3
ACCT 3357	International Accounting 1	3
FINA 2360	Business Finance I	3
FINA 3361	Business Finance II	3
MKTG 3375	International Marketing 1	3
MGMT 3480	Ethical Respons of Organiz	3
Select six credit hours of language electives 2		6
Select six credit hours of geographic electives 1, 3		6
	Credit Hours	30
Fourth Year
FINA 4476	International Financial Mgt 1	3
MGMT 4488	International Business MGMT 1	3
MGMT 4489	Strategic Management	3
Select six credits of language electives 4		6
Select six credits of geographic electives 1, 3		6
Select six credits of cognate electives 1, 5		6
Select three credits of free electives		3
	Credit Hours	30
	Total Credit Hours	60

1	Courses included in the GPA calculation.
2	Same language as Year 4 elective.
3	Geographic electives must be selected from the approved lists below for any of the following regions unless another has been approved by the Program Director: Africa Americas Asia Europe
4	Same language as Year 3 elective.
5	Cognate electives must be selected from the approved lists below unless, on an individual basis, they have been approved by the Program Director.

Notes:

1. If Development Economics (ECON 3310), History of Economic Thought (ECON 3312), Comparative Economic Systems (ECON 3315), Canadian Economic Issues (ECON 3322), The Atlantic Canadian Economy (ECON 3324), Atlantic Can Economy Seminar (ECON 3325), Asia Pacific Economies (ECON 3327), International Economic issues (ECON 3365), Canadian Economic History in an International Context ECON 4406, Issues in Eco Development (ECON 4410), History of Modern Economic Thought ECON 4412, International Macroeco & Fin (ECON 4413) or International Trade (ECON 4414) was used to satisfy the Economics elective(s) in Year 2, the number of free electives is increased by three (3) credit hours.
2. In cases where a student is fluent in two languages, other courses relevant to the major may be substituted for the language credits with the approval of the Program Director.
3. Notwithstanding the course substitutions possible in footnotes (3) and (5), all students must complete at least twenty-four (24) credit hours of non-commerce electives.
4. Students cannot receive credit for both Planning and Control (ACCT 3332) and Cost Mgt: Measurement Sys (ACCT 3333) or Intermediate Managerial Acct (ACCT 3335).

Approved Electives Offered at Saint Mary’s University

Please be advised that not all courses may be offered each year.

Geographic Electives

Course List

Code	Title	Credit Hours
Africa
HIST 2317	Africa in the 20th Century	3
IDST 4462	Sub-Saharan Africa: Con Dev Is	3
POLI 3314	Politics of Developing Areas	3
RELS 2323	The Islamic Religious Trad	3
Americas
ANTH 2316	Indigenous Peoples of Canada	3
ACST 1000	Making Sense of Atlantic Can	3
ACST 2311	Inheriting Atlantic Canada	3
ACST 2400	Health & Social Policy Atl Can	3
ACST 3311	Fisheries in Atlantic Canada	3
ACST 3312	Living in Atlantic Canada	3
ACST 3325	The Irish & Atlantic Canada	3
ACST 3470	British Black Atlantic	3
ECON 3322	Canadian Economic Issues	3
ECON 3324	The Atlantic Canadian Economy	3
ECON 3325	Atlantic Can Economy Seminar	3
FREN 3312	Introduction to Quebec Culture	3
GEOG 2310	Geography of Canada	3
GEOG 3320	Geography of the North	3
GEOG 3340	Geography of Nova Scotia	3
GEOG 3454	Bay of Fundy: Enviro and Issue	3
GEOL 1203	Earth His: Atlantic Can Perspe	3
GEOL 1208	Enviro GEOL: Atlantic Can Pers	3
HIST 1252	Canada to Confederation	3
HIST 1253	Canada: Confederation to Pres	3
HIST 1255	The US since 1865	3
HIST 1260	History of the Americas	3
HIST 2318	The US and the World since1865	3,6
HIST 2401	Canadian Political History	3
HIST 2402	History of Cuba	3
HIST 2403	History of Canadian Culture(s)	3
HIST 3100	Hist of Gender, Fem & Sex Can	3
HIST 3352	Race & Racism in the US	3
HIST 3403	The Invention of Canada	3
HIST 3480	Afro-Brazilian History	3
HIST 4401	Crime in Canada	3
HIST 4431	Intern History since WWII	3
HIST 4519	Seminar in Mod European His	3,6
HIST 4520	Nazi Germ, Occup Euro & Holoca	3,6
HIST 4530	Forced&Free Migrat in Latin A	3
HIST 4567	British Colonization	3
POLI 2304	Canadian Politics 21st Cent	3,6
POLI 2307	Provincial Gov and Politics	3
POLI 3312	American Government	3
POLI 3314	Politics of Developing Areas	3
POLI 3315	Canadian Foreign Policy	3
POLI 3440	Canadian-American Relations	3
POLI 3447	Canadian Political Parties	3
POLI 3450	Women and Canadian Politics	3
POLI 3454	Issues in Canadian Defence	3
RELS 1252	Religious Diversity in Canada	3
SPAN 1000	Intro Latin American Studies	3
SPAN 3310	Latin America Culture	3
SPAN 3330	Diablos & Fiestas L.Amer Folk	3
Asia
ANTH 2311	Ethnology: Melanesia	3
ANTH 2326	Contemporary East Asia	3
ANTH 2327	Japanese Society	3
ASNT 1105	Intro to Chinese Culture	3
ASNT 1106	Intro to Japanese Culture	3
ASNT 1107	Introduction to Korean Culture	3
ASNT 2210	Indigenous Voices Mod Asia	3
ASNT 2303	Contemp Japan: Institu & Cultu	3
ASNT 2305	Contemp China: Institu & Cultu	3
ASNT 3300	Multidisciplinary Study Asia	3
ASNT 3302	Japan Film & Literature	3
ASNT 3310	Chinese Film & Literature	3
ASNT 4400	Seminar in Asian Studies	3
ECON 3327	Asia Pacific Economies	3
HIST 1222	Intro to East Asian History	3
HIST 2354	Japan before 1800	3
HIST 2355	Late Tokugawa & Imperial Japan	3
HIST 2356	Japan since 1945	3
HIST 2381	China Before 1800	3
HIST 2382	China in Revolution:1800-1949	3
HIST 2383	China Since 1949	3
HIST 2393	History of Vietnam	3
HIST 2394	History of Korea	3
HIST 3371	Chinese Cultural Revolution	3
HIST 3416	Love and Family in China	3
HIST 4572	Memories of WWII in Asia	3
HIST 4573	Selected Topic Seminar	3
IDST 4461	South East Asia: Contem Dev Is	3
POLI 3314	Politics of Developing Areas	3
POLI 3318	Politics of The Middle East	3
RELS 2323	The Islamic Religious Trad	3
RELS 2327	The Buddhist Religious Trad	3
RELS 3010	Vietnamese Religious Tradition	3
RELS 3337	South Asian Religion & the Art	3
Europe
CLAS 1001	Anc Civ Mesopotamia & Egypt	3
CLAS 1002	Ancient Civil of Greece & Rome	3
CLAS/HIST 2451	Greek Hist I: Minos to Medes	3
CLAS/HIST 2452	Greek Hist II:Gold Age of Gree	3
CLAS 3317	Greek Sanctuaries	3
FREN 2260	Franco Cultures through Film	3
FREN 3310	Introduction to French Culture	3
GRMN 3306	German Culture and Civilizatio	3
GRMN 3307	Intro to German Literature	3
GRMN 3308	Modern German Literature	3
GRMN 3309	Contemp German Culture	3
HIST/IRST 1215	Ireland: An Introduction	3
HIST 2303	Tudor and Stuart Britain	3-6
HIST 2336	Britain 1688-1870	3
HIST 2397	Imperial Britain 1870-Present	3
HIST 3301	Crime & Punishment In England	3
HIST 3303	Law & Soc in Britain1500-1800	3
HIST 3405	Society & Cult: Early Mod Euro	3
HIST 3460	Issues in Modern Irish History	3
HIST 3465	Scotland's Histories	3
HIST 4200	Wmn's Rights Britain 1500-1925	3
IRST 1215	Ireland: An Introduction	3
IRST 1216	Ireland: Culture and Society	3
IRST/LING 2346	Sociolinguistic His of Ireland	3
IRST 3787	Ireland Age of Globalization	3
IRST 4566	Irish Migration	3
PHIL 2345	Greek Phi:Presocratics & Plato	3
PHIL 2346	Greek Phil: Aristotle & Hellen	3
POLI 3316	Politics of the European Union	3
Cognate Electives
ANTH 1290	Intro to Language & Society	3
ANTH 2301	Anthropology of Childhood	3
ANTH 3302	Social Organization	3
ANTH 3309	Peasants	3
ANTH 3334	Warfare	3
CRIM 4420	Genocide	3
ECON 3310	Development Economics	3
ECON 3315	Comparative Economic Systems	3
ECON 3365	International Economic issues	3
ECON 4410	Issues in Eco Development	3
ECON 4413	International Macroeco & Fin	3
ECON 4414	International Trade	3
GEOG 1100	Global Perspect of Land & Life	3
GEOG 1200	People, Place & Environment	3
GEOG 3321	Spatial Processes Econ Global	3
HIST 1201	Civilization in the West	3,6
IDST 4470	Environment and Development	3
PHIL 2305	Environmental Ethics	3
PHIL 2312	Contemp Political Philosophy	3
PHIL 2325	PHIL Issues in IDST	3
POLI 1250	Politics and Globalization	3
POLI 3321	International Organization	3
POLI 3322	Global Political Economy	3
POLI 3456	Issues in International Securi	3
POLI 4402	Model United Nations	3
POLI/WMST 4451	Gender & Intl Relations	3
RELS 1251	Religion in Contemp Culture	3
RELS 2330	Spirituality and Work	3
RELS 2347	Ecology and Religion	3
SOCI 3386	Soc of Developing Societies	3
WMST 3387	Women and Development	3
WMST 4422	Gender and Dev: Theory & Meth	3
WMST 4423	Gender and Dev: Policy & Pract	3

Other on-campus courses may meet these requirements.  In order to do so they must be approved by the coordinator of the program and this can be done only with the submission of appropriate course outlines.

Courses may be taken at other institutions subject to the approval of the Program Director and the Dean of Sobey School of Business.