Economics and International Business, BS (Boston)

The combined economics and international business degree gives students the opportunity to learn about economic theory and applications and how an economics perspective guides strategy and conduct of international business operations. Economics provides theoretical underpinnings for international business in areas such as export and import activity, foreign investment decisions, choosing overseas locations for manufacturing and conducting R&D, deciding on technology transfer, the setting and movement of foreign exchange rates, the role of trade balances in influencing the macroeconomy, and government regulations affecting global antitrust issues and the freedom of action of multinational corporations. The combined major gives interested students a chance to learn how economic principles can be utilized by managers in directing international business activities. 

Economics Requirements

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
Introduction to College
Complete one of the following:		1
ECON 1000	Economics at Northeastern	1
or BUSN 1102	Personal Skill Development for Business
Required Economics Courses
A grade of C or higher is required for ECON courses.
ECON 1115	Principles of Macroeconomics	4
ECON 1116	Principles of Microeconomics	4
ECON 2315	Macroeconomic Theory	4
ECON 2316	Microeconomic Theory	4
ECON 2560	Applied Econometrics	4
Economics Elective
Complete four ECON electives with, at most, one course within the 1000 level. Unless otherwise noted in specific combined majors, required core economics courses cannot be counted as electives by students completing Department of Economics programs.		16
ECON 1200 - ECON 1999
ECON 2990 - ECON 3559
ECON 3561 - ECON 4689
ECON 4900–ECON 4996
ECON 5200–ECON 5999

Business Requirements

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
Accounting
ACCT 1201	Financial Accounting and Reporting	4
Finance
FINA 2201	Financial Management	4
Marketing
MKTG 2201	Introduction to Marketing	4
Organizational Behavior
ORGB 3201	Organizational Behavior	4
or ORGB 3203	Behavioral Aspects of Digital Transformation
Business Core Option
Complete one of the following:		4
ACCT 2301	Profit Analysis for Managers and Advisors
INNO 2301	Innovation!
MISM 2301	Introduction to Information Systems and Digital Technologies
SCHM 2301	Supply Chain and Operations Management

Required Business Concentration

• Global Business and Strategy 

Integrative Course Requirements

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
Complete one of the following (may not overlap with courses used for ECON elective section):		4
ECON 3291	Development Economics
ECON 3635	International Economics

Supporting Courses

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
Co-op Preparation
BUSN 1103	Professional Development for Business Co-op	1
or EESH 2000	Professional Development for Co-op
Statistics Requirement
MGSC 2301	Business Statistics	4
or ECON 2350	Statistics for Economists
Calculus
Complete one of the following:		4
MATH 1231	Calculus for Business and Economics (It is highly recommended that students who take MATH 1231 take sections devoted to ECON students only.)
MATH 1241	Calculus 1
MATH 1245	Calculus with Applications
MATH 1340	Intensive Calculus for Engineers
MATH 1341	Calculus 1 for Science and Engineering
Computer Science
MISM 2510	Fundamentals of Information Analytics	4

International Experiential Learning

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
Complete one of the following:
One semester of study-abroad experience
One co-op abroad experience
Two Dialogue of Civilizations (summer programs)
Two summer traditional study-abroad experiences
Two approved short-term programs abroad

Second Business Concentration (Optional)

A second business concentration is optional and may be chosen from the following list:

• Accounting
• Accounting and Advisory Services
• Brand Management
• Business Analytics
• Corporate Innovation 
• Entrepreneurial Startups
•  Finance
• Fintech
• Healthcare Management and Consulting
• Management
• Management Information Systems
• Marketing
• Marketing Analytics
• Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship
• Supply Chain Management

Business Experiential Learning

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
Complete at least one of the following experiences:		0-8
BUSN 4945	Experiential Professional Practicum
COOP 3945	Co-op Work Experience
COOP 3946	Co-op Work Experience--Half Time
COOP 3947	Co-op Work Experience Abroad--Half Time
COOP 3949	Internship Exchange
EEBA 2945	Internship Experience
EEBA 2948	Internship Experience Abroad

Business GPA Requirement

Minimum 2.000 GPA required in business courses

Economics GPA Requirement

Grades in the following four ECON courses must average a minimum of C (2.000):

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
ECON 2315	Macroeconomic Theory
ECON 2316	Microeconomic Theory
ECON 2350	Statistics for Economists
ECON 2560	Applied Econometrics

Program Requirement

128 total semester hours required