International Business Studies

The Temple University Japan Campus (TUJ), located in Tokyo, offers the Bachelor of Science in International Business Studies. TUJ offers a truly international experience - inside and outside the classroom, as well as among students and faculty. This program will prepare students for a challenging career anywhere in the world.

This program will challenge students to integrate language studies, an understanding of world affairs and hands-on internship experience. Students will develop the global mind set that multinational firms need in the 21st century.

Students learn how to work with people of similar backgrounds and with those who are often quite different in how they approach life and their studies. TUJ trains students not only to be multilingual but also to navigate business across cultures and borders. This program teaches them to think critically, form a well-reasoned opinion, and then capably express that opinion. This is accomplished through class participation, visits to local businesses, and by bringing savvy international business people into the classroom. With those tools, TUJ graduates move confidently into the world of international business and launch productive, interesting and viable global careers.

The Bachelor of Science in International Business Studies will be conferred upon a student after the completion of 124 credits across the following requirement categories:

• 29-36 credit hours of General Education courses (depending on waivers granted)
• 14 credit hours of foreign language training
• 6-13 credit hours of general electives
• 23 credit hours of Non-Business Core
• 15 credit hours of Business Core
• 12 credit hours of Business Major Courses
• 18 credit hours of Non-Business Major Courses

Summary of Requirements for the Degree

1. University requirements

• All Temple students must take a minimum of two writing-intensive courses as part of the major.
• Students must complete the General Education curriculum (29-36 s.h.)

2. Lower Division Business courses (12 s.h.)

• Human Resource Management 1101: Organization and Management
• Accounting 2101: Financial Accounting
• Marketing 2101: Marketing Management
• Accounting 2102: Managerial Accounting

3. International Business Studies major requirements (15 s.h.)

• IBS 3101: Introduction to Global Finance
• IBS 3102: Global Operations and Supply Chain Management
• IBS 3501: Marketing in a Global Environment
• IBS 4197: Global Business Overview
• IBS 4596: IBS Integrated Capstone

4. Other required general courses (43 s.h.)

• Mathematics 1021: College Algebra
• Mathematics 1031: Differential & Integral Calculus
• Mathematics 2031: Probability & Statistics
• Economics 1101: Macroeconomics
• Economics 1102: Microeconomics
• Strategic Communication 1111: Public Speaking
• Political Science 1301: International Politics
• Computer & Information Sciences 1048: Introduction to Computer Systems & Technology
• Political Science 2321: Politics of the Global Economy
• Asian Studies 2511: Introduction to Asian Business
• Economics 3563 or 3564: International Trade or International Monetary Economics
• Liberal Arts 3085: Corporate Interdisciplinary Internship
• Economics 3538: Managerial Economics
• Liberal Arts 2010: Special Topics in Liberal Arts I: Corporate Interdisciplinary Seminar

5. Language Requirements (14 s.h.)

• Foreign Language 1001, Foreign Language (first level)
• Foreign Language 1002, Foreign Language (second level)
• Foreign Language 2000+, Foreign Language (third level)
• Foreign Language 2000+, Foreign Language (fourth level)

6. Electives (9 s.h.)

• CLA/CST 2000+, Any CLA/CST Elective
• CLA/CST 2000+, Any CLA/CST Elective
• CLA/CST 0800-4999, Any CLA/CST Elective

Additional information about the Bachelor of Science in International Business Studies may be found on the TUJ web site.

Suggested Semester-by-Semester Plan

Please note that this is a suggested academic plan. Depending on your situation, your academic plan may look different.