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Overview
Minor in International Business Economics at The College of Wooster
This unique program started in the 1980s gives students who major in a non-English language a chance to build skills in business and economics to prepare for a career in an international setting. To navigate and operate in complex international and global business institutions, student must understand multiple cultures, their particular histories, languages, linguistics, and rhetoric as well as basic business principles.
Students must elect a non-anglophone language/cultural major to complete this minor. They must complete all courses required for the major in their language or cultural area studies area of choice while taking on the coursework for the minor in international business economics. Students are encouraged to connect language or culture to a business-related issue in their senior independent study thesis.
Faculty & Staff
Sookti Chaudhary
Assistant Professor of Economics & Business Economics; Environmental Studies; Global and International Studies
Brooke Krause
Associate Professor of Economics & Business Economics; Global & International Studies (On Leave Spring 2023)
Melanie Long
Assistant Professor of Economics & Business Economics On Leave Fall 2022
Philip Mellizo
Associate Professor and Department Chair of Economics; Business Economics
Amyaz Moledina
Professor of Economics & Business Economics; Co-Founder of Social Entrepreneurship Program (On Leave 2022-23)
Mary Spencer
Administrative Coordinator, Notary Public - Economics and Business Economics, Education, Psychology
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Minor
To obtain the minor, students should take the following courses that build competence in economic and business fundamentals:
- Economics 101, Economics 110, and Business Economics 119
- One course from Economics 251, 254, and 350.
- Two courses from Business Economics 227, 230, 250, 325, 355, 365, and 370.
Independent Study
All students at The College of Wooster complete at least two semesters of independent study under the guidance of a faculty mentor, culminating in a thesis delivered in the spring of their senior year.
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