LACS with an Emphasis in Business Requirements

Students must complete 36 credits of coursework beyond liberal studies requirements or the AA degree. Students must have:

  • 21 credit hours from the Area Specific approved course list
  • 15 credit hours in one of two possible business tracks: International Marketing/Management or International Finance
  • Anthropology
  • Art History
  • Economics
  • Geography
  • History
  • Modern Languages
  • Music
  • Political Science
  • Religion
  • Sociology

Required courses for the International Marketing/Management track include:

  • MAN 3240: Organizational Behavior
  • MAN 3600: Multinational Business Operations
  • MAR 3023: Basic Marketing Concepts

And six hours selected from:

  • MAN 4401: Management of Labor and Industrial Relations
  • MAN 4605: Cross-Cultural Management
  • MAN 4680: Selected Topics in International Management
  • MAN 4701: Business and Society
  • MAR 4156: Multinational Marketing

Required courses for the International Marketing/Management track include:

  • FIN 3244 Financial Markets, Institutions, and International Finance Systems
  • FIN 3403: Financial Management of the Firm
  • MAN 3600: Multinational Business Operations

And six hours selected from:

  • FIN 4424: Problems in Financial Management
  • FIN 4504: Investments
  • FIN 4514: Security Analysis and Portfolio Management
  • FIN 4604: Multinational Financial Management
  • GEB 4455: Perspectives on Free Enterprise

Please note that prerequisites for business track courses are not listed.

Approved Course List

All courses counted towards the major must come from the approved list of courses. A list is compiled each semester which reflects actual course offerings in each term. You can see the master list of approved courses on the FSU General Bulletin (https://registrar.fsu.edu/bulletin/undergraduate), although these will not include new or special topics courses. For the semester-specific approved course list, please contact the Latin American & Caribbean Studies undergraduate Academic Program Specialist.

Area Language Requirement

Majors must complete area language coursework to the intermediate level (2220 or equivalent course) or demonstrate intermediate proficiency in reading, writing, and speaking in Spanish, Portuguese, French, or another approved area language. Any credit hours taken to meet this requirement do not count towards the 36 credit hours required to complete the major.

Grade/GPA

Students must earn a C- grade or higher in each course and an overall 2.0 major GPA.

Second majors

Up to 6 credits may overlap between two majors.

Mapping Requirements

All students must meet “mapping” requirements. See here.