International Business Major?

Quaestio
Sun, 17 Apr 2011 19:56:38 +0000

I will be attending San Diego State University this coming Fall and I was admitted under the International Business (IB) pre-major. This major includes business, language, and regional studies classes and is supposed to prepare students to work in business internationally.

However, to do this the major seems to replace many of the upper division business courses with foreign language and culture classes and this concerns me because I need to have the business skills if I am going to work in business at all.

For this reason I have considered changing to a business pre-major and specializing in accounting or finance while possibly pursuing a minor in a foreign langauge.

So my question is what is more likely to get me employed and give me the skills to succeed in working in business internationally, an International Business degree or an Accounting or Finance degree with fluency in a foreign language?

In addition, if I were to choose to major in Accounting or Finance which would be better for someone hoping to work for an international company outside the USA?

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