Cross Cultural Business Management, B.S.B.

Requirements

A student who majors in cross cultural business management (CCBM) may earn a Bachelor of Science in Business (B.S.B.) degree. The major combines the general education requirements for a B.S.B. with 45 hours of business courses and 36 hours of intercultural studies to meet the need for entrepreneurial mission work. Students who major in CCBM will be equipped with the necessary business skills to enter the private sector as well as the theological, missiological, and cultural knowledge necessary to be a career missionary.

Required Business Courses

ACC 200 - Basic Accounting Software for Small Businesses Credit Hours: 3
or
BUS 302 - Web Page Design Credit Hours: 3
ACC 221 - Principles of Accounting I Credit Hours: 3
ACC 222 - Principles of Accounting II Credit Hours: 3
BUS 209 - Legal Environment of Business I Credit Hours: 3
BUS 216 - Business and Economic Statistics Credit Hours: 3
BUS 299 - Service Learning for Business Credit Hours: 0
BUS 310 - Microcomputer Applications Credit Hours: 3
BUS 311 - Principles of Marketing Credit Hours: 3
BUS 313 - Business Communication Credit Hours: 3
BUS 315 - Managerial Finance Credit Hours: 3
BUS 351 - International Management Credit Hours: 3
BUS 412 - International Marketing Credit Hours: 3
OR
BUS 415 - International Finance Credit Hours: 3
BUS 413 - Global Supply Chain Management Credit Hours: 3
BUS 414 - Small Business Management Credit Hours: 3
ECO 201 - Principles of Economics I—Macroeconomics Credit Hours: 3
ECO 202 - Principles of Economics II—Microeconomics Credit Hours: 3

Required Religion Courses

REL 205 - Applied Anthropology for Missions Credit Hours: 3
REL 273 - Biblical Hermeneutics Credit Hours: 3
REL 284 - Intercultural Field Experience Credit Hours: 3
REL 310 - Principles and Practices of Missions Credit Hours: 3
REL 324 - Systematic Theology I Credit Hours: 3
REL 391 - Entrepreneurial Missions Credit Hours: 3
REL 405 - World Religions Credit Hours: 3
REL 424 - Systematic Theology II Credit Hours: 3
REL 497 - Intercultural Studies Internship Credit Hours: 9

Arabic Language

Students majoring in Cross Cultural Business Management or double majoring in Intercultural Studies and a professional field will be able to receive language and cultural training in the Middle Eastern country of Jordan. Notwithstanding, anyone at WCU, regardless of major, is eligible for this program.

Completion of 12 hours of Arabic language (6 at the intermediate level) will meet language requirement in the B.A. core.

Students would have three options to complete Arabic Studies. First, students will have the option to study for three summers to complete their language and culture requirements. Second, students will have the option of taking the first two courses on campus and completing the other two courses in one summer in Jordan. Third, students will have an option to live in Jordan for six to ten months to complete all requirements. (The third option is highly suggested. Immersion has proven to have the best results).

Student Learning Outcomes:

• Students will gain practical knowledge of Arab language, history, traditions, and culture.

• Students will gain comparative insight between his or her worldview and the Arab worldview.

• Students will gain personal experience to identify and cope with culture shock and cultural immersion in a safe environment.

• Students will demonstrate marked progression in reading, hearing, speaking, and writing Arabic.

• Students will possess a basic grasp of the major tenses of Arabic.

• Students will reach, at minimal, the intermediate-low level of language proficiency, as assessed by their field supervisor.

• Assessment and language evaluation will utilize American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) and Oral Proficiency Assessment (OPI).

ARB 101 - Contemporary Arabic 1 Credit Hours:
ARB 102 - Contemporary Arabic 2 Credit Hours: 3
ARB 201 - Contemporary Arabic 3 Credit Hours: 3
ARB 202 - Contemporary Arabic 4 Credit Hours: 3