Hi, I am Dr. Stanley Kwong, an International Business instructor in the School of Business. I would like to tell you a little bit more about the International Business major. First of all, are you interested in working in another country? Are you interested in learning about another culture or are you already familiar with another language? Maybe the International Business major is for you! We are a very flexible major which allows you to have a different path. Our graduates are now working in a lot of international business operations at companies such as Intel, Apple, Konami, Williams Sonoma, Konami and also NGOÍs such as Bay Area Council and China SF. Our graduates are also working in organizations such as UNESCO and USAID. And now I would like to turn this over to our University of San Francisco School of Business student who will guide you through the registration process. Hi! I am Sanjana and I will help you with selecting your first semesters classes. Before you register, be sure that you have taken the Math Placement Test, OR submitted your SAT or ACT math test scores regardless of previous math coursework that you have already taken. USF students typically register for 16 to 18 credits every semester to stay on track for graduation. That is fourÄ4-credit courses and perhaps a 1 or 2 credit elective course. You will need to take at least 16 credits each of your 8 semesters in order to graduate in 4 years with 128 credits. The first class to add to your schedule is the Rhetoric and Composition course that you placed into. Rhetoric and Composition is a University Core requirement and a prerequisite for your business classes. It is important for business majors to complete the Core A2 requirement as soon as possible. If you are a transfer student and you have completed and passed a composition course with a grade of C- or better, you should register for Rhetoric and Composition 310. For your next course, you should register for either: Economics 111 OR Economics 112. Both courses are part of the Business Core curriculum and taking either course will fulfill your University Core E social science requirement. We recommend that you take them consecutively, and not at the same time! Next, you can register for MATH 106 IF your Math SAT is 460 or higher OR your Math ACT is 19 or higher OR you earned a minimum score of 12 on the math placement test. MATH 106 fulfills your University Core B1 Math requirement. For your next course, you can enroll in another University Core course that fulfills one of your open required areas such as history, philosophy, theology, ethics and more. (List of University Core requirements displayed) Core A1: Public Speaking (do not take Public Speaking if enrolled in RHET 130) Core A2: Rhetoric and Composition (determined by placement) Core B1 Math (fulfilled by MATH 106) Core B2: Applied or Laboratory Science Core C1: Literature Core C2: History Core D1: Philosophy Core D2: Theology Core E: Social Science (fulfilled by either ECON 111 or ECON 112) Core D3: Ethics Core F: Visual & Performing Arts Note: Academic English for Multilingual (AEM) Program students should take a University Core F Visual & Performing Arts course if you have room in your schedule.) One option you have is to enroll in a First Year Seminar, or, for transfers, a Transfer Year Seminar, that fulfills a University Core area. These seminars have especially small class sizes, are interactive, offer excursions, and are a great way to make new friends. Another option is to add a language course to your schedule. Remember, there is a language proficiency requirement for International Business majors. If you have taken a language in high school and want to continue in that language, be sure to take the placement exam to determine which language level you can take. The third semester of a foreign language counts towards 4 credits of the 8 required International Business elective credits. If you are an international student, please check with the Department of Modern and Classical Languages (email address displayed: mcl@usfca.edu) to determine if you satisfy the language requirement. If you do satisfy the language requirement, you can take 8 credits of International Business elective courses instead. Once you have chosen your 16 credits, you may want to add a 1 or 2 credit course. There is a wide variety of fun and interesting choices, but freshman business majors are required to take Business 100 Launch into Business during either their first or second semester for an overview of USFês business program. In this 2-credit course, you will learn many foundational business concepts as well as gain skills in workplace professionalism. Once you have selected your courses for the semester, your schedule should look something like this.. Freshman Student Sample Schedule RHET XXX Rhetoric & Composition course that you place into (4-6 credits) ECON 112 Principles of Macroeconomics (4 credits) MATH 106 Business Statistics (4 credits) University Core course (4 credits) BUS 100 Launch into Business (2-credit required course) Or, for transfers, something like this Transfer Student Sample Schedule BUS 201 Principles of Financial Accounting (4 credits) THRS 295 Transfer Year Seminar (4 credits) RHET 310 Business and Technical Writing (4 credits) PHIL 240 Ethics (4 credits) CS 151 Spreadsheet Analysis: Intro (2 credits) If you are a transfer student, do not forget to review your degree evaluation to determine which courses you have already completed. Once you have completed the Webtrack quiz at the end of this tutorial, you will be eligible to sign-up for courses when registration opens. If you need help, please contact us (email address displayed: somundergrad@usfca.edu) From all of us at the School of Management.Welcome to USF!