BUSN205 - International Business    Winter - 2007

Time: 10:00AM – 10:50AM, Monday – Friday      Classroom: 14-101

Office Hours: Monday-Thursday, 11:00AM to12:30PM, or by appointment, in building 29, room 348.

Required Text: International Business. 4^th Edition.  Griffin, Pustay.  Pearson/Prentice-Hall, 2005. The text is available at the Highline CC Bookstore, or online at http://www.highlinebookstore.com/.

Required Readings: In addition to the text, you will be required to read current articles and web content. You will be expected to apply text and articles to assignments and tests.

PowerPoint Slides: Chapter 1  :  Chapter 2  :  E-Commerce Globalization  :  Chapter 3  :  Chapter 4  :
Chapter 5  :  Chapter 6   :  Chapter 7  7a   :  Chapter 8  :  Chapter 9  :  Chapter 10  :  Chapter 11  :
Chapter 12  :  Chapter 13  :  Chapter 15  :  Chapter 16  :  Chapter 17  :  Chapter 18  :  Chapter 20

International Business involves any business transaction between parties from more than one country.  It includes such activities as buying and selling raw materials, inputs or finished products across borders, operating plants in other countries to take advantage of local resources, and borrowing money in one country to finance operations in a second.

International business is different from domestic business in that it necessarily involves transactions that cross national borders while domestic business does not.   Thus, at least one party will have to adjust to a different legal, economic, and cultural system, convert its currency into the other party’s currency, and make changes in how products are produced or the types of products that are produced.

Course Objective:  The purpose of this course is to give students a broad view of the global economy and the interactions between business, politics and culture.

Assessment: Grades will be earned through:

• Assignments – 30%
• Class and group participation – 30%
• Tests -- 40%

Web Access: Access to a computer and the internet are suggested for this course.

Late work: Points for class participation cannot be made up. Other work can be turned in up to one week late, with a late penalty of 20%. No assignments later than one week will be accepted.

Makeup Exams:  You are limited to one excused makeup exam per quarter.  There is a 40% penalty for all exams taken “late” after your first excused exam.  An exam qualifies as excused if you notify the instructor via phone or email no later than the end of day on the scheduled day of the exam.

Academic Integrity: Education assumes a high level of trust between the instructor and students. You will be expected to communicate with class members and the instructor in a professional and respectful manner. All work must be the product of your own efforts and, if you are referencing outside sources, you must site those sources in your work.

Statements on Accessibility: If you need course adaptations or accommodations because of a disability; if you have emergency medical information to share with the instructor; or if you need special arrangements in case the building must be evacuated, please provide the instructor with a Letter of Accommodation from the Office of Access Services. Access Services is located in Building 6 in the Student Development Center.

Cell Phones: Please turn off your phone when you come to class.

Class Completion: Students must complete the first 8 weeks of course work with a passing grade (at least 0.7, or 62%) to be eligible for an incomplete grade. Discuss the possibility of earning an incomplete grade with me prior to last week of instruction.

If you decide to withdraw from this class, be sure to do so officially through the Registration Office in Building 6 by the March 9, 2007, deadline date.

Class Schedule: (Subject to change – please note in class when changes are made.)

Key to bullet symbols:
Ø       Individual Assignment (Due by the end of class each Thursday)
Þ    Group Assignments
v     Exam
§         General Class Schedule Announcements

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