Students then complete the major by selecting five elective courses drawn from various academic areas with international, regional or cross-cultural themes. The ICE major is designed to prepare students for careers with an international dimension, including service with federal government agencies, international agencies, trade and professional organizations, the media, and private nonprofit organizations. In addition, ICE majors can combine a minor in business studies with major electives in international management, marketing, law or, for example, finance to create a program of study with a focus in international business. The ICE program provides students with a broad background in culture, language and economics, enabling them to understand and analyze issues in an international and intercultural context, compete in an interdependent world, and function successfully in an international environment. Students will develop oral proficiency in at least one modern foreign language, awareness of the increasing impact of culture and cultural diversity on people and events, and the ability to understand the economic dimension of global issues.
Many international problems contain complex economic components.
Consequently, the major in international culture and economy includes a strong orientation toward the study of economics. The required economics courses provide the background in this discipline that students need to bring to their other courses in the program. Additionally, the emphasis on economics is consistent with Bentley's mission as a college of business that stresses economics as part of an essential framework for analyzing and understanding business. Mukerjee Andrew J. Stollar See bios in appropriate department sections.