International Business offers nine languages, seven regions and three areas of business. Students are encouraged to maximize their future career possibilities by acquiring expertise in as many areas as possible. Native speakers of a foreign language are urged to consider emphasizing a different language in the major. No minor is required.
Students normally take a minimum of five years to complete the degree.
High school students or community college and other transfer students applying to SDSU indicate International Business as their major and are classified as such automatically upon their acceptance. SDSU students who are officially undeclared or another major can declare pre-IB by visiting the program office during the months of January and August. The goal of pre-IB majors is to complete the lower division coursework as well as the other criteria for declaring upper division in the major. As soon as they have completed the criteria , students bring unofficial transcripts or other documentation of their courses taken at SDSU and other colleges to the program office. They may declare upper division at any time of the year.