General Education (35-41 hours)See University General Education Program for the University General Education Program requirements. Students who have completed one year of American History in high school are exempted from the six credit-hour History General Education Program requirement; otherwise, students will have to meet the History requirement.Coordinated Study (39-51 hours)Many upper-division (30004000-level) courses have prerequisites that must be met prior to being permitted to register for those courses. You are responsible for knowing and satisfying all course prerequisites. Some (not all) prerequisites are listed below. For specific information about courses and the prerequisites they may have, please view course descriptions at: Course DescriptionsForeign Language (9-21 hours)Requirement: 9 hours at the 3000-level or above.Students with previous background in the chosen language (Chinese or Japanese) must take the placement test to determine in what course they should enroll.Students with no previous background in the chosen language will enroll in CHIN 1010 or JAPN 1010.Area Studies (6 hours)Students must complete 6 hours from the following:HIST 3290 - Traditional East Asia Credit Hours: (3)HIST 3291 - Modern Asia Credit Hours: (3)HIST 4292 - Modern China 1800-Present Credit Hours: (3)HIST 4294 - Modern Japan 1800-Present Credit Hours: (3)International Economics and Business Studies (24 hours)ECON 2010(TNe) - Intro to Macroeconomics Credit Hours: (3) (Required)ECON 2020 - Intro to Microeconomics Credit Hours: (3) (Required)FIR 3410 - Financial Management Credit Hours: (3)FIR 4550 - International Finance Credit Hours: (3)MGMT 3110 - Organization and Mgmt Credit Hours: (3)MGMT 4810 - International Management Credit Hours: (3)MKTG 3010 - Principles of Marketing Credit Hours: (3)MKTG 4530 - International Marketing Credit Hours: (3)College Requirements (9 hours)Thematic Studies (6 hours)Recommended choices:ESCI 4307 - Thematic StudiesChina Credit Hours: (3)UNIV 3550 - Clash of Cultures Credit Hours: (3)UNIV 4506 - The Chinese Credit Hours: (3)Senior Project (3 hours)The senior project is a student’s culminating experience or capstone designed to synthesize and integrate the content of a student’s program of study. The senior project is intended to fuse the two or more academic areas that comprise the student’s coordinated study (major) into an academically-relevant example of scholarship. Students will complete a thesis, task-based, or artistic project on a topic of their choice with approval of their senior project instructor. The senior project is completed during a student’s final semester. Students will be assigned to a specific section based on their concentration.UNIV 4995 - Senior Project Credit Hours: (3) (completed during the final semester)

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