About the Emerging Markets Minor
The minor in Emerging Markets provides a specific academic path for students from any college within the university to gain an understanding of emerging markets, the role they play in fostering growth in the global economy, and their potential to supplant developed markets to apply what they have learned in the classroom to practical field research projects in an emerging market. The goals of the program are to give a deeper understanding of the business, political, and social/cultural issues found in emerging markets, an understanding of how businesses in the US do business, how emerging markets compete with developed countries and markets, and real-world exposure to working with and in emerging markets.
Curriculum
The minor in Emerging Markets is a five course (20 semester hour) undergraduate interdisciplinary minor in which the College of Business Administration partners with departments in the various colleges at Northeastern. Students take three courses at Northeastern, including one from the CBA and two electives from other colleges in the university (see the list of possible electives students may take from other colleges below). Students also participate in an eight-credit summer field research program focused on issues in emerging markets. This summer program would consist of 4 credits of in-class work and 4 credits of field research. China, India, and Brazil are all possible sites for the summer program.
Required Courses:
INTB2501: Emerging Markets
8-credit Field Research Project in Brazil: currently INTB3316: Economic, Social and Political Dimensions of Doing Business in Brazil and INTB3318: Field Research in Emerging Markets
Elective Courses (choose 2, with no more than 12 credits in any one college):
CLTR1500: Backgrounds of Chinese Culture
CLTR1506: Introduction to Chinese Popular Culture
HIST2243: American Images of China
HIST2313: Gender and Revolution in Russia and China
HIST2350: Modern China
HIST2397: Africa in the Twentieth Century
INTB1201: Global Environment of International Business
INTB1203: International Business and Global Social Responsibility
INTB1209: International Business and Global Social Responsibility
LPSC2302: Global Human Rights: A Social and Economic Perspective
POLS3405: International Political Economy
POLS3407: International Organizations
POLS3487: Politics of Developing Nations
RELS2394: Chinese Buddhism
RELS3398: Religion and Culture in Indian Cinema
SOCL2288: The Sociology of Globalization
Students may take one elective course for the minor at an NU-sanctioned study abroad program.