
Business 300 · 3 credits · NCCRS
International Business
How companies do business across borders: culture, trade, exchange rates, market entry, operations, HR and ethics.
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International Business (Business 300) is the wider course: culture, trade, exchange rates, accounting, market entry, marketing, supply chains, global HR and ethics, in 18 chapters. Globalization and International Management (Business 309) is shorter and looks through a manager's eyes: the international manager, virtual teams and global staffing, then trade policy, foreign investment and exchange rates, in 9 chapters.

Business 300 · 3 credits · NCCRS
How companies do business across borders: culture, trade, exchange rates, market entry, operations, HR and ethics.

Business 309 · 3 credits · NCCRS
Managing a global business: international managers, virtual teams, global staffing, trade policy, investment and currency.
From the syllabi: what only one course covers, and where they meet.
| International Business | Globalization | |
|---|---|---|
| Course code | Business 300 | Business 309 |
| Chapters | 18 chapters | 9 chapters |
| Instructional hours | 65.5 hours | 46.5 hours |
| Focus | The business: trade, finance, marketing and operations | The manager: people, teams and staffing abroad |
| NCCRS subjects | Accounting, Business Administration, Management, Economics and others | Management, Marketing or Entrepreneurship |
| ACE | No: both are NCCRS only | |
| Final exam | 100 multiple-choice questions | |
| Prerequisites | None listed in either syllabus | |
Both are self-paced: quizzes and the assignment are open-book, the final is proctored, and 70 or higher passes.
The wide business view, or the manager's view.


International Business (Business 300) is the wider course, in 18 chapters and 65.5 instructional hours: culture, trade, exchange rates, international accounting, market entry, marketing, supply chains, global HR and ethics. Globalization and International Management (Business 309) has 9 chapters and 46.5 hours and looks through a manager's eyes: international managers, virtual teams, global staffing, trade policy, foreign investment and exchange rates.
Yes, in part. Both syllabi cover globalization, culture, the international manager, global staffing, trade theory and protectionism, market entry and foreign investment, and exchange rates. If you take both, you will meet those topics twice; your college decides whether it counts both.
Both are upper division, 3 semester hours each. NCCRS recommends International Business in Accounting, Business Administration, Management, Supply Chain Management, Entrepreneurship, Financial Management or Economics, and Globalization and International Management in Management, Marketing or Entrepreneurship. Neither has an ACE recommendation.
International Business: NCCRS recommends 3 semester hours, upper division, in Accounting among other subjects. Globalization and International Management: NCCRS recommends 3 semester hours, upper division, in Management among other subjects.
International Business is longer by its syllabus. International Business: 18 chapters and 65.5 instructional hours. Globalization and International Management: 9 chapters and 46.5 instructional hours. Both are self-paced, so you finish as fast or as slow as you want.
None: both syllabi leave the prerequisite line empty, so you can begin with Globalization and International Management or take them side by side.
Each ends with 100 multiple-choice questions, worth 25% of the course grade; International Business after 18 chapters, Globalization and International Management after 9.
International Business: Daniels, J. D., Radebaugh, L. H., Sullivan, D. P., & Click, R. W. (2021). International Business (17th ed.). Pearson (optional), with other references. Globalization and International Management: Wild, J. J., & Wild, K. L. (2022). International Business: The Challenges of Globalization (10th ed.). Pearson (optional), with other references.
No: neither is on the ACE list. International Business has an NCCRS recommendation for 3 semester hours in Accounting; Globalization and International Management has an NCCRS recommendation for 3 semester hours in Management. Not being on the ACE list never means not recommended for credit.
Yes. International Business is a separate course: enroll in it alone, study it online at your own pace, and send its transcript to your college.
As soon as your dashboard shows International Business at 100%. The last assignment takes about 48 hours to be checked, so leave about two days after you submit it, then request the transcript.
ACE and NCCRS have over 2,100 cooperating colleges that will consider accepting credits; the final decision is with the universities. Search your school in Find My College and ask your registrar which courses Business 300 and Business 309 would count as. For the registrar: International Business's NCCRS recommendation lists Accounting and Globalization and International Management's NCCRS recommendation lists Management.
ACE and NCCRS have over 2,100 cooperating colleges that will consider accepting credits; the final decision is with the universities.



















Plus many more partner colleges and ACE and NCCRS cooperating colleges.
Find My College →ACE and NCCRS have over 2,100 cooperating colleges that will consider accepting credits; the final decision is with the universities.
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