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FACULTY

Rathin Basu
Professor of Economics
Ph.D., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
(540) 365-4204
rbasu@ferrum.edu

Martha Brandt
Associate Professor of French
Ph.D., University of Virginia
(540) 365-4356
mbrandt@ferrum.edu

Edward Cornbleet
Associate Professor of Spanish
Ph.D., Washington University
(540) 365-4325
ecornbleet@ferrum.edu

Samuel Payne
Professor of Political Science
Ph.D., John Hopkins University
(540) 365-4400
spayne@ferrum.edu

Sasha A. Saari
Associate Professor of Russian
Ph.D., New York University
(540) 365-4331
ssaari@ferrum.edu

Richard Smith
Professor of History
Ph.D., Rutgers University
(540) 365-4390
rsmith@ferrum.edu

Dave Sulzen
Associate Professor of Accounting
M.B.A., Georgia State University
(540) 365-4316
dsulzen@ferrum.edu

Frederic Belle Torimiro
Associate Professor of Politial Science
Ph.D., University of Missouri
(540) 365-4404
ftorimiro@ferrum.edu

Michael Trochim
Professor of History
Ph.D., University of Illinois, Chicago
(540) 365-4403
mtrochim@ferrum.edu

 

 

 

 



 

 

 


 

 

 

 



The mission of the Business Division is to provide quality educational programs that prepare students personally and professionally to function in a changing global Business environment that promotes the intellectual, spiritual, cultural, and technological development of the student.
 
We pursue the fulfillment of our mission statement in the spirit of the following quotation adapted from Ben Franklin:
 
Tell me and I will forget
Show me and I might Remember
Involve me and I will understand
 
To meet our mission our programs are guided by the Seven Competencies for the 21st Century
 
Great Communicator
Problem Solver
Team Player
Change Maker
Foreign Ambassador
Technology Master
21st Century Leader
 
Courses
Specified Distribution Courses - 18 hours
ACCT 201, 202 - Principles of Accounting
ECON 201, 202 - Principles of Economics
MATH 112 - Pre Calculus
MATH 206 - Intro. Statistics
 
International Business Courses - 27 hours
POLS 203 - International Relations
BUS 303 - Principles of Management
BUS 311 - Marketing
BUS 313 - Business Finance
BUS 315 - Business Law
ECON 330 - International Trade
ECON 400 - International Finance
ACCT 407 - International Accounting
BUS 420 - International Business
 
Language Courses - 6 hours
Successful completion of a language, other than English, to the intermediate level is required. Additional language study should be undertaken under the Cultural Studies component of the major.
 
Cultural Studies (within the language group) - 12 hours
 
Spanish
SPAN 301, 302 - Language
SPAN 325, 326 - Culture
SPAN 351, 352 - Conversation
HIST 380, 383 - History
SPAN 411 - Professional
 
Russian
RUSS 301,302 - Language
RUSS 204, 304 - Culture
RUSS 351, 352 - Conversation
POLS 355 - Russia Today
HIST 357 - Russian History
RUSS 403,404 - Professional
 
French
FREN 201,302 - Language
FREN 322 - Culture
FREN 351, 352 - Conversation
FREN 403,404 - Professional
HIST 350, 383 - History
 
Others by Approval
 
Global Studies - 12 hours
DRAM 301, 302 - World Drama
ECON 430 - Development
HIST 312, 382 - U.S. Foreign Policy
POLS 435 - Political Economy of Development
ART 320,321 - History, Western Art
POLS 440 - International Law
HIST 350 - European Phoenix
BUS 499 - Internship
POLS 351 - World Democracies
MUS 360, 361 - Music History
 
Total Hours (exclusive of distribution courses) - 57 hours. Students who enter less prepared may have to take beginning language courses or intermediate algebra.


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