Program information

– Program title in Vietnamese: KINH DOANH QUỐC TẾ
– Program title in English: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS
– Level: Undergraduate
– Program code: 7340120
– Program duration: 4 years
– Mode of study: Full-time
– Total credits: 130 credits (excluding Physical Education, National Defense and Security Education, and Soft Skills).
– Degree awarded: Bachelor
– Medium of instruction: English

** Curriculum Structure and Content Detail

No. Course Code Course Title Total credits
TC ST LT TH
FOR VIETNAMESE STUDENTS 23      
GENERAL EDUCATION COURSES 11      
1 MACL1101 Basic Principles of Marxism-Leninism 3 45 45 0
2 MACL1102 Political Economy Marx and Lenin 2 30 30 0
3 MACL1103 Scientific Socialism 2 30 30 0
4 MACL2104 Ho Chi Minh’s Thought 2 30 30 0
5 MACL2105 Revolutionary Way of Vietnam Communist Party 2 30 30 0
FOREIGN LANGUAGE 12      
1 ESL1101 English 1 4 60 60 0
2 ESL1102 English 2 4 60 60 0
3 ESL2103 English 3 4 60 60 0
5 ESL1105* Intensive English 1* 2 30 30 0
6 ESL1106* Intensive English 2* 2 30 30 0
7 ESL2107* Intensive English 3* 2 30 30 0
FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS 23      
GENERAL EDUCATION COURSES 6      
1 HUE1042 Vietnamese Modern Culture and Society 3 45 45 0
2 HUE1043 World Civilizations History 3 45 45 0
FOREIGN LANGUAGE 15      
1 GEN1001 Vietnamese 1 3 45 45 0
2 GEN1002 Vietnamese 2 3 45 45 0
3 GEN1003 Vietnamese 3 3 45 45 0
4 GEN1004 Advance Vietnamese 1 3 45 45 0
5 GEN1005 Advance Vietnamese 2 3 45 45 0
BUSINESS FOUNDATION 2      
1   Business communication 2 30 30 0
FOR ALL STUDENTS 107      
GENERAL EDUCATION COURSES 4      
6 GEN1101 Fundamentals of law 2 30 30 0
7 GEN1102 Digital Literacy 2 30 30 0
PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND NATIONAL DEFENCE 0      
1 PHY1101* Physical Education 1* 1 15 0 15
2 PHY1102* Physical Education 2* 1 15 0 15
3 PHY2103* Physical Education 3* 1 15 0 15
4 GEN1103* National Defense & Security Education* 8 120 0 120
COMPULSORY NON-GRADUATION-CREDIT COURSES 4      
1 GEN1105* Soft Skills* 2 30 30 0
2 GEN2104* Entrepreneurship and Innovation* 2 30 30 0
FOUNDATIONAL LIBERAL EDUCATION PROGRAM 18      
Group I: Humanity Civilization courses
1 CIV1001 World civilization history 3 45 45 0
2 CIV1002 Modern World 3 45 45 0
Group II: Culture, Literature and Art
1 CLA1001 Introduction to Cultural Studies 3 45 45 0
2 CLA1002 Contemporary Art 3 45 45 0
3 CLA1003 Vietnamese and other world classic cultures 3 45 45 0
4 CLA1004 Culture and Literature 3 45 45 0
Group III: Ideals and Communication courses
1 CTC2001 Writing and Ideas 3 45 45 0
2 CTC2002 Leadership and Communication 3 45 45 0
3 CTC2003 Languages and Vietnamese 3 45 45 0
Group IV: Human and Earth
1 HUE2001 Human and Environmental Interaction 3 45 45 0
2 HUE2002 Climate Change 3 45 45 0
Group V: Natural Science and Technology courses
1 NST3001 Calculus I 3 45 45 0
2 NST3002 Introduction to data science with Python 3 45 45 0
3 NST3003 Engineering Design 3 45 45 0
Group VI: Economics and Management courses
1 ECM3001 Principle of Economics 3 45 45 0
2 ECM3002 Administrative Office Management 3 45 45 0
3 ECM3003 Personal Finance 3 45 45 0
MAJOR COURSES        
DISCIPLINARY FOUNDATION COURSES 24      
1 BA1101 Introduction to Management 3 45 45 0
2 BA1102 Microeconomics 3 45 45 0
3 BA2103 Macroeconomics 3 45 45 0
4 BA2106 Principles of  Accounting 3 45 45 0
5 BA2105 Business Law 3 45 45 0
6 BA3107 Human Resource Management 3 45 45 0
7 BA2108 Project Management 3 45 45 0
8 BA2104 Scientific Research Methods 3 45 45 0
MAJOR FOUNDATION COURSES 24      
1 IB2101 International Economics 3 45 45 0
2 IB3102 International Business Management 3 45 45 0
3 IB3103 Business Information System 3 45 45 0
4 IB1104 Principles of Marketing 3 45 45 0
5 IB3105 Financial Management 3 45 45 0
6 IB2106 Business Statistics 3 45 45 0
7 IB4107 Econometrics 3 45 45 0
8 IB4108 International Payment 3 45 45 0
MAJOR SPECIALIZED COURSES 27      
Compulsory Courses 21      
1 IB3109 International Marketing 3 45 45 0
2 IB4110 Global Strategic Management 3 45 45 0
3 IB3111 World Financial Market 3 45 45 0
4 IB3112 Global Supply Chain Management 3 45 45 0
5 IB4113 Logistics, Transportation and Insurance in International Business 3 45 45 0
6 IB4114 International Investment 3 45 45 0
7 IB3115 International Trade 3 45 45 0
Elective courses (2 courses – 6 credits) 6      
1 IB3016 Marketing research 3 45 45 0
2 IB3017 Business Analysis 3 45 45 0
3 IB3018 E-commerce 3 45 45 0
4 IB4019 Sustainability in Business 3 45 45 0
5 IB4020 Cross-Cultural Management 3 45 45 0
GRADUATION REQUIREMENT COURSES

(SELECT 1 OF 4 PATHWAYS)

 10      
Pathway 1: Undergraduate Thesis
1 IB4121 Graduation thesis 10      
Pathway 2: Undergraduate Thesis and Internship
1 IB4122 Graduation thesis 6      
2 IB4123 Internship 4      
Pathway 3: Internship, Graduation Paper, and One Replacement Course
1 IB4123 Internship 4      
2 IB4124 Graduation essay 4      
01 Substitute Course (2 credits)
1 IB4025 International Business Strategy 2 30 30 0
2 IB4026 International Business and Sustainable Development 2 30 30 0
Pathway 4: Graduation Internship (mandatory report to the Evaluation Committee)
1 IB4127 Internship 10      
Total 10      
GRAND TOTAL: 130      
  Total Required Credits 124      
  Minimum Total Elective Credits 6      

 

** Indicative Study Plan

No. Course Code Course Title Credits  
TC ST LT TH  
Semester 1          
1 MACL1101 Principles of Marxism-Leninism

(For Vietnamese students)

 3 45 45 0  
1 HUE1042 Vietnamese Modern Culture and Society

(For international students)

 3 45 45 0  
2 GEN1101 Fundamentals of law 2 30 30 0  
3 ESL1101 English 1

(For Vietnamese students)

 4 60 60 0  
3 GEN1001 Vietnamese 1

(For international students)

 3 45 45 0  
4 ESL1105* Intensive English 1*

(For Vietnamese students)

 2 30 30 0  
4 GEN1001 Vietnamese 2

(For international students)

 3 45 45 0  
5 PHY1101* Physical Education 1* 1 15 0 15  
6 GEN1102 Digital Literacy 2 30 30 0  
7 BA1101 Introduction to Management 3 45 45 0  
8 GEN1105* Soft Skills* 2 30 30 0  
9   Group I: Humanity Civilization courses 3 45 45 0  
Total for Vietnamese students: 17        
Total for international students: 19        
Semester 2          
1 MACL1102 Political Economy Marx and Lenin

(For Vietnamese students)

 2 30 30 0  
1 HUE1043 World Civilizations History

(For international students)

 3 45 45 0  
2 MACL1103 Scientific Socialism

(For Vietnamese students)

 2 30 30 0  
2 GEN1003 Vietnamese 3

(For international students)

 3 45 45 0  
3 ESL1102 English 2

(For Vietnamese students)

 4 60 60 0  
3 GEN1004 Advance Vietnamese 1

(For international students)

 3 45 45 0  
4 ESL1106* Intensive English 2*

(For Vietnamese students)

 2 30 30 0  
4 GEN1004 Advance Vietnamese 2

(For international students)

 3 45 45 0  
5 PHY1102* Physical Education 2* 1 15 0 15  
6 BA1102 Microeconomics 3 45 45 0  
7 IB1104 Principles of Marketing 3 45 45 0  
8   Group II: Culture, Literature and Art 3 45 45 0  
Total for Vietnamese students: 17        
Total for international students: 21        
Summer semester          
1 GEN1103* National Defense & Security Education* 8 120 0 120  
Total: 8        
Semester 3          
1 MACL2104 Ho Chi Minh’s Thought

(For Vietnamese students)

 2 30 30 0  
1   Business communication

(For international students)

 2 30 30 0  
2 ESL2103 English 3

(For Vietnamese students)

 4 60 60 0  
3 ESL2107* Intensive English 3*

(For Vietnamese students)

 2 30 30 0  
4 PHY2103* Physical Education 3* 1 15 0 15  
5 BA2106 Principles of  Accounting 3 45 45 0  
6 BA2105 Business Law 3 45 45 0  
7 IB2101 International Economics 3 45 45 0  
8   Group III: Ideals and Communication courses 3 45 45 0  
Total for Vietnamese students: 18        
Total for international students: 14        
Semester 4          
1 MACL2105 Revolutionary Way of Vietnam Communist Party

(For Vietnamese students)

 2 30 30 0  
2 BA2103 Macroeconomics 3 45 45 0  
3 BA2104 Scientific Research Methods 3 45 45 0  
4 BA2108 Project Management 3 45 45 0  
5 IB2106 Business Statistics 3 45 45 0  
6   Group IV: Human and Earth 3 45 45 0  
7 GEN2104* Entrepreneurship and Innovation* 2 30 30 0  
Total for Vietnamese students: 17        
Total for international students: 15        
Semester 5          
1 IB3115 International Trade 3 45 45 0  
2 IB3103 Business Information System 3 45 45 0  
3 BA3107 Human Resource Management 3 45 45 0  
4 IB3105 Financial Management 3 45 45 0  
5   Group V: Natural Science and Technology courses 3 45 45 0  
Total: 15        
Semester 6          
1 IB3109 International Marketing 3 45 45 0  
2 IB3111 World Financial Market 3 45 45 0  
3 IB3112 Global Supply Chain Management 3 45 45 0  
4 IB3102 International Business Management 3 45 45 0  
5   Group VI: Economics and Management courses 3 45 45 0  
Elective Course (Select 1 out of 3 courses)          
6 IB3016 Marketing research 3 45 45 0  
7 IB3017 Business Analysis 3 45 45 0  
8 IB3018 E-commerce 3 45 45 0  
Total: 18        
Semester 7    
1 IB4110 Global Strategic Management 3 45 45 0  
2 IB4113 Logistics, Transportation and Insurance in International Business 3 45 45 0  
3 IB4107 Econometrics 3 45 45 0  
4 IB4114 International Investment 3 45 45 0  
5 IB4108 International Payment 3 45 45 0  
Elective Course (Select 1 out of 2 courses)          
6 IB4019 Sustainability in Business 3 45 45 0  
7 IB4020 Multicultural Management 3 45 45 0  
Total: 18        
Semester 8          
GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS (Select one of the 4 options)          
Pathway 1: Undergraduate Thesis and Internship
1 IB4121 Graduation thesis 10        
Pathway 2: Internship, Graduation Paper, and One Replacement Course
1 IB4122 Graduation thesis 6        
2 IB4123 Internship 4        
Pathway 3: Graduation Internship (mandatory report to the Evaluation Committee)
1 IB4123 Internship 4        
2 IB4124 Graduation Essay 4        
01 Substitute Course (2 credits)
1 IB4025 International Business Strategy 2 30 30 0  
2 IB4026 International Business and Sustainable Development 2 30 30 0  
Pathway 4: Graduation internship
1 IB4127 Internship 10        
Total 10        
GRAND TOTAL: 130        
  Total Required Credits 124        
  Minimum Total Elective Credits 6