WHAT: 9 credit hours of a core trade curriculum paired with an additional 7-9 credit hours of wide-ranging electives that allow you to tie your trade knowledge to your major. (16-18 total credit hours)
WHO IS ELIGIBLE: You are! This minor is open to all UNL students.
WHAT does the international trade minor do for you?
1. Develop a stronger understanding of international competition in various markets and costs and benefits of trading goods and services.
2. Master the role of diplomacy and international relations in trade and its connection to national security, peace, and stability.
3. Understand the role of international institutions in trade policy making.
International Trade Minor
Flexible.
Focus your coursework in a certain area – such as agricultural trade, economics, or policy – OR take a range of courses from several different areas.
Interdisciplinary.
International trade encompasses many subject areas. Whether you’re interested in business, economics, global studies, agriculture, or a certain region of the world, chances are you have already taken a class that is part of the minor – or have a class that is already part of your plan.
Hands-on.
Many courses include in-class simulations and exercises.
International Trade Minor Course Guide
Course Code and Name | Minor # of Credit Hours |
| Required: | 9 |
| INTF 320, International Trade Policy & Politics | 3 |
| Select two of: | |
| ECON 321, Introduction to International Economics | 3 |
| ECON 421, International Trade | 3 |
| AECN 420, International Food and Agricultural Trade | 3 |
| AECN 220, International Agricultural Trade | 3 |
| Electives: | 7-9 |
| Select a minimum of 4 hours from: | |
| INTF 391, Special Topics in International Trade | 1-3 |
| INTF 395, Internship in International Trade | 3 |
| SCMA 439, Global Sourcing and Distribution | 3 |
| ECON 422, International Finance | 3 |
| ECON 423, Economics of Less Developed Countries | 3 |
| AECN 346, World Food Economics* | 3 |
| AECN 367, Agricultural Development in Low Income Countries* | 3 |
| AECN 425, Agricultural Marketing in a Multinational Environment* | 3 |
| ANTH/GLST 474, Development in Theory and Practice* | 3 |
| Select up to 3 hours from: | |
| POLS 277, Latin American Politics | 3 |
| POLS 375, Conflict and Development in Africa | 3 |
| HIST 380, China Since Mao: the Reform Era in Historical Perspective | 3 |
| ANTH/ETHN 351, Exploring Cross-Cultural Diversities* | 3 |
Total | 16-18 |
*Existing courses that are in process to be added to catalog as electives in the minor.
NOTE: Alternative classes may be substituted for any courses in the above list if approved by the Steering Committee.
Read about the minor from students in:
Students praise Yeutter international trade minor
Geitner Simmons | IANR Media
“It’s eye-opening,” Victoria Diersen, a Husker senior economics major, said of the important discovery she’s made thanks to the Clayton Yeutter Institute of International Trade and Finance. The discovery? Once you begin to study international trade, you find it requires an understanding not only of economics, but additional disciplines — law, business, agriculture, science, geography, policymaking and politics.
