Welcome, ACC Students!
IBUS 1305 Introduction to International Business and Trade is a great course for anyone interested in further developing their interest in international business. This course is designed to advance those people new to international business as well as those who want to balance their focus with a stronger foundation in international business.
DISTANCE LEARNING STUDENTS
We're ready to get the semester moving forward and dig into the materials for this International Business and Trade course. Following are next steps for you to do.
Orientation is now available. You should complete this mandatory, online orientation as soon as possible, and begin reading the text. Orientation includes reviewing the Syllabus and taking the Orientation Quiz. The Orientation Quiz can be found here: Orientation Quiz
Syllabus for the Distance Learning class can be found here: Syllabus
Student Information Form is to be completed and emailed to Joe Garvey: Student Information Form
Blackboard will be used and you can now access our course area under your standard ACC Blackboard login. For additional help and information, visit http://itdl.austincc.edu/blackboard/
Textbook that we will use for this class (Introduction to International Business & Trade) is below. I encourage you to obtain the book as soon as possible. Additionally, this book has a tremendous and supplemental web site to accompany it.
Title: International Business: Strategy, Management, and the New Realities
Author: Cavusgil, Knight, Riesenberger
Publisher: Pearson/Prentice Hall
ISBN: 0-13-173860-7
Waiting in long lines can be avoided by reserving textbooks online for in-store pick-up at any one of ACC's six bookstores or can be delivered to your home. Inventory varies from store to store since students do not always purchase at the campus where their classes are taught. To ensure availability at the bookstore location you prefer, visit the ACC Bookstore web site to reserve your copy of the text at
http://www.bkstore.com/austincc
Chapter Presentations:
You can find our chapter presentations at our Blackboard area.
Joe Garvey Bio
For those of you interested in knowing more about my background and further interests, you can view my biography at: http://www.usmarketgroup.com/mjoe.html
Please send an email with any questions:
Joe Garvey
Joe Garvey
Adjunct faculty
International Business Institute
ACC
