| Course | BUSI 464 International Market Integration and Trade Agreements (BUSI464) |
|---|---|
| Credit hours | 3 |
| Program | BS in Business Administration |
| Length | 8 Module/Weeks, online |
| Weeks with written work | 8 of 8 |
| Samples on this site | 8 week sample papers |
| Sources | Liberty's 2026-2027 catalog and the published BUSI 464 course guide |
| Updated | October 2026 |
What BUSI 464 covers
Lynch's Trade and Globalization: An Introduction to Regional Trade Agreements is read one chapter a week, one region at a time, with a presentation and three to six assigned websites each week and no exams.
The research paper on the world's regional trade agreements and how countries join them is built in three graded steps: an annotated bibliography in Module/Week 3, an outline in Module/Week 5 and a 10- to 15-page final paper in Module/Week 8 with 6 to 8 references besides the textbooks and the Bible.
This course examines market and economic integration among countries, including the European Union, the North American Free Trade Agreement, Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, Association of Southeast Asian Nations and others. Major emerging market economies will also be surveyed, along with the challenges and opportunities these present to the international business firm.
BUSI 464 week by week, with the sample for each
| Week | Written work in the course guide | Points | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|
| Week 1 | Discussion Board Forum 1 (Course Requirements Checklist and Class Introductions also due) | 75 | Read the Week 1 sample |
| Week 2 | International Markets Integration and Social Issues Essay 1 (DB Forum 2 also due) | 100 | Read the Week 2 sample |
| Week 3 | Research Paper: Annotated Bibliography (DB Forum 3 also due) | 25 | Read the Week 3 sample |
| Week 4 | Discussion Board Forum 4 | 75 | Read the Week 4 sample |
| Week 5 | Research Paper: Outline (DB Forum 5 also due) | 50 | Read the Week 5 sample |
| Week 6 | International Markets Integration and Social Issues Essay 2 (DB Forum 6 also due) | 100 | Read the Week 6 sample |
| Week 7 | Discussion Board Forum 7 | 75 | Read the Week 7 sample |
| Week 8 | Research Paper: Final | 200 | Read the Week 8 sample |
Where BUSI 464 papers lose points
BUSI 464 work loses points when a country essay describes an agreement's rules without showing how ordinary people were affected, when forum threads fall under 400 words, when annotations summarize a source without judging its use, and when the research paper lists agreements without explaining how a country actually accedes to one.
Using a BUSI 464 sample well
The samples draw on research about the effects of free trade agreements on trade, overlapping agreements and their spread, NAFTA's welfare effects, export manufacturing and schooling in Mexico, women's work and household bargaining, emigration and wages in Poland, EU accession conditionality, institutional integration and growth, and the design of trade agreements, with Lynch and Scripture.
BUSI 464 questions, answered
What is the BUSI 464 International Markets Integration and Social Issues Essay?
A 3- to 4-page essay, written twice, that picks one country and one of its regional trade agreements and examines the social issues the agreement has brought to the country's people.
How long is the BUSI 464 research paper?
10 to 15 pages in current APA format on the world's regional trade agreements and the process for joining them, with 6 to 8 references besides the textbooks and the Bible.
What textbook does BUSI 464 use?
Lynch's Trade and Globalization: An Introduction to Regional Trade Agreements, read one chapter a week with assigned websites from trade organizations.
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