International Language - Business

Faculty

Linda Ledford-Miller, Ph.D., Chair
Marzia Caporale, Ph.D.
Marie Karam, M.A., Director of Language Learning Center
Robert A. Parsons, Ph.D.
Virginia A. Picchietti, Ph.D.
Yamile Silva
Jamie H. Trnka, Ph.D.
Joseph P. Wilson, Ph.D.
Habib K. Zanzana, Ph.D.

Overview

The major in International Language-Business is a professionally oriented program. Its purpose is to make language study a more career-structured discipline by providing students with the opportunity to acquire a liberal education while, at the same time, taking courses specifically relevant to a business enterprise.

In order to bridge the communication gap between multinational businesses and the lack of functional language skills often exhibited by the personnel representing them, specialized language courses focusing on the business terminology and cultural setting of the countries in question complement the regular language and business courses in this major.

The department urges students to study abroad during their junior year. In addition, it strongly recommends that students who spend the entire junior year abroad plan their studies carefully, so that they will be able to take at least one course per semester in their major language during the senior year. Students who pursue a business internship will earn credits in addition to the 130 credits stipulated for the program, unless there is room in the free area.

International Language - Business Curriculum
Dept. and No.				Descriptive Title of Course	Credits
				FIRST YEAR	FALL	SPRING
MAJOR (GE HUMN)		LANG 1 211-212 or 311-312		Inter. or Conversation / Composition	3	3
COGNATE		LANG 101-102 or 211-212		Second Language	3	3
GE SPCH-WRTG		COMM 100 - WRTG 107		Composition - Public Speaking	3	3
GE C/IL		C/IL 102		Computing & Information Literacy	3
GE QUAN ELECT		MATH 106 or 107		Quantitative Methods I or II		3
GE PHIL-T/RS		PHIL 120 - T/RS 121		Intro. to Philosophy - Theology I	3	3
GE FSEM-PHED		INTD 100 - PHED ELECT		Freshman Seminar - Physical Education	1	1
					16	16
				SECOND YEAR
MAJOR		LANG 311-312 1		Conversation - Composition	3	3
MAJOR		ACC 253		Financial Accounting	3
COGNATE		LANG 211-212 or 311-312		Second Modern or Classical Lang.	3	3
GE HUMN		HUMN ELECT		Humanities Elective		3
GE S/BH		S/BH ELECT		ECO 153-154	3	3
GE PHIL-T/RS		PHIL 210 - T/RS 122		Ethics - Theology II	3	3
GE PHED		PHED ELECT		Physical Education	1	1
					16	16
				THIRD YEAR
MAJOR		LANG 321-322 2		Advanced Stylistics	3	3
MAJOR		LANG ELECT		Advanced Language Electives	3	3
MAJOR		MGT 351		Principles of Management I		3
MAJOR		ECO/IB 351		Environment of International Bus.		3
MAJOR		FIN 351		Intro. to Finance	3
GE ELECT		FREE ELECT 3		Free Electives	3	3
GE NSCI		NSCI ELECT		Natural Science Electives	3	3
GE PHIL-T/RS		PHIL-T/RS ELECT 4		Philosophy or T/RS Elective	3
					18	18
				FOURTH YEAR
MAJOR		LANG 319		Business Language		3
MAJOR		LANG ELECT		Advanced Language Electives	6	3
MAJOR		MKT 351		Intro. to Marketing	3
MAJOR		INT ELECT		One of MGT 475, MKT 475 ECO 375, FIN 475, IB 476, IB 477	3
GE HUMN		HUMN ELECT		Humanities Elective		3
GE ELECT		FREE ELECT 3		Free Electives	3	6
					15	15
					Total: 130 Credits
1 Students who begin their major language level at the 311 level take 6 fewer credits in the major and 6 more credits in the cognate or free area. In their second year, they will choose advanced language electives. 2 Students whose first language is Spanish will take SPAN 320-321, and three of the following four courses: SPAN 313, 314, 330 and 331 in their advanced language electives area. 3 PS 212, PS 240 and ACC 254 are recommended GE electives. 4 A course focusing on the ethics of business is recommended.