International Business and Global Citizenship

Fall Semester in Cuernavaca, Mexico

A semester abroad program sponsored by the Center for Global Education at Augsburg College 

 

All students should register for four courses. Each course is worth four semester credits, for a semester total of 16 credits.

 

All students are required to take BUS 495 “Global Business and Developing Countries:  Mexico and Beyond,” which serves as a core course for the program. 

 

In addition, students may choose three of the following courses:

• International Marketing  (Marketing 466)

• Spanish Courses:  Choose from 17 different beginning to advanced courses, including "Topics in Business Spanish."

• Women, Gender, and Social Change in Latin America (Political Science/Women's Studies 359)

• Latin American Liberation Theologies (Religion/Women's Studies 366)

• An Internship for credit in Business, Marketing, or several other disciplines

• An Independent Study for credit in Business, Marketing, or several other disciplines

* Augsburg students: please note that both BUS 495 and MKT 466 meet the requirements of the Management and International Business specializations, and BUS 495 may be taken in lieu of BUS 465.

 

Program Syllabi

 

Business 495: Global Business Issues and Developing Countries: Mexico and Beyond  (Prerequisites: introductory Economics, AND introductory Business, Marketing or Accounting). 

 

Marketing 466: International Marketing (Prerequisite:  Principles of Marketing)

 

Political Science/Women's Studies 359: Women, Gender, and Social Change in Latin America

 

Religion/Women's Studies 366:  Latin American Liberation Theologies

 

Internship

Business, Environmental Studies, History, Interdisciplinary Studies, Marketing, Political Science, Spanish or Women's Studies 399

 

Independent Study
Business, Environmental Studies, History, Interdisciplinary Studies, Marketing, Political Science, Religion, Spanish, Women's Studies 499

 

SPANISH COURSES

The Center for Global Education contracts its language instruction out to the Universal Center for Language and Social Communication in Cuernavaca.  Universal is a highly respected institution among the many language schools in Cuernavaca. The school's primary focus is on oral competency and on having a solid grammatical base. Classes are small, usually ranging from two to no more than six students.  For more information, see the Universal website at www.universal-spanish.com. 

 

The CGE Faculty Liaison maintains close contact with the Academic Director of Universal in order to monitor the progress of the students, integrate themes from the semester program into the students' Spanish classes, and provide support where needed.

 

Each of the intensive Spanish courses meets for three hours/day, 4-5 days/week for four weeks.  Therefore, you may choose 1-3 of the following intensive Spanish courses:

 

SPANISH SYLLABI:

Beginning Spanish I  (SPA 111)

Beginning Spanish II  (SPA 112)  

Intermediate Spanish I  (SPA 211)  

Intermediate Spanish II  (SPA 212)  

Pre-Columbian, Colonial, & Contemporary Mexican Art  (SPA/ART 231)

Topics: Spanish for Health Care Professionals  (SPA 295A)

Topics: Spanish for Heritage Speakers  (SPA 295F)

Topics: Spanish for Ministry (SPA 295G)

Conversation and Composition  (SPA 311)  
Conversations in Cultural Context  (SPA 316)  

Latin American Civilization and Culture (SPA 332)  
Latin American Literature - 20th Century Voices (SPA 356)   

Advanced Conversation and Composition (SPA 411)

Topics: Contemporary Mexican Literature  (SPA 495D)

Topics in Business Spanish (SPA 495E)

Topics: Spanish for Heritage Speakers  (SPA 495F)

Topics: Spanish for Ministry (SPA 495G)

Topics: Contemporary Latin American Women: Texts & Voices  (SPA 495H)

 

Pre-Test & Post-Test for Assessment Purposes

All students will take a written & oral pre-test at Universal during their first week in Cuernavaca and will then take an ungraded post-test at the end of the semester in order to assess their improvement.  The pre-test will not serve as a placement exam but rather as an assessment measure and a way for the Spanish instructors to determine students' strengths and weaknesses.  That information will then be used to: 1) tailor some of the class sessions to address problem areas, 2) recommend special tutoring for students who are behind others in the class; and 3) divide the group into smaller classes or sub-groups when there are several students registered for the same course.

 

 

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Assessment and Grading Criteria