Certificate in Global Business Culture with Area Specialization Lynnea Johnson Associate Director

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Certificate in Global Business Culture with Area
SpecializationLynnea JohnsonAssociate Director
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US Department of Education, Title VI

• 8 Title VI Centers 6 Area Study / 2 Thematic
• Center for African Studies
• Center for East Asian and Pacific Studies
• Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies
• Center for South Asian and Middle Eastern
  Studies
• European Union Center
• Russian, East European, and Eurasian Center
• Center for Global Studies
• Center for International Business Education and
  Research

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Goals and Requirements of Certificate

• Encourage students to combine business foreign
  language skills, area studies knowledge with
  international business classes to prepare for
  international careers.
• Certificate is comprised of four components with
  a total of five semester courses and an
  international experience.

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Two International Business Courses

• BADM 380, International Business
• BADM 381, Multinational Management,
• BADM 382, International Marketing
• BADM 436, International Business Immersion
  Program (IBIP) must get accepted to program
• Students in the certificate program will get
• special permission from the Business
  Administration department to enroll in these
  courses

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Business Foreign Languages

• Arabic 210/211, Colloquial Arabic I II
• Chinese 305/306, Section WKP, Business Chinese I
  II
• French 485/486, Commercial and Economic French I
  II
• German 320/321, German for Business I II
• Hindi 405/406, Advanced Hindi I II
• Italian 380, Italian for Business
• Japanese 305/306, Section WKP, Business Japanese
• Portuguese 401, Intermediate Portuguese
• Russian 402, Advanced Composition and Business
  Conversation
• Scandinavian 104/496S, Intermediate
  Swedish/Business Swedish
• Spanish 142, Spanish in the Professions
• Spanish 202, Spanish for Business
• Spanish 232, Spanish in the Community
• Spanish 332, Spanish and Entrepreneurship
• Swahili 403, Intermediate Swahili
• Wolof 403, Intermediate Wolof

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Area Studies Courses

• A wide range of topics available for area study
  courses
• art, culture, economics, geography, history
• Area focus should correspond to foreign language
  and overseas experience.

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International Experience

• Study abroad program or an international
  internship for at least six weeks.
• Eligible for travel grants from Illinois CIBER

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How to Officially Register

• Make an appointment with Lynnea Johnson to
  register for program
• Complete all the requirements for the
  certificates
• Check in each semester and 2 months before
  graduation

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Website
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Advising and Information

• Advising will be done by Lynnea Johnson, Illinois
  CIBER, 414 Wohlers Hall.
• For more information regarding this certificate
  and its requirements, please see Lynnea Johnson,
  Associate Director of Illinois CIBER,
  lsjohnso_at_illinois.edu, 333-8335.

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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

• International Programs and Studies
• College of Business
• Center for International Business Education and
  Research (CIBER)
• Area Studies Centers
• Jane Doe
• has successfully completed all requirements for
  the
• Certificate in Global Business Culture
• with Area Specialization in XXXX
• May, 2008
• ___________________________
• William Brustein
• Associate Provost
• for International Affairs
• Area Studies Center Director Larry
  DeBrock Interim Dean

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History and Growth

• Started program in AY 2005-2006
• AY 2005-2006, 10 graduates
• AY 2006-2007, 14 graduates
• AY 2007-2008, 45 graduates
• Currently 145 students enrolled
• 60 European Union
• 33 Latin American
• 32 East Asian
• 11 Global Studies
• 4 African
• 3 Russian
• 2 South Asian

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Award Ceremony