Languages and Cultures for Professions LCP

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Languages and Cultures for Professions (LCP)

• Preparing ISU Students for the Global Community

U.S. Department of Education Title VI-A
Grant Undergraduate International Studies and
Foreign Language Program 2004-2006
Department of Foreign Languages Literatures
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Languages and Cultures for Professions Program
(LCP) Program Goals

• Goal I Improve global literacy through the
  development of the LCP Second Major Option in
  Languages and Cultures for Professions (Colleges
  of Engineering and College of Business)
• Language Options Chinese Studies (minor)
  French German Portuguese (in development)
  Russian Studies Spanish

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Program Goals

• Goal II Establish curricular linkages between
  courses in FLL with a professional focus and
  those which have an area studies focus
• Today courses with professional components
• Business and Professions courses with
  contemporary culture or area studies components

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Program Goals

• Goal III Strengthen and expand our internship
  and study abroad programs in LCP

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LCP Challenges Administrative

• Create a dialogue within departments, colleges,
  and across colleges
• Identify key individuals willing to form a
  group/team
• Gain support from chair/dean

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LCP Challenges Administrative

• Identify programmatic goals
• Articulation with departmental, college, or
  university strategic plan
• Develop a 3-5 year plan
• Develop a base of administrative support
• Funding support (internal and external grants)

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LCP ChallengesCurricular

• Identify challenges or barriers to new programs
  or courses
• Major/minor requirements (higher credit
  requirements for professional programs)
• Work creatively to address challenges
• Identify curricular objectives and outcomes based
  on programmatic objectives

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LCP ChallengesCurricular

• Identify courses/curricula for development or
  revision
• Integrate content across the curriculum
• Identify courses which have a high degree of
  interdisciplinary content
• Cross-, co-listed, dual-listed (undergrad/grad)
  courses)
• Team-taught courses
• Special sections of existing courses taught in
  target language or with subject-area emphasis
• Add language module or additional credit in
  target language
• Distance learning (web-based asynchronous or
  real time)
• Certificate Programs (Area Studies)

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LCP ChallengesRecruitment and Retention

• Identify student cohorts (Why will students be
  attracted to the course/program?)
• Work closely with academic advisers
• Create materials for student recruiting, outreach
  to high schools, information sessions, in-class
  information
• Involve students in the process
• Peer mentors
• Global ambassadors
• Alumni

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LCP ChallengesSustainability

• Leadership continuity (workloads for
  junior/senior faculty)
• Faculty interests
• Staffing and support (e.g., internships and study
  abroad)
• Funding

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LCP and C/LACConnected Learning

• Making Global Connections
• Technology, Globalization, and Culture (FLNG/ME
  484x/584x) http//www.me.iastate.edu/me484/
• Prof. James Bernard (Mechancial Engineering)
  and Prof. Mark Rectanus (Foreign Languages and
  Literatures)

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Technology, Globalization, and Culture

• On and off-campus speakers address global issues
  and challenges
• Create a forum for discussion of global issues
• Leadership opportunities and professional
  contacts
• Students work with professionals in teams
• Students in LCP use as capstone
• 94 students (45 graduate students)
• 24 professionals enrolled via distance learning
• 20 project teams conduct globalization projects
• Threaded discussions
• Globalize course delivery
• Significant participation by international
  students

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Technology, Globalization, and Culture

• Establishes program visibility and presence both
  on- and off-campus
• Creates opportunities for cooperation with
  off-campus constituiences (land-grant mission)
• Opportunities for larger forms of collaboration
  fufills need for professionals
• Challenges class size (maximize student and
  speaker interaction)
• Delivery (TA support)
• Funding (speakers)
• Commitment for faculty course release