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Intercultural Competence for the Workplace Undergraduate Certificate

The Certificate in Intercultural Competence for the Workplace offers a focused trajectory of coursework options designed to enhance intercultural competence in professional and workplace settings. The required 16-27 credits (total number of credits varies according to the language a student studies and prior knowledge of language) can be completed as an integrated part of an undergraduate bachelor’s degree or as a stand-alone course of study. The Certificate in Intercultural Competence for the Workplace would be completable within one academic year or, for students who have prior knowledge of a world language, 1-2 terms.

Requirements

  1. One year of language study (OR completion of one 4- or 5-credit language course at the level of 103 or higher)
  2. WLL 371: Global Citizenship in Professional Context
  3. One Intercultural Communication course: choose from COMM 215, INTL 471, or LING 471
  4. One international-focused course in your career field chosen from the following 

ChLa 380U

 Latinos in the Economy and Politics

4
CR 307 Conflict Management Skills

4
CR 312 Intercultural Conflict Resolution

4
CR 423 Dialogue Across Differences

4
CR 441 Storytelling and Conflict Resolution

4
Fin 456 International Financial Management

4
Fr 320 French for the Working World

4
Ger 320 German for the Working World

4
GSCM 439 Global Sourcing and Negotiation

4
Intl 349U/WS 349U Gender and International Development

4
Intl 375U Global Migration

4
Intl 380U Globalization, Representation and Difference in Media and Film

4
Intl 470 Intercultural Leadership and Change

4
Jpn 413 Advanced Japanese: Japanese for the Real World

4
Jpn 477 Teaching Japanese As a Foreign Language

4
Mgmt 446 Principles of International Management

4
Mktg 376 International Business

4
Mktg 466 Principles of International Marketing

4
NAS 348 Indigenous Practices for Environmental Sustainability

4
NAS 411 Nationhood: Tribal Sovereignty, Governance & Policy

4
PHE 444U Global Health

4
PS 352U Introduction to European Politics

4
PS 353U Introduction to Latin American Politics

4
PS 354U Introduction to Asian Politics

4
PS 355U Introduction to African Politics

4
PS 361U Introduction to the Politics of the Middle East

4
Psy 343 Social Psychology: Social Relationships and Groups

4
Psy 361 Industrial Psychology

4
Psy 362 Organizational Psychology

4
Psy 426 Psychology of Stigma & Social Inequality

4
Psy 470 Diversity in the Workplace

4
Span 313 Business & Culture in the Hispanic World

4
Span 314 Spanish in Social and Legal Services

4
Span 316 Spanish and Medical Culture

4
Span 317 Spanish for Agriculture Purposes

4
USP 301U Introduction to Community Development

4
USP 317U Introduction to International Community Development

4
USP 326U Neighborhood Conservation and Change

4
USP 419/Soc 441 Population and Society

4
WS 331U/Intl 331U Women in the Middle East

4
WS 349U/Intl 349U Gender and International Development

4

Advisors

To discuss your language proficiency, please meet with an advisor.

Intercultural Competence for the Workplace Undergraduate Certificate