Certificate in Multilingual & International Business Competencies

Gain basic competency in two essential sets of skills sought after by today’s employers: Knowledge of international business operations as well as proficiency in languages other than English
Using language in international business

The certificate (pending approval) requires completion of 4 classes, two of which are chosen from a list of classes offered by the Departments of International Business (IBUS) and Apparel Design & Merchandising (ADM) and two from the list of language classes offered by the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures (MLL). For their choice of language classes, students are encouraged to complete two sequential classes in the same language. Depending on class choice, completion of the certificate requires 12-14 units.

 

COURSE REQUIREMENTS

 

GROUP 1: Choose 2 classes

  • IBUS 517: Legal Environment of World Business 
  • IBUS 531: Cross-Cultural Innovation and Creativity in Business and Management
  • IBUS 592: Doing Business in Greater China 
  • IBUS 593: Doing Business in Europe
  • IBUS 620: Research in International Business and the Global Market
  • IBUS 638: Global Leadership and Cultural Competencies 
  • ADM 560: Supply Chain Management in the Textile and Apparel World Marketplace

 

GROUP 2: Choose 2 language classes (LD or UD) with the following prefixes

  • Arabic (ARAB)
  • Chinese (CHIN)
  • French (FR)
  • German (GER)
  • Italian (ITAL)
  • Japanese (JAPN) 
  • Persian (PRSN)
  • Russian (RUSS)
  • Spanish (SPAN)

 

Students wishing to apply need to meet with the Program Coordinator Dr. Frederik Green, current chair of MLL or program Advisors Dr. Bruce Heiman, current chair of IBUS, or Dr. Amy Dorie, chair of Apparel Design & Merchandising (ADM), to discuss their course selection. Following the meeting, students submit a short statement of purpose that includes a list of classes they intend to enroll in along with their certificate application (PDF) to the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures office in HUM 475 or email the documents to the Program Coordinator Dr. Frederik Green (fgreen@sfsu.edu).

 

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