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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.

Area 1: World Language

Completion of one year of world language study, equivalent to 12 or 15 credits of first-year language, OR one 4- or 5-credit language course at the level of 103 or higher.

Total Credit Hours:4-15

Area 2

WLL 371Global Citizenship in Professional Contexts

4

Total Credit Hours:4

Area 3: One of the following:

Comm 215Introduction to Intercultural Communication

4

Intl 471/Ling 471Understanding the International Experience

4

Total Credit Hours:4

Area 4: One of the following classes on skills for the global/international workplace, related to the student's career path.

A number of these courses require prerequisites so will only be appropriate for majors in those fields.

ChLa 380ULatinos in the Economy and Politics

4

CR 307Conflict Management Skills

4

CR 312Intercultural Conflict Resolution

4

CR 423Dialogue Across Differences

4

CR 441Storytelling and Conflict Resolution

4

Fin 456International Financial Management

4

Fr 320French for the Working World

4

Ger 320German for the Working World

4

GSCM 439Global Sourcing and Negotiation

4

Intl 324UTradition and Innovation: Social Science

4

Intl 349U/WS 349UGender and International Development

4

Intl 375UGlobal Migration

4

Intl 380UGlobalization, Representation and Difference in Media and Film

4

Intl 470Intercultural Leadership and Change

4

Jpn 413Advanced Japanese: Japanese for the Real World

4

Jpn 477Teaching Japanese As a Foreign Language

4

Mgmt 446Principles of International Management

4

Mktg 376International Business

4

Mktg 466Principles of International Marketing

4

NAS 348Indigenous Practices for Environmental Sustainability

4

NAS 411Nationhood: Tribal Sovereignty, Governance & Policy

4

PHE 444UGlobal Health

4

PS 352UIntroduction to European Politics

4

PS 353UIntroduction to Latin American Politics

4

PS 354UIntroduction to Asian Politics

4

PS 355UIntroduction to African Politics

4

PS 361UIntroduction to the Politics of the Middle East

4

Psy 343Social Psychology: Social Relationships and Groups

4

Psy 361Industrial Psychology

4

Psy 362Organizational Psychology

4

Psy 426Psychology of Stigma & Social Inequality

4

Psy 470Diversity in the Workplace

4

Span 313Business & Culture in the Hispanic World

4

Span 314Spanish in Social and Legal Services

4

Span 316Spanish and Medical Culture

4

Span 317Spanish for Agriculture Purposes

4

USP 301Introduction to Community Development

4

USP 317UIntroduction to International Community Development

4

USP 326UNeighborhood Conservation and Change

4

USP 419/Soc 441Population and Society

4

WS 331U/Intl 331UWomen in the Middle East

4

WS 349U/Intl 349UGender and International Development

4

Total Credit Hours:4

Total Credit Hours: 16-27

At least 12 credits towards the certificate must be taken at PSU.

All courses used to satisfy certificate requirements must be passed with a grade of C or higher. (C- and P are not acceptable.)