__University__ 2024-2025 Bulletin

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 349U/WS 349UGender and International Development

4
Intl 370U/Geog 370UGlobal 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 301UIntroduction to Community Development

4
USP 317UIntroduction to International Community Development

4
USP 326UNeighborhood Change and Gentrification

4
USP 419/Soc 441Population and Society

4
WS 331U/Intl 331UWomen and 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.)