INT 380

Global Practicum-I

The Global Practicum-I is the second year non-seat international business experience in the Three Year Degree Program in International Business. The course offers a broad exposure to geographic, commercial, political, economic and cultural attributes to an economically significant region of the world, and a firsthand exposure to a selected country in the region through a structured 7 to 10 day international field trip. The primary goal of the Global Practicum-I is to consolidate and reinforce functional/disciplinary practice in a non-classroom setting, and to relate this experience to discipline based knowledge acquired in the second year of the Three Year Degree Program in International Business. Students will be given opportunities to synthesize and integrate functional knowledge into practice in an experiential setting. The course is designed to provide the three-year students majoring in international business with a systematic foundation in the analysis, formulation and implementation of international business knowledge and skills in the context of a selected region of the world. IB students examine the forces underlying the political and economic dynamics in the region and the selected country. Through an in depth analysis of cultural, political and economic factors, students learn about critical strategic issues and operating challenges as well as business conditions in the region and the selected country and develop perspectives on managerial issues and essential skills for success. The exposure and the experience gained in this course is intended to offer IB students the opportunity to develop crucial job searching skills, explore career interests, enhance their resume, and to make contacts in the student's chosen field as well as to build references for future employment. It is formulated to be an integrative experience enabling students to synthesize and apply the theories and concepts learned previously in the required international business courses in a macro and micro context.

Units: 3.0-6.0(3.0)