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Oct 15, 2024
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2018-2019 Undergraduate Catalog [Archived Catalog]
Workplace Intercultural Competence Certificate
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Program Coordinator/Contact
Christine Garst-Santos, Associate Professor of Spanish and Interim Department Head
Department of Modern Languages and Global Studies
Wagner Hall 121
605-688-5102
Program Information
The Workplace Intercultural Competence Certificate prepares graduates with the knowledge and skills needed to provide management of diverse workplaces in a variety of settings including business, construction, and agriculture. Students gain a basic understanding of the challenges of second-language acquisition and intercultural communication, and acquire and hone the skills required to work in a diversity-rich setting and engage in intercultural communication. Students are introduced to basic theories and research regarding communication between cultures.
Student Learning Outcomes
Students will be able to:
- Identify the basic challenges of second-language acquisition.
- Demonstrate novice-high competency in a second language; according to the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, this means that students can sometimes but not consistently maintain simple conversation and can communicate via a combination of learned utterances and spontaneous language mostly in the present tense.
- Demonstrate an understanding of cultural frames by comparing and contrasting aspects of a non-U.S. culture with U.S. culture.
- Identify and apply basic theories of intercultural praxis: Through dialogue and reflection, demonstrate an inquiry into cultural contexts; awareness of one’s own cultural frame of reference; and consideration of one’s own geographical, sociopolitical and historical relation to knowledge.
- Demonstrate an ability to appropriately adapt behavior to cultural differences.
- Demonstrate competency in workplace management.
Course Delivery Format
Program courses are taught on campus, online, and in field-based settings appropriate to the course content.
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Requirements for Workplace Intercultural Competence Certificate: 14-15 Credits
Select from the following
Select one management elective course from the following. Credits: 3-4
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