Workplace Intercultural Competence Certificate

Location(s): Brookings Main Campus

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Program Coordinator/Contact

José (Pepe) Álvarez, Associate Professor of Spanish
School of American and Global Studies
Lincoln Hall 321, Box 2212
605-688-4273

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.

Course Delivery Format

Program courses are taught on campus, online, and in field-based settings appropriate to the course content.

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.

Requirements for Workplace Intercultural Competence Certificate: 14-15 Credits

Select from the following

Select one management elective course from the following. Credits: 3-4

ADV 370 - Advertising Principles (COM) Credits: 3
AGEC 371 - Agricultural Business Management Credits: 3
AS 445 - Value-Added Meat Products Credits: 2
AS 445L - Value-Added Meat Products Lab Credits: 1
AS 474 - Cow/Calf Management Credits: 2
AS 474L - Cow/Calf Management Lab Credits: 1
AS 475 - Feedlot Operations and Management Credits: 2
AS 475L - Feedlot Operations and Management Lab Credits: 1
AS 478 - Swine Production Credits: 2
AS 478L - Swine Production Lab Credits: 1
BADM 101 - Survey of Business (COM) Credits: 3
BADM / MGMT 360 - Organization and Management (COM) Credits: 3
CM 400 - Risk Management and Construction Safety Credits: 3
DS 421 - Dairy Plant Management Credits: 3
DS 421L - Dairy Plant Management Lab Credits: 1
DS 481 - Dairy Farm Operations II Credits: 3
DS 481L - Dairy Farm Operations II Lab Credits: 1
ECE 325 - Inclusion and the Diverse Learner Credits: 3
EEC 334 - Diversity in the Lives of Young Children and Families Credits: 3
HMGT 171 - Introduction to Hospitality, Tourism, and Event Industry Credits: 3
HMGT 472 - Hospitality Facilities Management and Design Credits: 3
HRM 460 - Human Resource Management (COM) Credits: 3
LDR 435 - Organizational Leadership and Team Development Credits: 3
MCOM 430 - Media Law (COM) Credits: 3
NRM 300 - Laws and Policies in Natural Resource Management Credits: 3
OM 462 - Quality Management Credits: 3
OM 463 - Supply Chain Management Credits: 3