CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN BUSINESS, GOVERNMENT AND NGOS

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: FRENCH 228 , 311 , or INTL BUS/FRENCH 313 Course Designation: Core GenEd - Humanities & Arts Frgn Lang - 5th + semester language Level - Advanced L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Spring 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Understand current events in French-speaking Africa. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Recognize the ways in which those phenomena are understood, discussed and represented in other major Francophone regions (like Quebec, Mali, Morocco, France, and other regions), as well as in the United States. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Conceptualize and apply transferrable skills acquired in a liberal arts education to French-related international business and non-profit careers. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Apply the fundamentals of intercultural communication with a personal profile and “pitch,” in both English and French, to network more effectively. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Enhance oral and written communication skills, in both languages, applicable to networking and job-seeking situations. Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Understand current events in French-speaking Africa. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Recognize the ways in which those phenomena are understood, discussed and represented in other major Francophone regions (like Quebec, Mali, Morocco, France, and other regions), as well as in the United States. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Conceptualize and apply transferrable skills acquired in a liberal arts education to French-related international business and non-profit careers. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Apply the fundamentals of intercultural communication with a personal profile and “pitch,” in both English and French, to network more effectively. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Enhance oral and written communication skills, in both languages, applicable to networking and job-seeking situations. Audience: Undergraduate