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five different options that vary in length and academic focus.
All options provide students with a learning environment
that builds competencies in communication, team work,
and in-depth analysis. Listed below are
the five options offered:
This year
long option consists of a fall and spring semester followed by
a 10 week
summer professional internship. The goal is to create a learning
environment which challenges the student to gain cross-cultural
competencies of communication, team work, and analysis and
to use these competencies to study real-world companies which
are challenged to apply principles of corporate social responsibility
in their everyday operations.
By working in a team composed of students from different countries,
regions, and linguistic backgrounds, the student will learn
firsthand, experientially, what it truly means to understand
their business associates in order to manage effectively.
The theme
of the Tri-National summer course will be based on “The
Reality of Successful Business in the NAFTA Countries.” Students
will learn how corporate social responsibility contributes to
ethical and sustainable competitiveness. This summer course will
be four weeks long during the months of May and June with a planned
10 day
learning module in each country. It will be conducted sequentially
on three of the campuses of the six member institutions.
This semester is structured around a set of courses which reflect
the specialty strengths of each participating school. Students
who choose this option will be required to select four courses
from a list of courses in the specialty area.
At the
conclusion of the semester, the student will obtain a NAFTA
Certificate
of Completion in areas such as: NAFTA Certificate
in Environmental Management, University of Vermont; NAFTA Certificate
in Agribusiness, Western Illinois University; NAFTA Certificate
in International Marketing at the Universidad Autónoma
de Querétaro; NAFTA Certificate in International Finance
at the Universidad Panamericana; NAFTA Certificate in International
Management, University of Sherbrooke; NAFTA Certificate in
International Management, University of Moncton. This semester
option is open only to undergraduate students.
Students will have an opportunity to select an individual plan
of study for a semester exchange at one of the six partner
institutions.
Students will have an opportunity to participate in an intensive
summer language program in French, English, or Spanish.
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