CIBER Courses & Degree Programs

UF-CIBER supports an extensive array of courses and degree programs at colleges and centers across the university. Undergraduate programs provide both a broad introduction to international business (IB) for thousands of students and specialized, intensive opportunities for those seeking more in-depth knowledge. Graduate students receive advanced IB training through formal coursework as well as seminars, workshops, and research abroad. CIBER also offers instruction at all levels in more than 25 foreign languages.

Below, find out more about IB-related programs and courses at the University of Florida.

Recent CIBER-Sponsored Courses

ECO 4730: The Firm in the Global Economy
This course, taught by CIBER Director Dr. Carol T. West, uses a unique combination of lectures, case studies, readings, team projects and presentations to explore the investment and selling decisions of firms in international markets. By surveying the richness and diversity of global economics and business environments, students gain hands-on knowledge about strategic economic decision making by both well-established international firms and those seeking to enter global markets.

During the class, students work in teams to create a plan for a company to enter a new national market. View a slide show featuring firms and countries from previous student projects.

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GEB 6930: International Business Study Tour: Argentina
CIBER Associate Director Dr. Andy Naranjo will conduct this course, which provides 25 students firsthand exposure to international businesses, business practices, markets and institutions. During spring break 2010, the class will visit important businesses, public institutions and cultural/historical sites in Argentina. CIBER Associate Director Dr. Terry McCoy will also accompany the group.

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LAS 6295/5676: The Latin American Business Environment
This course, taught by CIBER Associate Director Dr. Terry McCoy, equips students with the knowledge and skills necessary to effectively assess Latin America's business environment—present and future—and to operate successfully in it. It examines the region's ever-evolving economic reforms and regional trade agreements and addresses the social, political and legal factors affecting business and investment. It also analyzes the business culture and how to operate in it.

Key questions addressed include: What will Latin America's future look like? How will it cope with the growing demands of the global marketplace and uncertain capital flows? Will stronger links to China offset the U.S. economic downturn? Which countries will do well, and what kind of companies can best manage the region's opportunities and risks?

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Languages & Culture

Whether students seek to become fluent or simply conversant in a language and its culture, UF has a course to fulfill that need. In addition to traditional language classes, students can also take FLAC (Foreign Language Across the Curriculum) and CAC (Culture Across the Curriculum) sections, where language and culture are taught in conjunction with a course in another discipline (such as political science). In addition, UF offers instruction in several less commonly taught languages that the U.S. government has designated as "priority."

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Languages Recently Offered at UF

Akan
Amharic
Arabic
Brazilian Portuguese
Chinese
Czech
Dutch (Flemish)
English
French

German
Greek
Haitian Creole French
Hebrew
Hindi
Hungarian
Italian
Japanese
Latin

Polish Portuguese
Russian
Spanish
Swahili
Turkish
Vietnamese
Wolof
Xhosa
Yoruba

Priority Languages Recently Offered at UF
UF offers instructions in several languages that the U.S. government has designated as "priority."

Akan
Amharic
Arabic
Brazilian Portuguese
Chinese
Hebrew

Hindi
Japanese
Polish
Portuguese
Russian
Swahili

Turkish
Vietnamese
Wolof
Xhosa
Yoruba

Business Languages Offered at UF
For those unable to study a language extensively, UF offers language and culture instruction allowing students to gain the knowledge necessary to conduct business abroad successfully.

Arabic
Chinese
French

German
Japanese

Portuguese
Spanish

Foreign Languages Across the Curriculum (FLAC)
The FLAC program creates one-credit discussion sections conducted in a foreign language in conjunction with a course in another discipline.

IB-Related FLACs offered in Spring 2009:

AEB 3300, Principles of Agriculture and Food Marketing (J. Sterns) / FRE 3224, Marketing U.S. Food Products in the EU (T. Ahihou)
ECO 3704 & ECO 4730, International Trade & the Firm in the Global Economy (C. West) / SPN 3224, Trade and Investment in Latin America (S. Knouse)
OTH 3201, Applied Human Development (J. Foss) / SPN 3224, Generational Perspectives in Latin America (B. Suarez)
SPN 3224, Sports in Spain and Latin America (G. Moreland, 3 credits)
URP 3001, Cities of the World (J. Macedo) / POR 3224, Cities of the Portuguese-Speaking World (R. de Godoy) / SPN 3224, Cities of the Spanish-Speaking World (G. Moreland, 2 sections)

FLACs at UF

Culture Across the Curriculum (CAC)
The CAC program is an alternative for business students unable to learn a foreign business culture as part of a program of foreign language study, but wanting more in-depth information than provided in an Intro to IB class. CACs, one-credit courses delivered in English, are offered in conjunction with a broad set of upper-division business classes and explore business culture and protocol of a foreign country.