Theories and practices of strategy development and execution are examined in business case scenarios. Key topics covered include vision-driven innovation, pursuit of differentiated competitive advantage, and deployment of distinctive capabilities. Although a plan is required to enact a strategy, often the most significant lever for success is establishing effective change. (Prerequisite: completion of 90 credit hours).

The goal of this course is to develop intercultural competence among students that is consistent with the Immaculata University mission statement regarding “formation of the whole person for leadership and service, and empowerment of all to seek truth,” and “promote justice.” This program will introduce students to the world beyond which they know.

Study of the assumptions and values of mainstream U.S. culture as contrasted with other cultures of the world. Oral presentations, roundtable discussions, and written essays to encourage contrastive analysis of U.S. and other cultures.

In this survey course, students will read and discuss classical and contemporary sources regarding the history, socio-economic, religious, geographic, food and nutritional habits, immigration and aesthetic factors that have influenced the culture of China, Japan, and Korea. Students will experience various forms of East Asian culture present in our local area and reflect, through journaling, on their interaction with East Asian culture. They will research one specific area of culture and present their findings in their individual, culminating research paper and presentation to the class.

This course examines major works of German literature from the later 20th Century. The course focuses on how German authors and their readers have grappled with Germany’s “freighted” past. This means German democracy and dictatorship, the moral responsibility for persecution and genocide, the moral responsibility of citizenship, and the anesthetic effects of material prosperity.

Students will learn the most important traits of the cultures of the Spanish-speaking world within and outside of the United States. They will further develop their sensitivity toward and appreciation of Hispanic cultures. Offered only through corporate training opportunities. (Prerequisites: SPAN 163, 164, 165)

Study of the historical, literary, artistic development of Latinos in US, immigration issues and Latino participation in politics and civil life.

Theories of globalization. As the peoples of the world become more interdependent in terms of technology, economics, and cross-cultural exchange, various issues arise. Examination of the major views of globalization and its critics, studying how the process occurs in the context of one specific non-Western city.

Exploration of the dynamics of international diversity and intercultural communication within the context of the globalization of the world economy.

Exploration of the nuances of intercultural expression in the global community for an awareness and sensitivity needed for mutual understanding in international affairs. (Offered only in ACCEL® accelerated format.) CUS student required special permission to enroll.