Program Revision Guidelines
EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY
DIVISION OF ACADEMIC AFFAIRS
OUTLINE FOR SUBMITTING PROPOSALS TO REVISE PROGRAMS
Use this outline to prepare proposals to revise existing programs, including undergraduate majors and minors
and graduate degree programs and certificates. Proposals for revising programs should be submitted in
narrative form, using the following outline. Guidelines are on the following page.
PROGRAM NAME AND SUBJECT CODE: GROUP MAJOR IN LANGUAGE AND INTERNATIONAL TRADE
REVISED PROGRAM NAME AND SUBJECT CODE (IF APPLICABLE): LANGUAGE AND INTERNATIONAL CAREERS (LIC)
IN FRENCH (LIC-FRNH), GERMAN (LIC-GERN) AND SPANISH (LIC-SPNH)
DEGREE:
BA
DEPARTMENT(S)/SCHOOL(S):
WOLRD LANGUAGES
COLLEGE(S):
CONTACT PERSONS:
R. WESTON-GIL, / MARGRIT ZINGGELER
CONTACT EMAIL:
RWESTON3@EMICH.EDU
REQUESTED START DATE: TERM
/
FALL YEAR
CONTACT PHONE:
ARTS & SCIENCES
734-497-0130
MZINGGELE@EMICH.EDU
2012
I. Rationale
The Group Major in Languages and International Trade (LIT) program has suffered in enrollment since the
introduction of the International Business Program in the College of Business in 2006. Still, in many careers
in the modern world (both domestically and in the international setting), foreign language expertise, crosscultural knowledge, professional communication abilities, and translation skills are very beneficial. In light
of the importance of such training, the Business Language Committee of the Department of World
Languages proposes the broadening of the LIT program to include a variety of additional disciplines beyond
business. Opening the program to other areas of specialization is reflected in the new name we are
proposing: Languages and International Careers (LIC).
Students majoring in the LIC program will still have the option to choose a minor in business; in addition,
the expanded program also permits students to specialize in other appropriate areas, such as economics,
political science, geography, history, tourism, journalism, health administration, school health, social work,
social services, hotel and restaurant management, and sociology.
Since foreign language proficiency (including translation skills) and cross-cultural communication are highly
advantageous in both domestic and international career positions, students in the revised LIC program will
complete two additional language courses and two additional culture courses. The overall credit hour
requirement stays the same in the revised LIC program as in the currently existing LIT program. The number
of required courses in marketing, economics, and political science in the existing LIT program is reduced,
but the LIC program includes a wider variety of restricted electives in these specializations and allows LIC
students to complete a full minor in any of these areas if they want.
The Japanese section in the Department of World Languages has decided to keep their LIT major and will
submit their own revision from LIT Group Major to LIT in Japanese.
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II. Description of Current Program
The major in Language and International Trade is designed to integrate the study of modern foreign
languages and cultures with preparation in the field of international business. The major objective of the
program is to provide students with the skills, knowledge and understanding needed to function in a foreign
environment and in professional dealings with business people and clients who speak foreign languages.
Students completing this group major will have met the major and minor requirements for graduation. The
minor is included in the major requirements.
REQUIREMENTS FOR THE GROUP MAJOR IN LANGUAGE AND INTERNATIONAL TRADE
BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS COURSES
30 HOURS
1. BUSINESS MINOR (21 hours): Students must complete requirements for a minor in an operational area
of business of their choosing. These areas include: economics, marketing, management, accounting,
finance, business computer systems and general business, among others. Special combinations of business
courses equivalent to a minor are possible in consultation with an adviser.
2. MKTG 460* International Marketing (pre-requisite MKTG 360)
3 hours
*MKTG 460 may not be double counted.
3. ECON 480 International Economics
3 hours
4. UPPER LEVEL ELECTIVE IN BUSINESS OR ECONOMICS:
3 hours
(Needed to complete the 30-hour business and economics component.)
C. LANGUAGE AND AREA STUDIES
30 HOURS
1. Language Courses
18 hours
Students must choose a language of concentration from French, German, Japanese or Spanish and must
complete a minimum of 18 hours in that language. *
These 18 hours must include:
FRNH, GERN, SPNH 343, JPNE 343
3 hours
FRNH, GERN, JPNE, SPNH 361
3 hours
FRNH, GERN, JPNE SPNH 446 and 447
6 hours
One additional course at the 300 level
3 hours
Once additional course at the 400 level
3 hours
* Students choose appropriate entry-level foreign language courses in consultation with the advisor.
Beginning students may be required to take some or all of the following courses, depending upon
their level of placement when entering the program:
FRNH, GERN, JPNE, or SPNH 121, 122
FRNH, GERN 221, 222, and 233, 234
JPNE 211, 212
SPNH 201, 202, 222
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2. Area Study: Geography/History Courses
6 hours
Note: Gen. Ed. GEOG 110 is a pre-requisite 300/400 level GEOG, satisfied by Gen.Ed. Area III. 1.
Students choose two course(s) appropriate to the countries of their foreign language major or with an
international content:
o Two courses from any 300/400 level GEOG and/or HIST course of the history or geography of
appropriate country and/or an additional 300/400 level foreign language course for a total of 6 credits
o Option 1: GEOG and HIST Option 2: GEOG and FL
Option 3: HIST and FL
3. Area Study: Political Science Course
3 hours
Choose one from the following:
PLSC 211 Introduction to Comparative Government
PLSC 212 Introduction to International Politics
PLSC 341 International Law
PLSC 342 International Organization
PLSC 354 Government and Politics of Canada
PLSC 367 Contemporary Political Systems of Latin America
PLSC 412 Comparative Legal Systems
4. *Field Experience
3-6 hours
• FRNH, GERN, JPNE, SPNH 490 Study Abroad (intensive program of six weeks, 6 cr.; also counts
for Gen.Ed. Learning Beyond the Classroom)
or
or
• FLA 489 Internship in International Trade (3 cr.)
• FLA 387, 487 Cooperative Education in Language and International Trade (3 cr.)
* Consult with LIT Advisor
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III. Proposed Revision
The revised Language and International Careers (LIC) programs in French, German, and Spanish prepare
students for international careers in health, tourism, social work, social services, translation and
interpretation, communication, government, and business. Its primary objective is the acquisition of foreign
language skills, as well as cross-cultural knowledge to achieve advanced foreign language proficiency,
cross-cultural competence, and effective professional communication.
REQUIREMENTS FOR THE MAJOR IN LANGUAGE AND INTERNATIONAL CAREERS (LIC)
LANGUAGE, INTERNATIONAL, AND CULTURAL STUDIES
33-36 HOURS
1. Language Courses (24 HOURS)*
Students must choose a language of concentration (French, German, or Spanish) and must complete a
minimum of 24 hours in that language:
Required courses
FRNH 343, GERN 343, or SPNH 343
FRNH 344, GERN 344, or SPNH 344
FRNH 361, GERN 361, or SPNH 361
FRNH 467, GERN 366, or SPHN 411 or 412
FRNH 446, GERN 446, or SPNH 446
FRNH 479, GERN 479, or SPNH 479
(Special Topics in Translation)
Elective courses
FRNH 341, 342, 447, 450, 466, or 476
GERN 441, 442, 428, 443, 444, or 447
SPNH 420, 423, 430, or 447
18 HOURS
3 hours
3 hours
3 hours
3 hours
3 hours
3 hours
6 HOURS:
3 hours
3 hours
3 hours
* Students choose appropriate entry-level foreign language courses in consultation with the advisor.
Beginning students may be required to take some or all of the following courses, depending upon their
level of placement when entering the program:
FRNH, GERN, SPNH 121, 122
FRNH, GERN, 221,222; 233, 234; SPNH 201, 202, 222
2. International and Cultural Courses (Restricted Electives) 6 HOURS
Select 2 required elective courses of the following lists in consultation with an adviser. Note: students may
need to take prerequisites for some courses listed here. Some of these 200-level courses may also be used to
satisfy EMU general education requirements. Courses selected to fulfill the LIC 6-hour minimum in
international and cultural studies cannot also be counted toward the minor.
1. Anthropology Courses
ANTH 214 U.S. Racial and Cultural minorities
ANTH 233 Cultures of Mesoamerica and the Caribbean
ANTH 236 Peoples and Cultures of Africa
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ANTH 248
ANTH 329
ANTH 330
ANTH 336
ANTH 350
ANTH 385
Peoples and Cultures of the Pacific
Medical Anthropology
Anthropology of Law and Politics
Social and Cultural Change
Ancient Civilizations of Mesoamerica
Culture of Japan
2. Business Courses
ACCT 475 International Accounting
FIN
370 International Business Finance
IB
210 Fundamental of Global Business
IB
370 International Business Ethics
LAW 350 International Business Law
MGMT 202 Business Communication
MGMT 492 Managing World Business Communication
MGMT 495 International Management
MKTG 375 International Business Transactions
MKTG 460 International Marketing
3. Communication Course
CTAC 225 Listening Behavior
CTAC 226 Nonverbal Communication
CTAC 274 Intercultural Communication
CTAC 275 Interracial/Interethnic Communication
CTAC 350 Persuasion
CTAC 352 Communication and Negotiation
CTAC 356 Argumentation and Debate
CTAC 376 Communication and Conflict Situation
4. Economic Courses
ECON 108 Introduction to Global Economy
ECON 385 Comparative Development
ECON 480 International Economics
5. Geography courses
GEOG 212 Geography of Travel and Tourism
GEOG 235 Economic Geography
GEOG 314 Geography of Russian and Neighboring States
GEOG 315 Travel and Tourism: The European Scene
GEOG 318 Geography of Asia
GEOG 319 Geography of Europe
GEOG 321 Geography of Latin America
GEOG 336 Tourism and Socioeconomic Development
6. History Courses
HIST 316 History of Modern Europe
HIST 317 History of Latin America
HIST 326 History of Modern Asia
HIST 355 Latin America: Colonial Period
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HIST 356 Latin America: National Period
HIST 442 Modern China
HIST 443 Modern Japan
HIST 456 Europe since 1945
HIST 457 History of Mexico
HIST 461 Foreign Relations of the United States
7. Political Science courses
PLSC 211 Introduction to Comparative Government
PLSC 212 Introduction to International Politics
PLSC 311 Politics of the Developing World
PLSC 341 International Law
PLSC 342 International Organization
PLSC 354 Government and Politics of Canada
PLSC 367 Contemporary Political Systems of Latin America
PLSC 374 Asia Political Systems
PLSC 412 Comparative Legal Systems
3. FIELD EXPERIENCE (3-6 HOURS)
Consult with LIC Advisor for one of the following:
• FRNH, GERN, SPNH 490 Study Abroad (intensive program of six weeks, 6 cr.
(also counts for Gen. Ed. Learning Beyond the Classroom)
• FLA 489 Internship in International Careers (3 cr.)
• FLA 387, 487 Cooperative Education in Language and International Trade (3 cr.)
The following information is included to illustrate the kind of minor that could be chosen to complement the
revised major which is the subject of this proposal.
RECOMMENDATION FOR THE MINOR (21 HOURS): In consultation with advisers in LIC and an
appropriate area, students can choose a minor to receive concentrated training in a wide variety of
professional disciplines, such as economics, political science, geography, history, business for non-business
majors, communications, computer science, international affairs, journalism, public law and government,
health administration, school health, social work, social services, government, hotel and restaurant
management, sociology, tourism, military science and leadership (ROTC).
IV. Impact
The revision of the Group Major in Language and International Trade (LIT) to Language for International
Careers (LIC) Programs in French, German, and Spanish increases the number of credits of the foreign
language requirements from 18 to 24 including culture and literature or translation courses. Students in the
LIC program choose a minor in a professional discipline (e.g. communications, international affairs, health,
hotel and restaurant management, law, social work, social services, travel and tourism, business, ROTC, etc.)
in consultation with an adviser in the appropriate area. Furthermore, students are required to choose 6 hours
of international and cultural courses. The field experience remains the same as in the existing LIT program.
No course revisions are necessary for the proposed LIC program. It basically opens the existing LIT
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program to non-business minors and realigns area studies.
The revision of the Group Major in Language and International Careers (LIC) Program parallels EMU’s
strategies and goals for internationalizing the professional curriculum.
The number of required courses in marketing, economics, and political science in the existing LIT program
is reduced, but the LIC program includes a wider variety of restricted electives in these specializations and
allows LIC students to complete a full minor in any of these areas if they want. Since the LIC program
option includes a minor in a variety of disciplines with a culturally global focus, many EMU departments
will be positively impacted by the broadening of the existing LIT program.
The Department of World Languages hopes to increase enrollment with the new LIC program option and is
eager to work with other disciplines regarding the advising of minors within LIC.
The Japanese section continues to offer the existing LIT program for the time being.
V. Budget
Since no new courses are created, the program option of LIC does not need additional funds.
VI. Action of the Department/College
1. Department/School:
Vote of faculty:
For
Against
(Enter the number of votes cast in each category.)
I support this proposal. The proposed revision can
cannot
Department(s)/School(s) without additional College or University resources.
Department Head/School Director Signature
Abstentions
be implemented within the affected
Date
2. College/Graduate School:
A. College
I support this proposal. The proposed program can
College without additional University resources.
cannot
College Dean Signature
be implemented within the affected
Date
B. Graduate School (Graduate Program Revisions ONLY)
Graduate Dean Signature
Date
VII. Approval
Associate Vice-President for Academic Programming Signature
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VIII. Appendices
A. Market Analysis/Needs Assessment
B. Mandates
C. Request for New/Revised Course Forms
D. Letters of Support from Impacted Departments
E. Cost Analysis (Complete only if the revision cannot be implemented without additional University resources. Fill in
Estimated Resources for the sponsoring department(s). Attach separate estimates for other affected departments.)
Estimated Resources:
Year One
Year Two
Year Three
Faculty / Staff
$_________
$_________
$_________
SS&M
$_________
$_________
$_________
Equipment
$_________
$_________
$_________
Total
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EASTRN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY
DIVISION OF ACADEMIC AFFAIRS
DIRECTIONS FOR PREPARING PROPOSALS TO REVISE DEGREE PROGRAMS
Departments/Schools intending to submit proposals for revising programs are encouraged to consult with the
Course and Program Development Office and, if appropriate, the Graduate School prior to submitting such
proposals. Proposals for program revisions should be submitted in narrative form, according to the following
guidelines:
I. Rationale: Explain completely the rationale for the proposed revision. If it is the result of a market analysis or needs
assessment, include documentation as Appendix A. If the revision is the result of state of Michigan, federal or accrediting
agency mandate, attach documentation, including required implementation date, as Appendix B.
II. Description of Current Program: Describe the current program as it appears in the most recent University catalog.
Include information about major/minor requirements, restricted and general electives, and the minimum number of total credit
hours students completing the program will have taken by the time they graduate.
III. Proposed Revision: Provide a complete description of the revised program, organized so that the current and revised
programs can easily be compared. Include a list of any new or revised courses. Indicate whether the proposed revision will
increase the number of credit hours in the program, and provide a rationale for any increase.. Attach completed Request for New
Course and/or Request for Course Revision form for each proposed new or revised course as Appendix C.
IV. Impact: Indicate whether and how the proposed revision will impact other University programs. Attach letters of support
from affected departments as Appendix D.
V. Budget: Describe the budgetary impact of the proposed revision. If new resources will be needed, indicate their source.
If the revision will require resources beyond those the department/school or college can provide, attach a cost analysis as
Appendix E. (Note: If a significant portion of the cost of the revised program will be borne by Continuing Education, include
evidence of Continuing Education’s willingness to bear those costs.)
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Our department's International Affairs and Instructional Committees reviewed the proposal to
revise the Language and International Trade major and to rename it Language and International
Careers. Professor Margrit Zinggeler (WLNG) met with Professor Richard Stahler-Sholk on
March 27. He led a discussion among the members of our two committees, who already had
copies of the proposal.
Our committees had no objection to the substantive nature of the revisions. They had concerns,
however, about the proposed name change. The new major, which would be called Language &
International Careers, would contain mainly language courses, plus 6 credit hours of other
internationally-related electives chosen from many departments. Their main concern is that this
sounds a lot like our existing International Affairs (INTA) curriculum, except that it is much
more heavily weighted toward language courses. The potential problem is that students
selecting a major might be confused by the similarity in names between "Language &
International Careers" and "International Affairs," when in fact the LIC major does not give them
much background for work in many international organizations or for graduate school in
international affairs or area studies.
In his summary of their March 27 conversation, Professor Stahler-Sholk reported that Professor
Zinggeler noted that students taking the pared-down LIC major could still choose an appropriate
minor, e.g. in Political Science, depending on their career goal. She agreed to go back to the
World Languages faculty and consider a different name that would be less confusing for
students. They will also write catalog language that describes the specific kinds of careers for
which this language-intensive training isintended.
A couple of suggestions for the name of the major that our committees tossed around were
"World Languages and Careers" and "Global Languages and Careers." It is worth noting that
International Affairs was created as an interdisciplinary curriculum that does not require a minor
to graduate. Given the LIC proposal, we will try to develop an INTA minor next year that
would meet the needs ofLIC and other majors. The minor came up in other discussions last
year with World Languages, but we have not moved forward with it.
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