Notes regarding credits...

This course consists of 40 hours of instruction. However, students may earn 45 hours by attending supplemental sessions and completing additional coursework. Please check with your home university to find out whether you need 40 or 45 hours to earn course equivalents.

Note: A placement exam will be required when you arrive on site.

High Advanced

This course is designed for students who have completed or tested out of a minimum of five semesters (or seven quarters) of college-level Spanish. However, students must take a placement exam to determine the course level into which they will be able to enroll.

TOPIC 1: Business Culture
Unit 1: Latin American Business Culture
A. Hofstede: Cultural Ideas
B. Trompenaars: Cultural Ideas
C. Organizational Culture in 10 Latin American Countries: The Globe Report

TOPIC 2: Fundamentals of the Latin American Economy
Unit 2: Fundamentals of the Argentine Economy
Unit 3: Fundamentals of the Uruguayan Economy
Unit 4: Fundamentals of the Chilean Economy
Unit 5: Fundamentals of the Brazilian Economy
Unit 6: Fundamentals of the Peruvian Economy
Unit 7: Fundamentals of the Columbian Economy
Unit 8: Fundamentals of the Mexican Economy
Unit 9: Fundamentals of the Cuban Economy
Unit 10: Fundamentals of the Panamanian Economy
Unit 11: Fundamentals of the Venezuelan Economy

TOPIC 3: Europe and Iberian America
A. Economic Integration in Latin America
B. The Economic Role of Spanish Americans in the United States
C. The Status of Puerto Rico
D. Economic Relations between Europe and Latin America
E. Business between Europe and Iberian America
F. European Investment in Iberian America
G. European help to Iberian America
H. Mercosur
I. Economic Relations between Spain and Latin America