2024-2025 Course List

Cultural and artistic traditions of groups that have experienced discrimination or exclusion in U.S. society and how these groups express themselves through the visual, literary and performing arts and other forms. May be repeated when topic changes.

Goal Areas:

GE-06, GE-07

Diverse Cultures:

Purple

Historical or cultural periods, beliefs, or movements of one of more groups outside Europe and America and the expressions of these traditions through the visual, literary and performing arts and other forms. May be repeated when topic changes.

Goal Areas:

GE-06, GE-08

Diverse Cultures:

Purple

Independent reading in the Humanities. Three options: 1) selected readings in Classical Humanities; 2) selected readings in Environmental Humanities; and 3) student-selected readings in Humanities. Requires permission of Humanities Program Director.

Topics in Humanities will be a variable-title course that explores special topics in common issues, ideas, and themes that run throughout different cultures and throughout human history. May be repeated with different topics.

Intensive study of a topic related to the field of Humanities. Topics vary and engage students in issues of cultural and artistic periods, trends, theories, expression, and/or global or historic connections.

Prerequisites:

HUM 282W

An individual project by Humanities Majors that will demonstrate an ability to use interdisciplinary methods to draw together different areas of study in focusing on a specific topic, problem or concern. Requires approval of the Humanities Director or designated advisor. Prereq: Admission to college as Humanities major.

Prerequisites:

Admission to college as Humanities Major

An applied work and learning experience in the field of interdisciplinary Humanities.

Prerequisites:

HUM 282W, advanced standing in Humanities and consent of instructor.

Interdisciplinary study in an area for which the student has basic preparation.

Prerequisites:

Approval of faculty.

Studies of selected periods, issues, artifacts, or texts from an interdisciplinary perspective.

The course exposes students to texts, issues, strategies, and materials for designing and assessing an interdisciplinary humanities course. Part of the course will involve participants observing and evaluating how Humanities classes are taught. Pre-reqs or Co-reqs: HUM 550 and 631

This course introduces prospective and practicing teachers to research tools, strategies, and materials related to interdisciplinary humanities both useful for the Plan B paper or Portfolio and also useful for classroom activities. Pre-reqs or co-reqs: HUM 550 and 631

This course will proceed as a directed written project as the culminaton of a student's internship in which he/she reflects on and analyzes the planning and actual teaching associated with that experience and contemplates changes necessary for a more successful experience.

Interdisciplinary study in an area for which student has basic preparation.

A prospective or practicing teacher will team with faculty to deliver an interdisciplinary humanities course at MSU, M, a community college, or a high school (this last setting available only to practicing teachers). Pre-reqs or Co-reqs: HUM 631 and 651

International dimensions of business: global business environment (economic, cultural, legal, political) and international business functions (management, marketing, finance, exporting, importing).

Curricular Practical Training: Co-Operative Experience is a zero-credit full-time practical training experience for one summer and an adjacent fall or spring term. Special rules apply to preserve full-time student status. Please contact an advisor in your program for complete information.

Prerequisites:

Permission of the Chairperson of the department; co-op contract; other prerequisites may also apply.

Topics on current developments in international business, technology, and legislation.

Prerequisites:

IBUS 380

Managerial approach to marketing decision making in multicultural market situations.

Prerequisites:

MRKT 210

This course examines cross-cultural differences in business practices. Among the topics covered are the differences in management styles, multiculturalism, international negotiations, as well as international human resource issues, social responsibility and ethics in a global context, international labor relations, cultural synergy and multicultural teams.

International finance functions in a corporation include currency issues, investment, financial markets interacting, raising debt and equity, and export financing.

Prerequisites:

IBUS 380

Provides knowledge and documentary skills in managing and implementing the export operations of firms engaged in international trade.

Prerequisites:

IBUS 380

A capstone course for students majoring in international business designed to analyze and integrate the various international business management decisions.

Prerequisites:

IBUS 428, IBUS 448, IBUS 469 (select 2 out of the 3 courses)

Study tours are led by Minnesota State University, Mankato faculty and provide students with opportunities to visit companies and attend lectures by renowned experts from key sectors of economy, government, and business.

Supervised experience in business, industry, state or federal institutions.

Prerequisites:

Consent

Supervised experience in business, industry, state or federal institutions. Taken for grade only.

Prerequisites:

Consent