GLOBALIZING THE BUSINESS CURRICULUM AT ALABAMA STATE UNIVERSITY
OBJECTIVES

This project is designed to both instill an international perspective in ASU College of Business Administration students, faculty, and local small businesses and prepare them with the skills and knowledge to operate in a global business environment.  The specific objectives of the project are:

1.       Curriculum Development:
a.       Develop and implement an undergraduate minor in international business, with a foreign language component.
b.       Develop and offer three new International Business courses to meet the global content needs of the International Business minor. 
c.       Introduce real-time, real-life case studies in the graduate-level course in International Accounting through videoconferencing presentations made by Executives from top Accounting firms.

2.       South Korea Study-Tours and Domestic Automotive Plant Tours:
a.       Develop and implement two overseas week-long study-tours to South Korea for our students with the help of our university partner in South Korea - ChungAng University.  The College will send a total of 10 Faculty and 14 students to South Korea in a two-year period.
b.       Organize daylong tours for COBA students to the Hyundai, Honda, and Mercedes-Benz automotive plants located in Alabama. These three plants are operated by large global corporations headquartered in South Korea, Japan, and Germany respectively.

3.       Faculty Development: 
a.       Provide faculty training in international business to facilitate higher standards in teaching and research. This will be done through our agreements with the CIBERs at University of Memphis and University of Connecticut, and our university and business partners.
b.       Provide competitive grants to faculty for conducting research in International Business. A total of four award each worth $3000 will be awarded to COBA faculty to conduct research in International Business.

4.       Community Outreach:
a.       Conduct summer workshop, in collaboration with Alabama Automotive Manufacturer Association, to provide training on international issues and business opportunities in the state of Alabama. The focus will be on making the participants (small business owners, and high school teachers) aware of global issues involved in the rapidly growing automotive industry in the state of Alabama.
b.       Disseminate issues concerning International Business through a web portal, quarterly electronic news letters, and a journal entitled Global Business @ ASU. 
c.       Enter into a mentor-protégé agreement with the Wilcox County’s Central High School and help them globalize their curriculum as a “pre-program” to prepare and encourage students to study International Business when they enter college.