Students can combine the academic program with a part-time internship for a truly unique and practical experience.

Students will be housed with local families in Guayaquil in a single or shared room (with the same gender). Homestay families will provide most meals. Linens are provided. Each home is equipped with running water, electricity and indoor plumbing.

Accounting
Advertising
Biology
Business
Economics
Finance
International Business
Marketing
Math
Latin American Studies
Physics
Psychology
Spanish Language
Statistics

Students should choose at least 5 courses and 2 alternates prior to program departure to ensure they receive a full credit load upon returning from their semester abroad. All courses, except those noted otherwise, are worth 3 credits:

Principles of Accounting I - Introduction to financial accounting concepts. Emphasis is placed on the accounting cycle.

Principles of Accounting II - Introduction to managerial accounting concepts. Emphasis is placed on use of accounting information in decision making.

Principles of Advertising - Broad survey of basic advertising in marketing contexts. Includes advertising management, social & buyer issues, creative & media strategy, agency, and domestic and global aspects.

Biological Principles - A comprehensive treatment of biological principles, including the scientific methods, evolution and natural selection, cell biology, energy transformation, development, genetics and molecular biology.

Business Law – Contracts, agency matter applies to all business fields of study.

Latin American Politics – Request course description.

Macro Economics - Introduction to the modern theory of income determination, with emphasis on monetary and fiscal policies to achieve full employment and economic growth.

Micro Economics - Introduction to the determination of prices in a market economy and to the concepts of scarcity and the role of prices in distributing incomes.

Money and Banking - An examination of the roles of money and credits our economy, emphasizing the impact of monetary factors on income and prices.

International Monetary Economics - The international monetary system with special emphasis on the balance of international payments, exchange rates and adjustment problems, and the world’s debt problem.

College Writing I and II- Reading examples of effective expository prose and writing essays practicing the forms of rhetoric.

Writing for Management - Prepares the student to write professionally in support of management objectives for audiences within and outside a corporation or nonprofit enterprise. Some projects designed in consultation with departments of the Business School. Proofreading skills stressed

Advanced Exposition - A study of rhetorical techniques, including principles of classical rhetoric.

Principles of Financial Management - Survey of Financial Management, including capital budgeting, cost of capital and financial analysis.

Financial Institutions - An examination of commercial banks and other financial intermediaries, in their relationship to the money and capital markets and to their interaction in the channeling of saving into investment.

Advanced Managerial Finance - Advanced techniques of financial analysis for dealing with the problems of a business, including budgeting of financial resources, cost of funds, capital structure, mergers, consolidations liquidation, risk analysis, and other aspects of financial planning and control. Integrating cases are used.

International Finance - A study of financing international trade. The transfer of international payments, trades and payments, trade and payment restrictions, foreign exchange rates and investment. A survey of the European Economics Community and developing nations with particular attention to the Caribbean and South America.

Information Systems Fundamentals - Introduction to data processing concepts and beginning use of representative microcomputer software packages.

Management Information Systems - Essentials and management of information systems resources; information system in the organization: social implications: use and evaluation of common microcomputer software packages.

Intermediate Business Programming - An examination of the underlying structure of computer systems. Digital logic and computer hardware, operating system functions, algorithms, and introduction to programming in C and assembly languages.

Object-Oriented Application - Introduction to algorithms and object-oriented language (e.g. C + + or JAVA). Topics include collections (e.g., arrays, linked lists, stacks), programming techniques (e.g., iteration, recursion) and common algorithms (e.g., hashing, sorting).

Modern Latin American History - Studies the Latin American republics from the wars of independence to the present. Major problems facing the region studied in their historical context.

Introduction to American Studies - Beginning course for Latin American Studies curriculum. Serves as an introduction to the methodologies of the field and describes life in Latin America. Required for Latin American Studies students.

College Algebra - Linear and quadratic functions, systems of equations and inequalities, polynomial function and equations, complex numbers rational exponents and radicals, matrices and determinants, exponential and logarithmic functions.

Methods of Calculus - A descriptive and intuitive introduction to the methods and applications of differentiation and integration. Primarily for social science and business administration majors

Life Science Calculus II - Continuation of the topícs listed under Life Science Calculus I, examples and other topics of interest to Biology and Psychology students.

Calculus with Analytic Geometry I (4 credits)- Continuity, differentiability, differential approximation, optimization and curve sketching of functions and inverse functions of a single variable, including treatment of trigonometric functions. Mean value theorem and L´hopital´s Rule. Introduction to integration.

Introduction to Management and Organizational Behavior - An introduction to managerial principles including planning, organizing, staffing, leadership and control techniques. A behavioral science foundation of individual needs, motivation and group processes will be utilized.

Operations Management - A descriptive and introductory course in the fundamentals of operations management. Students will be introduced to the basic concepts and techniques of managing operations both in manufacturing and non-manufacturing sectors. Includes product and process design, demand forecasting, facilities layout and location, materials management, inventory management, production planning and quality assurance. The international aspects of operations are highlighted wherever appropriate, as is the role of management information systems in operation management.

Personnel Administration - Covers all aspects modern personnel administration including selection, training, appraisal, compensation, incentives and discipline. Will be taught from the viewpoint of management generalist as well as those planning a career in personnel.

International Business - International dimensions of American enterprise. Examination of businesses, overseas organizations, operation, and problems of conducting international business.

Global Strategy and Policy - This is the capstone course for all majors. In this class, students will explore the competitive environment on a global, examine all external factors that affect the firm domestically and globally, and provide solutions that include globalization as a strategy option.

Marketing Management - Channels of distribution, price policies, promotion, consumer demand, product planning, the role of government in marketing, and the social evaluation of marketing.

International Marketing Management - An introductory course designed for designed for non-International Business majors that examines the international business and marketing environment and international marketing management.

International Marketing - An examination of the new developments in the ever changing field of international marketing, including foreign marketing in the United States. A study of selected specified products, activities and market areas.

Reason and Value - Introduction to principles of philosophical thinking through examination of fundamental issues in philosophy, with emphasis on strengthening student’s writing skills.

Critical Thinking - Introduction to the principles and practice of critical thinking as it occurs in a variety of social settings. Emphasis is placed on sound methods of fixing belief and determining values.

General Physics I (4 credits)- For science majors. The fundamental laws and phenomena of mechanics, fluids, heat, wave motion and sound. Emphasis on mathematical analysis of physical problems.

General Physics II –(4 credits) For science majors. The fundamental laws and phenomena of electricity and magnetism, optics, modern physics. Emphasis on mathematical analysis of physical problems.

Physics for Engineerings II - For engineering majors. The fundamental laws and phenomena of electricity, magnetism, and optics. Emphasis on mathematical analysis of physical problems.

General Psychology - An appraisal of the of the antecedents and determinants of human behavior with special reference to individual differences, perception, learning and personality formation.

Quantitative Methods in Administration - Introduction to basic mathematical and statistical methods and model for administrative problem solving and decision making , Includes such topics as decision making under conditions of risk, inventory theory, linear programming, networks and queuing.

Public Speaking - Theory and practice in the common forms of public address. Six presentations are required.

Spanish Language – All Levels.

Introductory Statistics - An introductory course covering descriptive statistics, probability, binomial and normal distributions, sampling distributions and hypothesis test, and sampling procedures. Laboratory required.

Intermediate Statistics - An introduction to large-sample estimation and test of hypotheses; t-test; chi-square tests; one-way ANOVA; linear and multiple regression; experimental designs, Laboratory required.

Introductory Sociology - An introduction to the major principles, concepts, theories and methods of sociology.

*Some courses, such as art and labs, may have additional fees

*An official transcript will be issued to each student upon the completion of the program.

Spring 2010

Orientation: January 2
Classes Begin: January 4
Semester Ends: April 30

Fall 2010

Orientation: September 4
Classes Begin: September 6
Semester Ends: December 23

$7,975

*cost may change at any time due to the currency exchange 

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• Pay a $200 deposit to International Education Programs.
• Send an official transcript from your home institution to the address below.

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International Education Programs
Jacksonville University
2800 University Blvd North
Gooding 105
Jacksonville, Florida 32211