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On this page, you will find a list of all the courses I have taken and a brief description of those courses during my time studying at Clemson University. Each course has augmented my knowledge while contributing to my language, business, and general education learning. The button below will take you to a page with a couple of samples pertaining to some of the classes below.
Language-Oriented Instruction:
Intermediate Spanish Grammar and Composition (SPAN 3020): This course consists of learning and recollection of grammar forms taught in prior courses in addition to writing essays in Spanish to improve upon the grammar forms stressed in class, fluency, accents, and writing structure.
Intermediate Spanish Conversation and Composition I (SPAN 3050): This course consists of a consistent conversation between each other classmates in addition to various essays and presentations written throughout the year to improve upon Spanish communication.
Spanish for International Business I (SPAN 3160): This course is an introduction to various Spanish business practices and vocabulary that are vital to conducting business in the Spanish-speaking world. Obtaining a basis of the protocol and cultural environment with situational practice allows for a deeper understanding of how the Spanish-speaking business world works.
Spanish for International Business II (SPAN 4160): This course is a continuation of SPAN 3160 where a more complex business vocabulary is introduced with more nuanced situations and practices thrown in the mix. Social, political, and economic issues are brought up in class as to how to manage the situations in those contexts.
Comprehensive Writing in Spanish (SPAN 4090): This course reviews all the grammar structures taught up to now in addition to taking part in writing various styles of written work including short compositions, response paragraphs to topics taught in class, and essays all in Spanish dealing with argumentative styles and creative writing styles.
Hispanic Linguistics (SPAN 3140): This course introduces theories and practices of linguistics directly applied to the Spanish language concerning the following: morphology, syntax, phonetics, and semantics. The course also delves into the topic of language variation and change, language contact, attitudes, policy, planning, and social factors in Spanish language acquisition.
Culture and Literature Courses:
The Hispanic World: Latin America (SPAN 3080): This course introduces the significant aspects of the culture in Spanish-American countries with a further emphasis on the political, economic, geographical, and social aspects of Latin America. The time span of this course starts in the indigenous period until present-day history.
Intro to Hispanic Literary Forms (SPAN 3040): This course is an introduction to the basic structures and elements of the fiction and poetry of Spanish and Spanish-American literature. Various forms of analysis are introduced to critically think about these various forms of literature.
Survey of Spanish-American Literature (SPAN 3110): This course is a continuation of a delve into Spanish-American literary forms with a further emphasis on reading and analysis of these literary forms. Various research projects were conducted to gain further knowledge and understanding of the authors writing these works of literature.
Business Courses:
Business Calculus I (MATH 1020): This course teaches the concepts and application of calculus with topics including functions and graphing, differentiation, and integration. There are also additional applications from social, biological, and management sciences applied.
Business Calculus II (MATH 2070): This course introduces calculus of several variables, differential calculus and optimization of several variables, and multiple integrals. As a continuation of MATH 1020, this course also offers management science points of view to illustrate these concepts.
Financial Accounting Concepts (ACCT 2010): This course is an introduction to the world of accounting with an emphasis on financial data and analysis of financial statements, i.e.: the balance sheet, the income statement, and the cash flow statement.
Language and International Business Internship (LAIB 4000): This course is a demonstration of the mandatory internship I acquired abroad during my study abroad. Interpersonal skills between clients and interns were emphasized throughout the entire experience.
Principles of Microeconomics (ECON 2110): This course teaches the concepts of the price system, market structures, and consumer theory. Other topics covered included supply and demand, price controls, public policy, the theory of the firm, cost and revenue concepts, forms of competition, elasticity, and efficient resource allocation.
Principles of Management (MGT 2010): This course is a stepping stone in helping understand the major functions and steps of management and help understand the significance of each function in relation to the existence of an entire company.
Principles of Macroeconomics (ECON 2120): This course introduces economic analysis of aggregate employment, income, and prices. Topics include major schools of economic thought; aggregate supply and demand; economic measures, fluctuations, and growth; money and banking; stabilization techniques; and international trade.
Principles of Marketing (MKT 3010): This course teaches basic marketing theory, the marketing concept, the marketing mix, methods of marketing research, target marketing, the marketing environment, and the effect of social media on marketing.
Business Writing (ENGL 3040): This course teaches the best practices for business writing professionals must master to write clear, effective, professional emails, memos, letters, reports, and other business documents. This course had students engage in a full-blown business report to improve upon one of Clemson’s introductory courses known as CU 1000.
Consumer Behavior (MKT 3020): This course focuses on identifying the relevant behavioral variables in a given product purchase situation and determining how marketing strategy can be adapted to meet the ways in which consumers perceive, select, and buy products in an open market. A final, semester-end project was submitted focused on a specific micro-culture.
International Business Management (MGT 4230): This course focuses on real-time economic issues and news going on in the world with an analysis of the various complexities brought about by international business operations. Exportation, importation, foreign investment, and multinational corporations were heavily focused on as topics of study and case studies.
International Marketing (MKT 4270): This course is designed to introduce the marketing practices of companies seeking market opportunities outside their home country, and to raise your awareness about the importance of viewing marketing management strategies from a global perspective. A major emphasis is placed on learning the broad behavioral pattern that most consumers take part in on the day-to-day.
Introductory Business Statistics (STAT 3090): This course teaches the application of current statistical methods to problems in the modern business environment. Topics include probability, random variables, sampling techniques, confidence intervals, hypothesis testing, and regression all while utilizing that data to put in various models.
Other Major Required Courses:
Introduction to Language and International Business (LAIB 1270): This course provides students with a basic understanding of the broad field of international business. This course allows all those students joining the major to find out the various opportunities they have as Language and International business students at Clemson.
Introduction to Human Communication (COMM 1500): This course provides an overview of the basic concepts of communication and the skills necessary to communicate in various contexts. Various group and individual speeches were composed and spoken out loud in front of a room of peers were done throughout the year to bolster those skills.
World Regional Geography (GEOG 1030): This course is a broad exploration of the physical and human geography of Earth. This course also explores the cultural, economic, environmental, and political characteristics of the world's regions from a geographic perspective. An interactive map was created at the end of the semester to utilize all of the information gained throughout the semester.
Human Sexual Behavior (PSYC 3060): This course delves into the many facets of sexuality, including sexual behavior, gender and gender roles, sexual development, sexual orientation, pregnancy and birth control, childbirth, sexual abuse and treatment, pornography, and legal, political, and cultural considerations.
Language Portfolio (LANG 4990): This course allows students the ability to create a digital portfolio that displays various skills such as reasoning, critical thinking, cross-cultural awareness, and proficiency in the target language. Documentation of a study abroad and internship experience is included as part of a series of essays.
Introduction to Sociology (SOC 2010): This course includes an analysis of topics such as culture, socialization, social groups and social institutions, stratification, the family, gender relations, race and ethnicity, minorities, social deviance, social change, and technology in the modern world.
Introduction to Billiards (LS 1960): This course allows all students with all sorts of skill levels in the game of pool to improve in their game through the instruction of aim, stance, stroke, position, and speed control. Practice drills and friendly games are utilized in order to achieve this.
Minor Required Courses:
Intermediate Microeconomics (ECON 3140): This course includes topics of consumption, production, and decision-making by firms, both with and without market power, under perfect and imperfect information, as well as the analysis of market failure due to externalities and public goods.
Intermediate Macroeconomics (ECON 3150): This course teaches the problems that range from economic growth in the long run to government finances in the intermediate run, and economic stability in the short run. Many economic models used today are surveyed.
Economics and Sports (ECON 3030): This course teaches the discipline of economics and focused on its relationship to sports. It covers both the ways in which economists can study the distinctive institutions of sports and the ways in which sports can allow economists to research many topics, including discrimination and antitrust law.
International Economics (ECON 3100): This course teaches the study of all the various economic connections between countries and the overall global economic system that the world undergoes in this present day and age with various principles of microeconomic policy kept in mind.
Behavioral Economics (ECON 3400): This course utilizes findings from lab and field experiments to advance existing economic models by identifying ways in which individuals are systematically irrational.