International Business
2011 Spring Semester - Partner Institution

Accreditation

Courses at CEA Global Campus in Buenos Aires are designed in conjunction with, and approved and transcripted by, the University of New Haven, which is accredited by the Commission on Higher Education of the New England Association for Schools and Colleges.

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CEA Global Campus in Buenos Aires

The CEA Global Campus in Buenos Aires is an exciting addition to the CEA Global Education Network. The center is designed to provide a unique, interdisciplinary liberal arts and social sciences education in the cosmopolitan capital city of Buenos Aires, Argentina. With the city as their classroom, students take courses offered in a range of liberal arts and social science subjects focused not only on Argentina but also on Latin America as a whole. The city of Buenos Aires provides a stimulating environment in which to study political, cultural and business trends in Latin America today.  Students enjoy the opportunity to actively improve their global competency and further their academic pursuits while immersed in a city that blends its European heritage with a modern Latin American style.

Designed to explore the natural strengths of the city’s history, culture and political environment, the curriculum at the CEA Global Campus in Buenos Aires focuses on language, cultural studies, international relations and business.  Multiple activities, designed to take the curriculum out of the classroom and into the community, are incorporated into all of the courses. Even outside of the classroom, students are constantly encouraged to apply the learning experience and draw connections between the subjects they examine during class time and the daily life of the host community. This ongoing, active and reflective approach not only helps students gain a better historical and social understanding of Buenos Aires and Latin America, but helps them develop the international cultural fluency required to communicate and function effectively in an increasingly globalized world.

In fact, the mission of the CEA Global Campus in Buenos Aires is not simply to provide students with the tools and direction to learn about Argentina and Latin America, but also to invite them to reflect and articulate critically on their own national, cultural and social identities. Consequently, students are expected to actively participate in their classes (as both individuals and as group-members) since interaction and collaboration will be critical for the students' academic and future professional success. Faculty members selected to teach at the CEA Global Campus in Buenos Aires are, therefore, committed to fostering the intellectual and cultural growth of the students by engaging them in lively simulated debates, multi-media research presentations and round-table discussions.

Courses taught at the CEA Global Campus in Buenos Aires have been designed in conjunction with, and approved by, the University of New Haven (UNH). Leading academics from other institutions (including University of Florida and University of Arizona) contributed expertise to the curriculum development process.  In addition, faculty appointments are approved by UNH. After the successful completion of a session at the CEA Global Campus in Buenos Aires, students will receive credit for their work from UNH. Located in Connecticut, the University of New Haven is a student-focused, comprehensive university and is fully-accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC). The agreement between CEA and UNH follows the highest standards of good practice in education abroad and satisfies the rigorous requirements of the University's institutional accreditor. Therefore, credits earned at the CEA Global Campus are easily transferable to U.S.-accredited institutions. Learn more about UNH's service as the School of Record for CEA.

Classroom Information

• Classes are taught by local international faculty selected by CEA and approved by the University of New Haven.
• Faculty members represent a variety of different academic and professional backgrounds.
• Periodic exams, homework assignments and final exams will be administered.
• Attendance in all classes is mandatory and monitored by each instructor.
• Class size ranges between 15 and 25 students. These small class sizes provide you more personalized attention from your instructors.

Grading

Instructors at the CEA Global Campus in Buenos Aires will carefully evaluate students’ work and progress throughout their academic session. Written and oral exercises, homework assignments, attendance, classroom participation and performance on exams will be taken into account when calculating the final grade.

The following grading system is in use at the CEA Global Campus in Buenos Aires.

Completion of a course is defined as a receipt of a letter grade (A+ to F) as opposed to Withdrawal or Incomplete.

In order to determine a quality point ratio, each letter grade from a completed course is assigned a quality point value. The quality point value for each grade earned during a semester is multiplied by the number of semester hours assigned to that course. The sum of these points is the total number of quality points earned during the semester. It is divided by the number of semester hours completed to obtain the quality point ratio (QPR).