BU Global Roadmap

Picture Yourself Global!

Use Binghamton University’s Global Roadmap
and Chart Your Own Course

• Internationalize your degree by taking courses in Area Studies, adding a Global Studies Minor, enrolling in a language course, or participating in globally and internationally focused courses.

• Sign up for an LxC study group

• Apply to become a Language Resource Specialist with LxC

• Enroll in a language class

• Study Abroad!

• Become a Study Abroad Resource Alum when you return to Binghamton from abroad

• Attend the Study Abroad Fair

• Volunteer at the Study Abroad Fair

• Hang out with international students and friends at the monthly International Coffee Hour

• Take your friends to the International Student Festival

• Partner with an ESL student in the English Conversation Pairs

• Visit a meeting of a BU student cultural group

• Go to an Anderson Center

• Check out and attend some of the cultural events in the Binghamton area: (ex: SMAC, Islamic Organization of the Southern Tier, Southern Tier Indian Cultural Association, etc.)

• Check out globally-oriented career options at the Career Development Center

• Pursue a Certificate in Translation

LxC Staff Remains Unchanged for Fall 2007

This Fall, Dr. Suronda Gonzalez will continue to direct the LxC program at Binghamton University. Dr. Gonzalez also directs the Global Studies Minor (GSM) Program. Her LxC office hours will be Monday to Friday 10AM-4PM by appointment. Yu-Ling Huang will continue on as the graduate assistant for this academic year. Her office hours will be Monday 9AM-3PM, Tuesday 9AM-12PM, Wednesday 9AM-3PM, Thursday 9AM-12PM.

LxC to Offer Six Courses this Fall

LXC is excited to support six courses this Fall from a variety of disciplines and schools. Please take a moment to review which courses will be supporting LxC (some of these courses may be cross listed under another department). Think you are taking a course (or teach a course) that would be perfect for LxC, but we do not support it, let us know!

* ANTH/LING-114: Language, Culture, and Communication in the US
* ENG-227: British Literature
* HIST/AAAS-106: East Asian Civilizations
* HPE-330: Human Sexuality
* IBUS-211: World of Business
* THEA-101: Introduction to Musical Theater