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Georgetown University鈥檚 海角论坛 of Arts & Sciences and McDonough School of Business are excited to announce a new joint degree in International Business, Language and Culture (IBLC). Students from both schools are eligible to attain the Bachelor of Science degree through comprehensive coursework that leverages the unique strengths of each institution. 

鈥淩ather than simply offering parallel courses from each school, the IBLC program ensures courses in language and culture and international business work together to emphasize the centrality of cultural and linguistic competency to the business sector, as well as the ways that language study can effect change and innovation in the world,鈥� said Deans Rosario Ceballo and Paul Almeida in a joint statement. 鈥淪tudents will explore vital global topics including inequality, labor and human dignity, and issues related to technology, ethics, and the environment.鈥� 

The 海角论坛鈥檚 Faculty of Language and Linguistics, which comprises a slew of language and cultural programs, is essential to the school鈥檚 interdisciplinary, intercultural approach to education. Playing to these strengths, the program combines the resources of these global programs with the pragmatic, business-forward approach of the McDonough School of Business.聽

Students who pursue the IBLC degree will be advised by their respective schools, while the overarching program is managed by a collaborative committee with members from both schools. They will graduate with a deep expertise in the business and culture of a specific region of the world.

鈥淲e are excited that the IBLC degree will build upon the numerous long-standing collaborations between our two schools, while at the same time enhance Georgetown University鈥檚 distinctiveness and growing portfolio of interdisciplinary programs including the B.S. in Business and Global Affairs and the 海角论坛鈥檚 numerous interdisciplinary majors and minors,鈥� said Ceballo and Almeida. 鈥淲e look forward to formally launching this program and providing our students with a uniquely Georgetown experience that will equip them for personal success and impactful careers.鈥�

The program promises to embody Georgetown鈥檚 commitment to cura personalis, or care of the whole person, by educating students fully, through an interdisciplinary, holistic approach. 

Formally approved by the Georgetown Board of Directors in April, Hoyas can now pursue the IBLC degree.