Multinational Organization Studies - MOS

The Multinational Organization Studies program is a new approach to the study of language with a view toward preparing the student in the 21st century. Our program is specifically designed to provide the application of French, Portuguese or Spanish to a career path. The career path is defined by the minor, or second major, the student wishes to pursue. For example, a student could major in MOS in Portuguese with a minor in Business and Administration, or a major in MOS in French with a minor in Sociology. The minor reflects the student's career interests and the language will be applied to that career interest.

A salient feature of the program is a required internship in a country in which the language being studied is spoken. In the past our students have performed their internships in Belgium, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, France, Germany, Honduras, Ivory Coast, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Spain, and Switzerland. Prior to going on their internships the students undertake a thorough Internship Preparation Seminar in which they study the country where they will be doing their internships. They learn the geography, the political, social and economic structures, customs and traditions, history, national symbols and foreign relations with an emphasis on the relations with the United States. In addition, they are required to stay abreast of news from the country throughout the semester.

Internships

The internships are related directly to the student's minor, since it is the application of those skills in a foreign environment that is the focus of the MOS degree.

Our graduates who obtain a minor in Business and Administration have worked at businesses and enterprises such as the Chamber of Commerce in Brussels and Bordeaux, the Sheraton Towers in Munich, the George V Hotel in Paris, Visor Libros in Madrid, Publishing Houses in Zaragoza, Spain and Santiago, Chile, and at Coca-Cola bottling in San Pedro Sula in Honduras. They have also held positions at companies of the hotel industry such as the El San Juan, the Radisson and the Howard Johnson Hotels in Puerto Rico and the Holiday Inn in Querétaro and Guadalajara, Mexico. Finally, our graduates with minor in Business and Administration have also worked at export-import firms in Honduras, Mexico and Ecuador.

Economics minors have worked in the Economics Ministries of the Federal Republic of Germany, Republic of Costa Rica and the Republic of Honduras, the Economic Development Foundations of the City of Cologne, and the Ministry of Tourism of the Republic of Costa Rica.

Public Administration minors have worked at the Spanish Delegation to UNICEF in Madrid, in the World Wildlife Fund in Madrid, in the International Red Cross in Geneva, in the French Red Cross in Paris, in the Canadian Appalachian Regional Commission in Quebec, in the UNICEF in Honduras; the Salvation Army; and in the YMCA Border Project in Mexico.

Pre-Law Minors have done their internships with the Supreme Court of Costa Rica, the Supreme Court of the State of Zacatecas in Mexico, and LeMiigre & Loos, Attorneys-at-Law in Dieppe, France.

Continued Education

MOS students went on to graduate from the Law Schools at Southern Methodist University, the University of California, Tulsa University, The University of Iowa, and St. Mary's University.

Our graduates have attended graduate programs at the following institutions: the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard, the University of Chicago, the American Graduate School of International Management, the Thunderbird Academy, the University of Arizona, Indiana University, Purdue University, Georgetown University, George Washington University, the University of Missouri, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the University of New Mexico, the University of Texas at San Antonio, and St. Mary's University Graduate School.

The MOS experience, especially the internship, has been a real plus for the graduates of the program. Our past graduates report that the opportunity to prepare for, and then participate in a guided internship has opened their professional horizons in many ways.

Employment

Our graduates have successfully been employed at companies such as:

• Doubleday Publishing (Publishing in Spanish for the Latin-American Market)
• Sony Corporation (Personnel Management)
• The Gap (Marketing)
• General Mills (Marketing and Administration)
• The Kirschmann Capital Group (International Banking and Investments)
• Blockbuster Video International (Sales and Marketing)
• Continental Airlines (Bi-lingual Stewardesses to Latin America and Europe)
• Valley National Bank (International Operations)
• Frost National Bank (International Operations)
• The United States Government (Personnel, Intelligence and Administration)
• The United Nations (Public Policy)
• Merrill Lynch in Amsterdam and San Antonio (Financial Planning)
• Montemayor & Associates (Advertising)
• Enterprise Auto Leasing (Administration and Sales)
• The Marriott and Trustehouse Forte Hotel Chains (Hotel and Restaurant
• Management) MCI Records (Musical Productions)
• The Hispanic Chamber of Commerce (Administration) in San Antonio
• Southwestern Bell Communications (Early Leadership Development Program).

The MOS degree is the degree for the future. In a constantly changing world, the broad preparation, coupled with language ability, gives the graduate the skills and flexibility to compete not only in the American but in the international arena as well.