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The Multinational Organization Studies program is specifically designed to provide the application of 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 Spanish 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.
For more information, please see the degree plans and course catalog. The MOS Experience
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.
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.
Reinbolt Hall 304
(210) 436-3738
ebueno@stmarytx.edu
Mark Lokensgard, Ph.D.,
Coordinator,
Reinbolt Hall 314
(210) 436-3231
mlokensgard@stmarytx.edu
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.
For more information, please see the degree plans and course catalog. The MOS Experience
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.
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.
Contact Us
Eva P. Bueno, Ph.D., ChairReinbolt Hall 304
(210) 436-3738
ebueno@stmarytx.edu
Mark Lokensgard, Ph.D.,
Coordinator,
Reinbolt Hall 314
(210) 436-3231
mlokensgard@stmarytx.edu
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.
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.
Faculty
Eva Bueno, Ph.D.
LanguagesChair and Professor of Spanish, Portuguese and M.O.S.
Office: Reinbolt 304
Phone: (210) 436-3738
Mail Box 53
Email: ebueno@stmarytx.edu Full Bio Details
Doctoral degree, Hispanic Languages and Literatures, University of Pittsburgh - 1991
Eva P. Bueno studied in Brazil and in the US. She has an Master of Arts in English from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, and a Doctoral degree in Hispanic Languages and Literatures from the University of Pittsburgh. She has taught in Brazil, Japan, and in the US. Besides her teaching of Spanish and Portuguese, and chairing of the Department of Languages at St. Mary's University, Bueno writes books and essays about Latin American literature, popular culture, American Literature, film, and politics. Her essays have appeared in Criticism, Revista de literatura latinoamericana, Chasqui, and others. Her last books, published in 2012, are the co-edited volume The Woman in Latin American and Spanish Literature; Essays on Iconic Characters (Mcfarland), and Amacio Mazzaropi in the Film and Culture of Brazil; After Cinema Novo (PalgraveMacmillan). She is also a columnist in the monthly magazine Espaço Académico.
.Mark Lokensgard, Ph.D.
LanguagesAssociate Professor of Portuguese and Spanish and M.O.S.
Office: Reinbolt 314
Phone: (210) 436-3231
Mail Box 53
Email: mlokensgard@stmarytx.edu Full Bio Details
Doctoral Degree, Brown University, 1999
Mark Alan Lokensgard (Doctoral Degree, Brown University, 1999) is founder of the Portuguese program at St. Mary's. He directs the Brazil portion of the Southern Cone Studies Program and the Brazil Semester Study Program in Curitiba, Brazil. He has served as the Chair of the Department of Languages, on the Executive Council of the Brazilian Studies Association (BRASA), and as Program Chair for the Tenth Congress of BRASA (Brasília, July 2010). He has published articles on Luso-Brazilian literature and culture and on Portuguese language instruction in Letras de Hoje, Cadernos Literários Romance Notes, Portuguese Studies, the Luso-Brazilian Review, and the collection Portuguese for Spanish Speakers/Português Para Falantes de Espanhol. He also appeared on the MLA radio program "What's the Word?" to discuss modern Brazilian cinema. His translations of Brazilian poetry and prose have been published by Gávea-Brown and in the Oxford Book of Latin American Poetry (2009). He was awarded a Fulbright Lecturing Award to teach at the Center for American Studies at the Fundação Armando Álvares Penteado (FAAP) in São Paulo, Brazil, during the spring of 2010. His current research interests are representations of the law in Brazilian literature and cinema, Theory of Mind in the humanities, and cultural competency.
Mark Alan Lokensgard (Doctoral Degree, Brown University, 1999) is founder of the Portuguese program at St. Mary's. He directs the Brazil portion of the Southern Cone Studies Program and the Brazil Semester Study Program in Curitiba, Brazil. He has served as the Chair of the Department of Languages, on the Executive Council of the Brazilian Studies Association (BRASA), and as Program Chair for the Tenth Congress of BRASA (Brasília, July 2010). He has published articles on Luso-Brazilian literature and culture and on Portuguese language instruction in Letras de Hoje, Cadernos Literários Romance Notes, Portuguese Studies, the Luso-Brazilian Review, and the collection Portuguese for Spanish Speakers/Português Para Falantes de Espanhol. He also appeared on the MLA radio program "What's the Word?" to discuss modern Brazilian cinema. His translations of Brazilian poetry and prose have been published by Gávea-Brown and in the Oxford Book of Latin American Poetry (2009). He was awarded a Fulbright Lecturing Award to teach at the Center for American Studies at the Fundação Armando Álvares Penteado (FAAP) in São Paulo, Brazil, during the spring of 2010. His current research interests are representations of the law in Brazilian literature and cinema, Theory of Mind in the humanities, and cultural competency.
