Bryan School Study Abroad Program
Mexico
The Bryan School partner in Mexico is Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (ITESM), better known as the "Tec de Monterrey."
The Tec is a system of schools with 33 campuses throughout the country. Six of the campuses host exchange students from UNCG:
- Monterrey
- Toluca
- Cuernavaca
- Querétaro
- Mazatlán
- San Luis Potosí
While each campus offers business coursework, some offer more variety than others. Students have two options in Mexico:
- Take special courses offered primarily to International students that are taught in English.
- Mainstream with Mexican students and take courses taught in Spanish.
For the first option, students do not need to know any Spanish. It is helpful to have had SPA 101 or high school Spanish. Each campus teaches select business coursework in English.
For the second option, students should have taken Spanish through the 204 level. This is a great opportunity for International Business majors. Every campus of the Tec provides a wide variety of business coursework, including several of the following classes:
| Administrative Accounting | ACC 202 |
| Advertising | MKT 000 |
| Art and Architecture of Mexico | GFA |
| Business Communications | MGT 309 |
| Business Spanish | FORLNG |
| Comparative Law | PSC 000 |
| Consumer Behavior | MKT 424 |
| Doing Business in Mexico | MGT 301 |
| Doing Business in the International Environment | MGT 301 |
| Financial Management | FIN 315 |
| Human Resources | MGT 313 |
| Importing and Exporting Operations | MKT 426 |
| Intercultural Communications | MGT 309 |
| Intermediate Microeconomics | ECO 301 |
| International Business Environment | MGT 301 |
| International Economics | ECO 300 |
| International Marketing | MKT 426 |
| International Negotiations | MGT 000 |
| International Political Economics | ECO 000 |
| International Trade | ECO 300 |
| Intro to Marketing | MKT 320 |
| Introduction to Mexican Culture | GN, GSB |
| Literature in the 20 th Century | GLT |
| Macroeconomics | ECO 202 |
| Management | MGT 312 |
| Market Research | MKT 422 |
| Mexican Cuisine | Elective |
| Mexican Culture (in Spanish) | GN, GSB |
| Mexican History | GHP |
| Microeconomics | ECO 201 |
| Music Appreciation | MUS 214, GFA |
| Negotiation Strategies in Mexico | MKT 000 |
| Organizational Behavior | MGT 312 |
| Political and International Economics | ECO 300 |
| Sales Management | MKT 327 |
| Sales Promotion | MKT 421 |
| Services Management | MKT 000 |
| Small Business Management | MGT 470 |
| Sociocultural Values of Latin America | GPR |
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- There is an International Business Certificate program that is offered at the Monterrey campus. It can be completed in one semester.
- At many of the Tec campuses, students can participate in internships for academic credit.
- The Tec is the premiere business school in Mexico. Many U.S. companies are aware of its reputation and recruit graduates from the Tec for management positions for their Latin American operations.
- The Tec offers students many extracurricular activities. Past UNCG students have played on the women's soccer team, joined the mountain climbing club, been a cheerleader, and danced/acted in theatre.
| ELIGIBILITY: | Undergraduate and Graduate; college Spanish (204 equivalent) on some campuses |
| COURSES: | Full curriculum; especially strong in business taught in English; Spanish language courses available |
| CREDIT: | Up to 15 semester hrs. per semester (30 hrs. academic year) |
| COST: | UNCG tuition and fees; housing/meals paid in Mexico |
| HOUSING: | On campus, off campus apartment, or home stay |
| DATES: | Year or semester exchanges available: September-May, September-late November, or January-May |
| CHANCES OF PLACEMENT: | excellent |