Spring 2027

Contemporary Issues in Business, Government and Ngos

Cultural study of contemporary Francophone Africa's government, organizations, and enterprise, exploring relations with France, the EU, and US while developing bilingual networking and communication skills.

offering recorded3 credits
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Ritt Deitz4.4/5

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 3.77 GPA, 93.9% A/AB (n=33 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.90 GPA, 96.2% A/AB (n=26 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.84 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=22 letter grades).

What you’ll be able to do

  • Understand current events in French-speaking Africa.

  • Recognize the ways in which those phenomena are understood, discussed and represented in other major Francophone regions (like Quebec, Mali, Morocco, France, and other regions), as well as in the United States.

  • Conceptualize and apply transferrable skills acquired in a liberal arts education to French-related international business and non-profit careers.

  • Apply the fundamentals of intercultural communication with a personal profile and “pitch,” in both English and French, to network more effectively.

  • Enhance oral and written communication skills, in both languages, applicable to networking and job-seeking situations.

Source: UW Guide 1 UW Guide 2

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Prerequisites

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FRENCH 228, 311, or INTL BUS/​FRENCH 313

FRENCH/INTLBUS 314

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Professors

Spring 2027

Ritt Deitz

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Raw average: 4.87/5 from 30 quality ratings. The adjusted rating blends this with the UW review average (3.66/5), weighted as 20 additional ratings. Smaller samples stay closer to that average. Each captured review is counted once in the prior; this does not correct who chooses to leave a review.

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 3.77 GPA, 93.9% A/AB (n=33 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.90 GPA, 96.2% A/AB (n=26 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.84 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=22 letter grades).

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

RITT DEITZ is recorded teaching in Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

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Spring 2027

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LEC 001Classroom Instruction0 / 300

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Student experience

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 3.77 GPA, 93.9% A/AB (n=33 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.90 GPA, 96.2% A/AB (n=26 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.84 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=22 letter grades).

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Topics

  • Contemporary Francophone African government, organizations, and enterprise
  • Cultural and professional relations between Francophone Africa and France, EU, and US
  • Representation of African phenomena across Francophone regions and the United States
  • Application of liberal arts skills to French-related international business and non-profit careers

Skills

  • Understanding current events in French-speaking Africa
  • Applying liberal arts skills to international business and non-profit careers
  • Intercultural communication and networking in English and French
  • Analyzing cultural and professional relations between Francophone Africa and Western institutions

Grades

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FRENCH/INTLBUS 314 · Spring 2027

Contemporary Issues in Business, Government and NGOs

Recorded 2026-10-14
FRENCH/INTLBUS 314 · Spring 2027

Contemporary Issues in Business, Government and NGOs

Recorded 2026-10-14
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Recorded 2026-10-14

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