Spring 2027

Intercultural Communication in Business

InterCultural Communication in Business develops awareness of cultural influences on business, focusing on attitudes toward work, time, and possessions across global social and religious contexts.

offering recorded3 credits
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Dominique Bourg Hacker

Summary

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Past student reviews · Dominique Hacker

The midterm relied heavily on personal experiences, which could be difficult for students with limited background. Additionally, grades took a long time to return, and the provided feedback was often not very helpful.

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Prerequisites

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Sophomore standing or declared in the Business Exchange program

    • Sophomore standing
    • declared in the Business Exchange program
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GENBUS/INTLBUS 320

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  • Any of
    • Sophomore standing
    • declared in the Business Exchange program

Professors

Spring 2027

Past student reviews · Dominique Hacker

Students described Dominique Bourg Hacker's teaching as condescending and reported that her assignments were extremely unclear. One student stated she shut down opinions and graded harshly, while another noted that feedback on grades was often unhelpful and the midterm relied heavily on personal experience. Additionally, the class required payment for unnecessary extra materials.

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

Past student reviews · Laurel Bastian

Historically, Laurel Bastian taught this course without formal exams, relying instead on weekly four-point quizzes, reflections, a solo presentation, a group presentation, and a short final report. Class time consisted of group discussions rather than lectures. A student noted the busy work was easy and reported receiving an A in the class.

DAVID WARD is recorded teaching in Spring 2011, Fall 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Fall 2014, Spring 2015, Fall 2015, Spring 2016, Fall 2016, Spring 2017, Fall 2017, Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Fall 2021. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

LAUREL BASTIAN is recorded teaching in Spring 2018, Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Fall 2019. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

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

Calendar & sections

Spring 2027

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LEC 001Classroom Instruction0 / 240
LEC 001Classroom Instruction0 / 240

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Student experience

the class

Past student reviews · Dominique Hacker

Students reported that Dominique Hacker’s teaching style felt condescending and that assignments were unclear. One reviewer also noted that the course required purchasing several extra materials that seemed unnecessary.

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.96 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=23 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.95 GPA, 94.7% A/AB (n=19 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.92 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=18 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

Past student reviews · Dominique Hacker

The midterm relied heavily on personal experiences, which could be difficult for students with limited background. Additionally, grades took a long time to return, and the provided feedback was often not very helpful.

Past student reviews · Dominique Hacker

One senior student felt disrespected, stating that the instructor shut down their opinions after asking for them. They also described the grading as harsh and claimed the instructor was ignorant of many topics.

Topics

  • Cultural influences on business
  • Attitudes toward work, time, material possession, and business
  • Social, religious, philosophical, and educational backgrounds of global business people

Skills

  • Awareness and knowledge of cultural influences on business
  • Understanding attitudes toward work, time, material possession, and business in relation to social, religious, philosophical, and educational backgrounds

Grades

Latest available · Spring 2026— not enough history to project Spring 2027.

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Catalog & offerings

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GENBUS/INTLBUS 320 · Spring 2027

Intercultural Communication in Business

Recorded 2026-10-14
GENBUS/INTLBUS 320 · Spring 2027

Intercultural Communication in Business

Recorded 2026-10-14
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