International Entrepreneurship, Latin American Spanish Language & Culture (Faculty-Led Program)

In this program, you will be enrolled in a spring semester course with students on various linguistic tracks at RIT and then travel to your target linguistic destination for 1-2 weeks in the summer term to learn how language, culture, and entrepreneurial thinking can help address the world's sustainability challenges. During the travel portion of the course, you will meet with international entrepreneurs, businesses, and incubators to learn how they create and operate a business.

Given the importance of environmentally responsible entrepreneurship for job creation and wealth and the importance of innovation to bring solutions to consumers -through new products, services, processes, or business models- the purpose of this course is to show "how" entrepreneurship and innovation take place and "why" it is so important, especially in the Peruvian Entrepreneurial Ecosystem.

The attention paid to entrepreneurship in the last decade is constantly increasing worldwide, especially in Latin American emergent countries like Peru, due to the impact of entrepreneurship on economic growth and social development. Peru, a country full of diverse cultures and natural resources, has a unique entrepreneurship ecosystem, which has proved to be an important player in the steady growth of its economy.

Lima, the Peruvian capital, is an amazing city of twelve million people and the gastronomic capital of the Americas. It is the only Latin-American capital on the Pacific Ocean, where Callao port is located, and the International Jorge Chávez Airport, a hub from South Latin America to the Northern Hemisphere.

Term: Spring 2025 course, travel to Peru in May
Travel Dates: May 11 - May 20, 2025
Credits: 3

Course Details:

UNDERGRADUATE

• MLST 449 - Language and Culture for International Entrepreneurship (CLA)
  -or-
• MGMT 489 - Management Seminar: Language and Culture for International Entrepreneurship (SCB)

GRADUATE

• MGMT 758 - Management Seminar: Language and Culture for International Entrepreneurship (SCB)

Pre-requisites: MLIT202 - Beginning Spanish 2 (by Spring 2025) or equivalent as determined by RIT Language Placement Exam. Open to all undergraduate and graduate majors who meet language pre-req.

Application deadline: October 20, 2024

Eligibility:

• Have a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.5 or higher (students with lower than a 2.5 GPA would be considered on a case-by-case basis)
• Have a clear conduct record with RIT
• Have no financial holds on your RIT eServices account at the time of your program acceptance/confirmation

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Program Cost & Financial Aid

Program Cost: Student budget worksheet - Entrepreneurship and Latin American Spanish Language, Spring/Summer 2025 - outlines all program costs.

Financial Aid:
Financial aid may cover some program costs. As you review the budget worksheet, please remember that it does not include your RIT financial aid or scholarships which may cover some of the program costs. The purpose of the budget worksheet is to show all the costs associated with your study abroad program which will help your RIT Financial Aid Assistant Director determine how your aid and scholarships may be applied. 

To understand how your financial aid and scholarships may apply to your program costs:

• Make an appointment with your financial aid assistant director (call Financial Aid at 585-475-2186) and mention that you are calling for a study abroad appointment
• Upload a copy of your budget worksheet(s) via the Financial Aid upload portal at https://join.rit.edu/register/FA_upload (at least 48 hours prior to your scheduled meeting, so they have time to prepare) 
  • Please rename the file name of your budget worksheet before uploading it to the Financial Aid portal based on the instructions provided in the portal (adding your name and student ID)

To find out the name of your financial aid assistant director for your degree program visit: https://www.rit.edu/admissions/aid/contact#counseling-team

We recommend you meet with Financial Aid before the application deadline so you understand how your aid will apply. The RIT financial aid office is located in Bausch and Lomb Center (Bldg. 77), 2nd floor, 2125.

Scholarships:

• RIT Education Abroad Travel Grants ($500-$1,000)
  All students with pending applications in the RIT Study Abroad Compass for this program will be automatically considered for an RIT Education Abroad Travel Grant. You will be informed of your scholarship status shortly after the application deadline. Scholarships awarded based on financial need.

• Other scholarships: RIT Study Abroad Scholarships, National Study Abroad Scholarships

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To Apply

1) Start an application in the RIT Study Abroad Compass

2) Watch this video on application steps for RIT faculty-led programs which covers important information (video is captioned)