PROFESSOR
Name: Dr. Samuel Jung
Email: samuel.jung@cortland.edu

SYLLABUS
The course´s syllabus can be found here.

COURSE DESCRIPTION
Global production chains and foreign direct investment flows have accelerated as globalization has reached all corners of the world. Presence in emerging markets have become a necessity for major corporations as well as smaller companies. As a result, managers from around the world will have to operate in competitive and diverse international settings. In a competitive environment, managers must develop the knowledge and skills needed to understand the international context in which firms compete and to operate effectively in cross-national interactions. These skills are necessary for managers operating abroad or at home because both will most likely have to manage an increasing level of workforce diversity in local as well as global organizations. We will read articles, case studies and chapters and learn about globalization, global production, and foreign direct investment through country studies while also discussing  topics such as ethics, culture, diversity, leadership, cross-cultural communication, and human resource management.

PROFESSOR
Name: Dr. Sascha Krannich
Email: sascha.krannich@histor.med.uni-giessen.de

SYLLABUS
The course´s syllabus can be found here.

COURSE DESCRIPTION
This course deals with topics of migration, development, and sustainability. Seminar participants will get an introduction into basic terms, theories, and empirical findings in the frame of the interconnections of migration, development, and sustainability. Here, we will discuss and analyze current trends of global migration, transnational forms of migrant activities as well as central indicators of human development and its sustainability in countries of origin, and how these movements fit into the framework of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. For this purpose, we will look at different international actors above and below the state level. These include international organizations and institutions (IOM, ILO, UNHCR etc.) as well as economic and civic actors, such as migrant organizations. The course also includes a three-day simulation game from the field of international development cooperation, and several field trips to relevant institutions and cities in Germany, including Berlin and Weimar.

If you already want to inform yourself about relevant issues of the course, feel free to have a look at these links:

www.undp.org  

sdgs.un.org/goals

www.giz.de/en/html/index.html

PROFESSOR
Dr. Cynthia Chalupa
Email: chalupcs@jmu.edu

SYLLABUS
The course´s syllabus can be found here.

Course description & objectives:
This seminar is designed to introduce students at all levels of German proficiency to German history and culture from 1871 to the present. The course is centered on questions of German identity as they are addressed in art, literature, film, and historical texts created during the historical period studied. Students will also examine issues of prejudice, stereotypes, and the challenges of intercultural communication. The course will allow students to develop intercultural communication skills through discussions about history, art, and literature and through creative writing activities. Students will also explore culture firsthand through academic excursions both locally and in Berlin that focused on experiential learning.
Students will read texts that explore the meaning of German identity and the history of Germany (both divided and united). The course examines the question "Was ist Deutschland?" Through readings and written assignments, students will attempt to formulate an answer that has both public and personal relevance. Class time will be devoted primarily to the discussion of reading assignments to which students will respond individually, in small groups, and together as a class.

German is a fascinating language and enables you to talk to people in Germany and Austria as well as in parts of Switzerland, Italy, France and Belgium. There are also many people in Eastern Europe who are speaking German as a foreign language.

German language courses accompany the seminar programme. IWU Fulda offers German language courses on five levels according to the Common European Frame of Reference (CEFR):

The programme fee covers one language course at your level including all course materials.

On the weekends and during the week we invite you to learn more about German and European culture - past and present - while enjoying a day out with your friends. We will explore the German capital Berlin and other important historical and cultural cities in Germany, including Würzburg, Nuremberg, Munich, Frankfurt and the Rhön. Some of the field trips are covered in the programme, while others cost an extra fee.

Point Alpha (included in the programme fee), 15 January 2026:

The Point Alpha Memorial is an authentic scene of the Cold War and a unique testimony to four decades of contemporary history.

Berlin (included in the programme fee),  16-18 January 2026:
Visit the capital of Germany! Berlin is not only the political capital of Germany, but also the historical and cultural centre of Germany. We will have a city tour, see the famous remains of the Berlin wall, visit the German Bundestag (lower chamber) at the Reichstag building, the Holocaust Memorial, etc. We will have plenty of time to go shopping or just enjoy day and night life in Berlin! Single rooms can be booked for an extra fee if reserved in advance.

Optional weekend excursions (for an additional fee):

• Würzburg: 23 January 2026 (additional fee of 50 €): Visit one of the most beautiful city of Bavaria! Enjoy and explore 18th century Residence Palace known for unique baroque and rococo architecture.
• Weimar: 24 January 2026 (additional fee of 50 €): Come visit with us the town where the poets Goethe and Schiller and the composers Bach and Liszt lived and worked. Weimar is the birth place of the architectural style “Bauhaus” as well as of the first German republic. The darkest years of German history, however, are also represented here: At the Memorial Site Buchenwald you will learn about the horrors of the National Socialist regime.
• Eisenach: 25 January 2026 (additional fee of 50 €): Enjoy city tour and discover with us beautiful city Eisenach! Eisenach is the city of the Wartburg where Martin Luther translated the bible into German. Eisenach is also the birthplace of Johann Sebastian Bach. 

Kreuzberg / Rhön mountains (included in the programme fee), 29 January 2026

Explore the beauty of Rhon Mountains, where you can experience tobogganing and have hiking tour in the mountains.