Foreign Language Requirements For Business Students: An Update

Abstract

Most undergraduate students who study business in the United States are not required to learn a foreign language at their college or university.  The overwhelming majority of Business School deans at both AACSB and non-member schools believe in the usefulness of foreign language study.  Furthermore, the AACSB has mandated that global and cultural diversity become part of the business curriculum.  However, over the past seven years, these survey results find that business schools have not increased the requirements for foreign language courses at all.