Best of Both Worlds: Foreign Language Preparation for Purdue University’s Undergraduate Global

Over the years, Purdue University has drastically increased the number of engineering students studying and interning abroad from less than 3 % in 2000 to more than 10 % in 2010. In order to increase the capacity of global engineering education curriculum, there is a need to create different study abroad programs to suit different student interests. Yet, the need of foreign language preparation remains in question. At Purdue University, researchers and administrators observed that students often self-select into study abroad programs of varying intensity according to the varying foreign language and GPA requirements. Case studies of student participants from fou