The University of South Carolina's CIBER supports multiple Darla Moore School of Business study abroad programs for students, primarily through financial support to faculty and staff to assist with curriculum, program development and program management, as well as domestic and international travel costs. In 2019-2022, program fee scholarships are also available to both faculty and students from our consortium of minority-serving Institutions and community colleges.

Upcoming Programs

Business Study Abroad:  Doing Business Around the World 

Each year, the Moore School offers numerous short-term business study abroad programs open to all business school students, to include such locations as New Zealand, Turkey, Southeast Asia, Africa and several locations in Western and Eastern Europe . For information on all the available locations, cost and eligibility, please contact the Business Study Abroad Office.

The University of South Carolina CIBER supports the Moore School in offering business language instruction in numerous languages to students and faculty in a variety of curricula and programs. Of special note: During the CIBER Grant Cycle from October 2018 to September 2022, the U.S. Department of Education (the source of the CIBER grant) is placing major emphasis upon instruction and competence in less commonly taught languages (LCTLs) and critical languages. The South Carolina CIBER and the Moore School support the study of many business languages, the majority of which are Less Commonly Taught Languages (LCTLs).

International Business Major

Undergraduate students who select the undergraduate international business major (consistently ranked as No. 1 by U.S. News & World Report) are required to complete four advanced courses (300 level or above) in one of the following languages: Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian or Spanish. The University of South Carolina CIBER and the Moore School of Business are also members of the Consortium of Undergraduate International Business Education, and are actively involved in furthering all aspects of undergraduate international business education, to include business language instruction, undergraduate research initiatives, curriculum development and international/overseas experience through study abroad, field studies and internships.

For more information concerning all CIBER Business Language Programs, please visit CIBERweb.

The University of South Carolina CIBER, like the other 14 Centers for International Business Education and Research in the United States, has been given six mandates from the U.S. Department of Education and the Higher Education Act of 1965 to promote international business in its various forms. Two of those mandates fall under the heading of OUTREACH activities:

• Serve as regional resources to local businesses by providing programs and research designed to meet the international training needs of such businesses.
• Serve as regional resources for other faculty, students and institutions of higher education.

SC CIBER offers a variety of programs and activities to local businesses, faculty, students and institutions in the state of South Carolina, the southeast region and national-level to enhance international business experience and expertise. These activities and programs include but are not limited to: Faculty Development in International Business programs, Historically Black College and University outreach, International Business research initiatives, as well as seminars, workshops and conferences. Ten of the 15 CIBERs, to include the University of SC CIBER, have formed a national-level MSI/CC Outreach Consortium for the next four years to host and support two-U.S. wide events for ONLY MSI/CC faculty and students.

Faculty Development in International Business Programs

The University of South Carolina CIBER manages and leads the CIBER leading edge activity FDIB-Africa program each year, with usually several participant slots and CIBER scholarship stipends available to faculty from our regional area. Learn more.

Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Minority Serving Institutions Outreach and Community Colleges Outreach

The University of South Carolina CIBER reserves participant slots for HBCU Faculty in its FDIB programs, as well as making available generous scholarship stipends for faculty from HBCU institutions, MSI and CC in our region and nationally.

The SC CIBER is also the lead-CIBER is a new, four-year program of outreach to MSI and CC faculty and students that will incorporate:

• A free FDIB seminar series for MSI and Community College faculty in Atlanta in 2019 and 2021
• One-on-one mentoring of MSI and Community College faculty to internationalize the business curriculum at selected schools
• Short term study abroad opportunities and funding for faculty and students from MSI and CC institutions
• Hosting a research conference especially designed for MSI and CC faculty
• International Business Research Initiatives, to include MSI/CC research awards and research conference

To promote the international competitiveness of U.S. businesses in the global market — especially those businesses in South Carolina and the southeast — SC CIBER offers annual CIBER research grants to its Moore School faculty as primary researchers on various research topics of international significance (outsourcing, homeland security, new technologies and international business, micro-finance, multinational corporations, and business challenges in Africa and Asia), and encourage them, when possible, to partner with other faculty from other institutions in our region. This research initiative supports not only regional faculty and businesses, but also the future global business interests of all U.S. companies.

For additional information concerning CIBER Outreach opportunities, visit the CIBERweb.

The University of South Carolina CIBER has a long and successful history of funding and supporting International Business research, investing an average of one-quarter of its annual CIBER budget to research. As a result, CIBER has assisted the Sonoco International Business Department faculty in becoming the most prolific International Business research department in the Unites States for many consecutive years, as well as supporting other Darla Moore School of Business faculty in their IB-related research, while adding valuable literature to the area of U.S. competitiveness in the global market.

The SC CIBER is also actively involved in several other research initiatives and activities:

CIBER Working Paper Series — University of South Carolina

The SC CIBER has published over 300 research papers since its inception in 1989, and will again devote a substantial portion of its new four-year grant award toward additional research initiatives, primarily in the areas of Interaction between Multinational Corporations and Institutional Environments, Micro-Finance, Interaction of Global Business and Homeland Security Issues, and CIBER LEADING EDGE ACTIVITY African Business and US-Africa Business Relations. Learn more.

For more information concerning all CIBER Research initiatives, please visit the CIBERweb.