Program Framework

The study program is internship-based, combining traditional academic studies with real world PAID business and cultural internships (also called Curricular Practical Training - CPT). At this program not only teach students with the business and technical knowledge in a classroom setting, but also value the real world “hands-on” work experiences related to student's future careers. This program challenges students in many ways and will eventually put our students well ahead of their peers when they graduate from school. When compared with traditional students educated from textbook to textbook, TLHU's students on average already have many years US work experience at the time they receive their bachelor's degree. In contrast to the students from traditional classroom only education program, TLHU's students have strong communication and social skills, they are well adapted to the multi-cultural real world environment, demonstrate good time management ability and fluent in oral  English, plus many years international business "know-how" and cultural experience. Enriched resume and strong recommendation letters from American companies and organizations are sparkling extras. All these will help students prepare to meet the challenge of increasingly intensified competition in the global market. 

Students need to complete a total of 120 credits to receive a bachelor's  degree. Following two degrees are available for this internship-based program:

• Bachelor's Degree in International Business for those students who want to pursue business management as their career goal in the global market with concentration on international trade.

• Bachelor's Degree in Intercultural Studies for those students who want to work as diplomatic officers (such as visa officer) on foreign affairs and international relationships for the government and other public service sections.

Students at "Work-Study" Program are required to take one (1) CPT workshop offered by ADAM Group in the first 9 months, CPT workshop will teach students how to write American style resume and cover letter, job hunting strategies, interview skills, ethics on the job, US culture and custom, and safety issues, etc. All these are intended to help students smoothly enter the PAID internship employment.

Internship starts after student stay in school for 9 months and continues for at least two years.