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Mission

The Intercultural Institute of California (IIC) is a non-profit institution incorporated with the mission of providing post-secondary students with affordable, quality non-degree extension study programs through establishment of formal curricula and regular faculty. More specifically, these educational programs are designed to fulfill our students’ varied learning needs, and to empower them with the necessary skills to understand and communicate with people from different cultures.

Objectives

IIC offers certificate programs geared towards students of English as a Second Language (ESL).

Our General English program has been designed with the objective of improving students’ knowledge and usage of English in all the major skill areas: reading, writing, speaking, listening, grammar, and vocabulary.

Our Business English program has the objective of improving students’ knowledge and use of business-related English and of making students more effective at workplace communication.

Our ESL TOEFL program has the objective of improving students’ performance on the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) through a focus on the test’s major components.

Our GRE/GMAT program has the objective of improving students’ performance on either the Graduate Records Examination (GRE) and/or the Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT) through a focus on the test’s major components.