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Course Descriptions
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about the two classes we are offering this year in this Program!
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This page includes information for class offerings, course
schedule layouts, projected costs, and sign-up information.
Class Offerings:
This summer, we will be offering two different classes -
Business 380 and Business 398.
International Business 383:
BUS 383
demonstrates actual international business, the economics, finance,
marketing, and management components of business pertinent to
international business. Course work begins with introductory
material on the USCA campus prior to leaving. Once in Europe the
course becomes a living/learning experience. The focus of
coursework in Europe is business visits to local and multinational
businesses. We tour operations, meet with management, and revolve
remaining classwork on the visits. Presentations by economic and
political experts supplement the visitations with background important
to understanding the circumstances and opportunities unique to the emerging economies of
Central and Eastern Europe.
This course is
a required core course for all business students.
Prerequisite: BUS 350
Business 398:
Topics in International Business:
BUS 398 focuses
on the opportunities and challenges facing emerging business in an
international setting. Political and cultural influences are integrated
into coursework. Students will visit Czech and Slovak businesses and use the
case-study method to analyze situations presented to them by local
business leaders, government officials, and USCA faculty.
This course
counts as an upper level business elective in the student's program of
study. No Prerequisites..
Course Schedule Layout:
On the USCA campus:
April and May, prior
to leaving:
Foundation and
core material classes held at USCA. These classes cover some of the
course content needed for completion of the course which are best
covered in a more "traditional" on campus environment. Classes
will be arranged once weekly in April, and for several days immediately
prior to departure in May. Courses also cover background of the
countries visited: politics, history, economics, sociological factors,
literature, theater, and culture. Hey we even see a couple of
commercial movies about the area.
Prague, Czech Republic
Mid-May through
beginning of Summer Session I:
Classes focus
completely around business visits to local and multinational companies,
tour the operations, and meeting with company management. In
addition to local companies we have visited Hewlett Packard, Microsoft,
Philips, Volkswagen, Siemens, Phillip Morris, Bohemia Crystal, and, of
course, can't go to Prague without a tour of the local brewery.
Assignments pursue topics covered on the business visits. Outside
speakers make presentations to and interact with students. Previous year’s
speakers included a representative of the Czech Ministry of Development,
the Slovakian Secretary of Education, receptions with the mayor of
Kosice (2nd largest city in Slovakia),
the publisher of a Czech business expatriate guide, and a U.S. lawyer
who founded her own [highly successful] law firm in Prague.
Projected Costs:
The cost includes all
travel expenses (including airfare, tours, transportation), all accommodations
in the Czech Republic, and several meals. Tuition is extra.
Each year the costs change. Our costs are held to a minimum to
make the trip more affordable for our students. It's not cheap,
but travel never is. In perspective, this one
of the best deals going! Truly... And in terms of the
educational and "life" value, this is a best deal of a lifetime.
Certainly it is the experience of a lifetime.
Scholarships are
available and possible fundraisers may be used to help to reduce costs as well.
Prague becomes more
expensive every year (because more and more people are catching on to
its' beauty, mystery, and excitement). But it's still generally inexpensive in comparison to US standards. And
our village in Stara Lubovna is very inexpensive. Trip spending money
generally goes a long
way!
Signup Information:
Space is limited to the
first thirty (25) students who apply for this program. So act
quickly!
You must get in touch
with
Dr. David Harrison,
Dr. Richard Heiens, or Dr.Sanela Porca
to sign up for this Program. A non-refundable deposit of $250
is required to reserve your space. If you have not completed the
prerequisites for the BUS 383 class, make sure to register it in time to
have it completed before our trip..
There you go! We're
looking forward to an excellent trip this summer. Don't miss out on
this exciting opportunity to learn, enjoy, and live "European"!
To get more information, email Dr.
David Harrison or Dr. Richard Heiens, or Dr. Sanela Porca. Better
yet, come by and see us in our offices. We love to talk about the
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