Walker College of Business

A study of the role of business and sustainability in Portugal. The country is a small, open, export-oriented economy whose best-known industries have been shaped by centuries of trade, family enterprise, and geography. Through four pre-trip seminars and a two-week field experience, students analyze the industries that define Portuguese commerce (cork, wine, maritime operations, tourism, and tile), examine how national culture shapes business practice, and evaluate the sustainability claims and trade-offs of heritage and emerging sectors.

Working with local organizations and hosts, students learn in the field: a cork museum, a port cellar and a Vinho Verde estate, a maritime museum and a contemporary museum built from a former power station, a tile museum with a hands-on workshop, a forest-conservation nonprofit, a social enterprise led by migrant guides, a startup campus, and conversations with Portuguese academics and practitioners.

Courses

MBA 5020 – International Seminar on Portugal – 3 credit hours

*Approved undergraduates may participate through an independent study.

Credits (3 credit hours)

MBA 5020 - This 3 semester hour course fulfills the international requirement for the MBA program and is an elective for the international business and sustainable business concentration.  It is also an elective for the MSADA sustainability concentration.

Questions/To Apply

Application and full program details, including cost, will be available soon. Contact the program leader to find out more about this program. 

Program Leader

Dr. Jacqueline Tilton , Director, MBA Program