Walker College of Business

Travel to London is the experiential portion of the spring semester course, FIN 4800 International Insurance Markets. This course will analyze the transfer of risk from businesses operating in this country, through the insurance market mechanism, to ultimate risk bearers abroad. The overriding design of the course is to follow the insurance transaction from main street U.S.A. through the standard markets, surplus lines markets, and reinsurance markets. London is home to many of the world's largest insurers and reinsurers.

Travel to Bermuda is the one-week experiential portion of FIN 4800 International Insurance Markets.  Bermuda's economy is based on tourism and financial services. It is the largest domicile for captive insurers and home to some of the world's largest reinsurance companies.  During students' time in Bermuda, they will visit reinsurers, brokers, regulators, and historical sites. In addition to business visits, students will also visit the Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences (BIOS). BIOS is a research and educational institution focusing on our oceans and the changing climate.

Join faculty and students from the Walker College of Business in and exploration of sustainability practices in Costa Rica. Costa Rica, famous for it's "Pura Vida" approach to life and home to 500,000 different animal species will be the destination for a short-term faculty led program over spring break, 2026. We will be partnering with the Monteverde Institute to study sustainable business practices in agriculture, small businesses, and tourism. The program runs from March 6 to March 13 and includes time in San Jose, the Monteverde cloud forest, Puntarenas, and the Pacific coast.

The focus of this course is on international entrepreneurship and the development of business plans. Approximately 15 ASU students will work with a similar number of students from the Universite Catholique de Louvain (UCL) in Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium. ASU students will visit Belgium in March. Belgian students will visit Boone for one week in early April. During the semester, groups composed of American and Belgian students will work together on business projects .

This course integrates classroom learning with experiential industry engagement during a faculty-led education abroad program in Belgium and the Netherlands. The course examines the intersection of artificial intelligence (AI), digital transformation, and sustainability within Europe’s leading innovation hubs. Students will engage with academic and industry experts to explore how businesses leverage AI for marketing, logistics, and customer experience.

United Nations Climate Change Negotiations 

Students are selected for the UN Climate Negotiations course and program through a competitive application process. The program is offered through the Walker College of Business and welcomes students from all disciplines. The course familiarizes students with the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the annual Conference of the Parties (COP). Each fall, a delegation of students and faculty from App State travel to the COP and participate in the negotiations. 

Explore the coast of Portugal in this service learning study abroad program. Enjoy the beach, explore Lisbon, and volunteer alongside locals to experience how social enterprises are doing good in Portugal.

Courses

ENT 3600 - Entrepreneurship Study Abroad (3 semester hours) Prerequisites: 54 earned hours