Walker College of Business

Want the opportunity to connect with international students and broaden your horizons, while staying socially distanced? This year, the Angers Summer Business Program is going virtual... Offered in collaboration with the Université d'Angers, students take online summer classes with Angers business students and learn international business skills, International Finance and International Brand Management, while experiencing cross-cultural collaboration.

We will travel to Sydney, Australia – a vibrant business hub in the rapidly growing Asia Pacific region – to learn more about international business, globalization, and international trade. We will tour leading businesses and hear from leading business professionals in a variety of business sectors. A cultural excursion to a wildlife park is included and will discuss tourism, Aboriginal culture, and provide close encounters with Australian kangaroos and koalas! Other optional excursions are also being planned (details TBD) for the weekend and evenings.

Doing Business in Japan is a 10-day and 3-credit hour course.  This course focuses on developing students’ expertise in business and culture in Japan. Students will immerse themselves in local business and cultural environments throughout cultural activities (e.g., tea ceremony, archery, sumo wrestling, museum visits, and farewell party), class discussion with local instructors and students, and company visits. After course completion, students will have skills and knowledge to succeed their future business in Japan.

The Yucatán peninsula is famed for its beautiful beaches, well-developed tourism industry and a wealth of archaeological sites dating from the era of Mayan ascendancy in the region. With a unique cultural history and geography, this region is an ideal location for students to observe the impacts of economic development on the local community, in particular through the booming tourism industry, as well as to become aware of the diversity of languages, geographies and cultures that make up the country of Mexico.

Visit Rio de Janeiro and the magnificent Iguaçu Falls in an unforgettable program to Brazil this summer!  The 12 day program (May 11 to May 23), sponsored by the Walker College of Business, includes five nights at Iguaçu Falls (one of the 7 wonders of the modern world) and five nights in Rio de Janeiro.  The program focuses on renewable energy in Brazil and includes visits to the Itaipu dam and hydroelectric plant, as well as a visit to Brazil’s only nuclear power plant in Angra dos Reis.  There will be a side trip into Argentina for geology enthusiasts a

Travel to London is the experiential portion of the spring semester course, FIN 4800 International Insurance Markets. This course is designed to expose students to international business concepts with particular emphasis on the insurance industry. We will analyze the transfer of risk from typical U.S. organizations, through the insurance market mechanism, to ultimate risk bearers abroad. Admission to the course is highly competitive, involves an application process and is by permission of instructor only.

Travel to Bermuda is the experiential portion of the spring semester course, FIN 4800 International Insurance Markets.  We will spend one week in Bermuda at the end of the spring semester. Bermuda's economy is based on tourism and financial services. It is the largest domicile for captive insurers and home to some of the the world's largest reinsurance companies.  During our time in Bermuda we will visit reinsurers, brokers, regulators, and historical sites. Most of our time will be in Hamilton, but the first few days will be at the Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences (BIOS).

Bangalore, India, is referred to as the "Silicon Valley of India" or "IT capital of India" because it plays a leading role as the nation's information technology (IT) exporter. Indian technological organizations such as Infosys and Wipro, among others, are headquartered in the city. Bangalore's IT industry is divided into three main clusters – Software Technology Parks of India (STPI); International Tech Park, Bangalore (ITPB).

Students will participate in lectures at the University of Havana. These lectures will cover topics such as the history of Cuba and Cuba-US relations, the Effects of the Embargo, Sustainable Energy in Cuba, Entrepreneurship in Cuba, etc. These lectures will be linked to site visits to museums, government organizations, agricultural cooperatives, renewable energy agencies, etc. For more information and application instructions, visit OIED's Online Program Brochure.

On this program, offered in collaboration with the Université d'Angers, students will take classes with Angers business students and learn international business skills, International Finance and International Brand Management in particular, while experiencing French culture and language. Excursions include visits to landmarks in Angers, the Loire valley and Paris. The program starts and ends in the trains station in Angers, France.