Walker College of Business

Are you ready to advance your leadership skills while exploring the stunning landscapes and vibrant cities of Scotland? Join us for an unforgettable study abroad experience that combines adventure, personal growth, and hands-on leadership training. Imagine yourself navigating rugged trails, tackling real-world challenges, and working with a diverse group of peers to build high-performing teams. You'll practice resilience in tough situations, learn to leverage individual strengths, and discover how to communicate effectively-even when conversations are difficult.

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 .

The Martha Guy Business for Good Fellows program aims to align with the Walker College of Business's mission of preparing and inspiring students to be ethical, innovative, and engaged business leaders. This experience is designed to empower our first-generation college students with practical skills and insights, enhancing their ability to positively impact local and global communities, in line with the college's commitment to producing business leaders who are conscientious about their societal and environmental responsibilities.

This immersive international impact exchange program explores Asia and the US in a changing world.

This course consists of a trip to Amsterdam to gain an understanding of the process of measuring and reporting on sustainable business practices. The class incorporates oncampus class sessions with an international travel experience. During a 9-day period, each student on this trip will travel to Amsterdam and visit with an international accounting firm, to learn more the services it provides in the assessment of sustainable practices and reporting of sustainability performance results.

On this program, offered in collaboration with the Université d'Angers, students will take classes with Angers business students and learn international business skills and study international brand management, while experiencing French culture and language. Excursions include visits to landmarks in Angers, the Loire valley and Paris. The program starts at the train station in Angers, France and ends at the hostel at check-out in Paris, France.

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.

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.

Visit culturally significant sites in Havana; learn about the Cuban economy, health care and education systems as well as US-Cuba relations from University of Havana professors; visit a cigar factory; visit the Valley of Vinales - Cuba's tobacco growing region; and so much MORE! 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.

United Nations Climate Change Negotiations Course

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.