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Undergraduate Spring/Summer Opportunities 2010
SPRING/SUMMER
IBIP - International Business Immersion Program
China
Spring 10 on-campus 4-credit hour course with 14-day trip to China May 15-29, 2009. This course must be applied for during fall semester. The course is joint listed with the Colleges of Business and ACES. You will be studying Chinese agriculture production and supply chains. This is a competitive class, with 18-25 students being accepted.
Learn more at www.ibip.illinois.edu
Info Sessions - Monday, Sept. 21, 7-8 pm, 3001 BIF and Tuesday, Oct. 6, 7-8 pm in the ACES Library, Monsanto Room
The rest of the info on this page is for Summer 2009. The Summer 2010 info will be updated during winter break, and will be very similar to the offerings for 2009.
Requirements
- All programs have a recommended minimum GPA of 3.0.
- These programs are only open to current students in the College of Business.
- These programs are not open to freshmen, and it is strongly recommended that students in their last semester not participate, because their graduation will be delayed.
More detailed information on the costs of summer programs
ESCP Europe PARIS SUMMER SESSION
Paris, France
June 2 - July 11, up to 7.5 hours credit
This program is open to students who have finished their junior year. Students can choose to take the equivalent of 3 full courses at one of the top business schools in France. The campus is located in downtown Paris. Full courses take place twice a week in 3-hour sessions each. Half courses take place once a week in 3-hour sessions each. Students will choose 3 courses from a list of available courses in English. See courses on the ESCP Europe website.
Students can live in the student residence "Le Vivaldi," which is about 35 minutes away by metro or 25 minutes by bus. Students can also choose to find their own accomodations.
Course equivalencies
- Business Experience - elective
- The European Model: Does the European Model Lead to a European Model of Doing Business? - International Business Major Elective #1
- Positional Bargaining: Negotiation Workshop - Fin major elective or a Business Admin major elective for all concentrations except Supply Chain
- Marketing Strategies and Performances - TBD
- International Business Management - BADM 381 or Fin Major Elective
- Supply Chain Management - elective
- The Progress Towards Excellence - elective
Email BUS students who have participated in this program
Latisha Smith - fin
Deadline: February 9
$250 non-refundable deposit once committed
approximate cost $4,500
(includes UIUC tuition,general fee, study abroad fees, housing, insurance, and estimated airfare)
International Summer Programme Intercultural Management
Norwegian School of Management - Oslo, Norway
June 27 - July 17, 4 hours credit
Intercultural Management: a Norwegian/Scandinavian perspective
In today's global world an understanding of what happens when people from different cultures meet and work together is quintessential for managers and leaders. We focus on the meeting of Scandinavian/Norwegian cultures with other cultures in the international business arena. This context will procide the backdrop for understanding and applying the research on culture, communication and management in some specific global industries where Norwegian firms have excelled. We will also investigate when people from different cultures meet in the Scandinavian context where values of gender equality dominate and specific employment rules and rights must be applied. The course will be run using lectures, cases, group work and company visits.
BI's campus in Oslo:
The brand new campus of BI Norwegian School of Management in Oslo offers students and faculty excellent facilities. It is centrally located in an emerging and lively business area in Oslo and the home for more than 7,000 undergraduate and postgraduate students. Students work and study in a campus environment of innovative Scandinavian architectural design.
Accommodation is available at nearby dormitories.
deadline: March 18
$250 non-refundable deposit once committed
approximate cost $4,500
(includes UIUC tuition,general fee, study abroad fees, BI social activities fee, housing, insurance, and estimated airfare)
Email BUS students who have participated in this program
Evan Thompson - mgt
Catherine Moglia
QUINN SCHOOL OF BUSINESS
Dublin, Ireland
June 8 - July 31, 6 hours credit
Dublin, Ireland
Week 1 -
Intensive Course in Irish History, Politics & Culture
Weeks 2,3,4,5,6,7,
- Internship
Week 8 - Exams/Presentations
The 8-week program consists of a 6-week internship, 30 hours per week at a leading Irish or international company in one of the following areas:
- Banking and Finance
- Business Management and International Business
- Human Resource Management
- Management Information Systems
- Marketing
The internship placements are of a very high quality and involve project-based meaningful work assignments. The students need to indicate in what area they would like to conduct their internship (see application form). The internship placements will be for 20 hours per week. The following is a sample list of companies providing internships:
Bank of Ireland, Bank of Ireland Asset Mangement, Ulster Bank,
Anglo Irish Bank, KPMG, Ernst & Young, Deloitte & Touche,
JP Morgan, Arthur Cox, A&L Goodbody Matheson, Ormby, Prentice,
IBM, Dell, Microsoft, Compaq, Oracle, Chase Bank, Diego Treasury, Norwich Union International, Citibank,
Ryanair, Aer Arann, Fitzpatrick Hotel Group, ESB International
etc.
In addition to the internship, students take an Irish history course and a course in conjunction with their internship.The tuition fee also includes an extensive cultural/social
program - students are offered field trips throughout Ireland
on a weekly basis and also a weekend trip to the West of Ireland.
deadline: Feb. 9
$250 non-refundable deposit once committed
approximate cost $9,600
(includes UIUC tuition, program fee, cultural course,
excursions, housing, insurance, and estimated airfare)
Email BUS students who have participated in this program
Nabil Alam - fin
Caitlin French -accy
Daniel Klein - fin
Joseph Lee - accy
Maureen O'Connor
Joshua Goodman - fin
Samuel Lee - fin
Seema Nilakhe - fin
Angelo Koutoupis - fin
Maureen Crinion - accy
EUROPEAN SUMMER STUDY PROGRAMME (ESSP)
Manchester Business School, Manchester, England
(and Spain, France and Prague)
Learn about the European Union through classes and company visits in Manchester, Prague, Spain and France. Industries that will be visited in 2009 include fashion retailers, telecommunications, and computer technology. The program also includes sightseeing tours of the major cities. Your grades will consist of a written exam and team projects including a 15-mniute presentation and a written industry analysis on one of the industries studied.
Housing in Manchester is student flats with seperate bedrooms and shared lounges and kitchens. The accomodations in the other cities are hotels.
must have completed 60 hours before the beginning of the program
The ESSP course fulfills the second International Business major elective.
- http://www.mbs.ac.uk/executive/centres/europeancentre/european-summer-study.aspx
- description
- student comments
June 28- August 1, 6 hours of elective credit
1st + 5th week at Manchester + 3 weeks traveling
Europe
rolling acceptance until April 18 or full
$250 non-refundable deposit once committed
approximate cost $8,000
(Includes UIUC S2 tuition plus fees, insurance, estimated
airfare, MBS program fee and hotel breakfasts)
Email BUS students who have participated in this program
Maura Farrell - accy
Kevin Bernhard - accy
Jenna Pearson - org admin
Edmond Tham - fin
Meagan Given - accy
Erin Johnson - mrktg/mgt
Emily Lanter - accy
Olivia Lewis - supply chain mgt
Kyle McKinley - mrktg
Alex Stepien - fin
Jessica Wetzler - is/it
Applications are on a rolling acceptance and are due April 20
INTERNATIONAL WU SUMMER UNIVERSITY
Vienna (Austria) University of Economics and Business Administration
The WU, founded in Vienna in 1898, is Austria's largest and most renowned academic center for Economic and Management Studies.
Choose 2 business courses from list of offered courses. Business courses are available in either English or German. The Organizational Behavior Class will satisfy BADM310. The Logistics and Supply Chain Management class counts as a 300-level elective. For students majoring in IDM or Production, the Logistics and Supply Chain Management Class counts as a concentration elective.
Optional cultural excursions available.
Course equivalencies
Nonprofit Management = Elective
Logistics & Supply Chain Management = BADM 378
Organizational Behavior = BADM 310
Accountancy and Finance = Elective
International Marketing = BADM 382 (Mktg Elective)
Entrepreneurship = Elective
Applications are due by March 15
$250 non-refundable deposit once committed
July 5-24, 2008 or July 26 - Aug 14, 4 hours
approximate cost $4,900
(Includes tuition, books and course materials, use of library
and PC labs, housing in dorms, breakfast and lunch on lecture
days, public transportation ticket within Vienna. Cost also
includes estimated airfare, UIUC S2 tuition and insurance.)
Email BUS students who have participated in this program
Min Ah Lee - fin
Kimberly Mason - accy
Jim Dolatowski - accy
Anuj Aggarwal - accy
Chad Wherley - fin
Christina Tseng - accy
Samuel Marder - accy
Wen-Yi Lee - mrktg
