The Summer Study Abroad Program consists of a series of three-credit courses that have been carefully selected to address issues that have an international dimension.
Courses are generally upper-level undergraduate courses.
You may choose from among several courses in international business, marketing, or strategic management that examine aspects of world trade, the operations of multinational firms, or the legal aspects of doing business internationally. Other courses will examine critically important issues such as why world food markets behave the way they do, or introduce students to the practical aspects of planning, financing and marketing an agri-food business in an international context. If you are a student of history, economics or politics, you could choose a course that takes a critical look at Western political ideologies as they confront today's politics of the environment or feminist politics. Or sign up for the international relations seminar and participate in lively discussions on the role of diplomacy in international affairs, Canadian external relations, third world politics, or Cold-War historiography. Alternatively, you might want to focus on one of the world's evolving economies, such as Mexico, as it moves from a largely agrarian society to an industrialized economy, or look at the history of Japan's relations to Europe and China to understand the origins of its remarkable commercial expansion.