Summer programs, 2008

For the summer of 2008, School of Business students will have the opportunity to apply for the following programs:

Florence Business Program This program will be offered for the third year. Led by OPIM faculty member Jeff Rummel, students will spend six weeks in Italy visiting Italian companies and learning about designing production processes and operations strategy. The course will build on the topics covered in OPIM 204, as well as those in MGMT 201 and MKTG 201. Students will also learn about the history of Renaissance art in Florence in a class taught by faculty from Palazzo Rucellai.

Relationship Marketing in the European Union This is a new program that will be led by Pete Peterson. The program will be based at the University of Maastricht, in the southern tip of the Netherlands. In addition to the marketing course, students will take a general course about doing business in the EU.

Social Entrepreneurship in Guatemala This is also a new for-credit study abroad program, although UConn students participated in projects in the highlands of Guatemala last summer. The program is run in conjunction with the Social Entrepreneurship Corps, and group that helps to start local companies using the tools of microfinance and microconsignment. Students will take a course on culture and language, a course on business development, and will also participate in an internship with Guatemalan entrepreneurs. The internship course will be an honors course.

More detailed information is being developed for the UConn Study Abroad website. The links above will take you to the School of Business website for honors and study abroad pages (that are also being updated). If you are interested in these programs, applications will be due at the start of the spring semester.