INTERSESSION COURSE Five week program designed for business
honors students, including 3 weeks abroad December 19, 2011 – January 27, 2012 1 week class preparation prior to going abroad,
and 1 week upon return to complete the term paper
Course taught entirely in English Includes lectures by guest faculty and field
trips to European government institutions and businesses
Free time during evenings and weekends to meet with local students and experience French culture
ACADEMIC CREDIT Three units
‘Learn by doing’ while abroad via a consulting project with a French company
Satisfy elective credits in many business concentrations
Global business requirement
University Honors general education
International Business internship requirement
Accounting/Finance emphasis in lieu of Fin370
Finance concentration elective
Marketing concentration elective
Management concentration, General Management emphasis elective
Business Economics concentration (300-level elective)
SITE VISITS Nantes
Durel or Scannia or Lu (Kraft Foods) Port Autonome de Nantes or Waterman Cherrea Carre vinyards
Brussels Banque Nationale Belgique
Paris Microsoft National Bank of Brussels European Commission, Trade Department
RANKINGSThe Financial Times Masters in Management :In September 2010 World’s Masters in Management programmesAudencia Master in Management is 18th
The Economist / Which MBA? Ranking:In September 2009 Audencia MBA is in the list of the top 100 MBAs in the world for the fourth year. 13th for faculty quality. Ranked 69th
Beyond Grey PinstripesGlobal MBA ranking. One of just three French based programmes in the top 100. Ranked 96thMexican business magazine Expansión
World's top MBAs in Februray 2010. Audencia was 42rd, the third best performance by a French-based management school.
http://www.audenciatv.com/index.php?id=1084
Nantes
Paris
The weekly L'Express voted Nantes the Greenest City, and the weekly Le Point named it « Best Place to Live in » in 2003, 2004 and 2008.
« Nantes is the most livable city in all of Europe »
6th town in France, 600 000 inhabitants, 56 000 students
2 hours from Paris by TGV (400km)
50 km away from the Atlantique Ocean
5 rivers including the Loire, 12 public gardens, 180 km cycling ways
International Airport, 21 TGV per day to Paris
ABOUT NANTES
ESTIMATED COSTS Airfare: $1,000 Housing in Nantes: 60 Euro per day (double
occupancy) Food: 20 Euro per day Tram: 20 Euro per week Train to Brussels: 160 Euro, with 140 Euro per night in
hotel Train to Paris: 140 Euro, with 85 Euro per night in hotel Mandatory insurance: 15 Euro CSUF registration: $900 Potential scholarship from Dean Puri: $500 per student
Estimated Total Cost: $4,500 - $500 = $4,000
NEXT STEPS Make the commitment to join us in Nantes! Why?
Just do it! Gain first-hand international experience via site visits
and working with French faculty and local businesses Build intercultural awareness and sensitivity by
engaging with local students in various informal activities
Build a network of long-term friends that reaches beyond Orange County
Open yourself up to a life-changing three weeks!
Check the Study Abroad blog @ http://studyabroad-kh.blogspot.com/