BUSINESS STUDY FOR HONORS STUDENTS IN

NANTES, FRANCEIntersession 2012

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)

PROGRAM OUTLINE – MODULE 1

PROGRAM OUTLINE – MODULE 2

PROGRAM OUTLINE – MODULE 3

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

« One of the most beautiful campuses in France »French Magazine L’Étudiant

ABOUT AUDENCIA @ NANTES

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

The Castle

The Cathedral

Congress building

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

ACCOMODATIONS: APPARTCITY CHÂTEAU FLAT HOTEL

The sofa transforms itself into twin beds

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/