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Study Abroad - Programs
Winter 2006
Europe MBA
January 13, 2006 - January 29, 2006


Please note that this program is highly competitive and will accept only a limited number of applicants.
Please note that the Europe MBA program accepts students on a rolling basis. We recommend that you apply early if you would like to be considered for acceptance.

Program Overview

People in all areas of business face complex issues and tasks that arise from the increasingly global nature of business. Executives need to be adept at recognizing global business complexities, and at adapting their companies' strategies, marketing and management to different cultures, institutions, economic conditions and political situations.

This central European program puts M.B.A. students in the midst of major global business challenges: the ongoing development of the European Union, and the continuing, sometimes unpredictable transitions of the business world in former Eastern Bloc countries.

The program - based at the International Management Centre in historic Budapest, with additional trips to Prague and Vienna - brings M.B.A. students face-to-face with managers, scholars and other key decision makers in central Europe who are both leading and adapting to ongoing change in the business world. The program will include teaching by faculty from the University of Delaware and the International Management Center, and will include company visits and/or cultural activities on most days.

Please note: The program fee for this year's program does not include airfare to/from Europe. Students will be responsible for getting to and from the program location independently. We estimate the cost of the plane ticket to be between $500-600, although you may be able to find a better individual fare.


Courses
Students must enroll in all courses for credit and a grade; pass/fail and audit registration is not permitted.

Honors credit may be available. Check with the faculty director and the Honors program for prior approval (before departure).

All students must enroll in 6 credits, as well as the 0-credit UNIV course. All students take BUAD 843. Students choose one other course, either BUAD 840 (required course for MBA) or BUAD 867.

BUAD840 - Ethical Issues in Domestic and Global Business Environments (3 cr.)
Topics include ethics in organizations, and problems and challenges dealing with external environment demands including global issues.
Satisfies the following requirements:
      Required for all M.B.A. students

BUAD843 - Special Topics in Global Business (3 cr.)
Examines selected topics in global business. For winter term, the course will focus on business issues in the European Union and in the transitional economies of eastern Europe, such as business strategy and marketing implications of the European Union, and management issues facing companies and subsidiaries in transitional economies. It will be taught by faculty from the University of Delaware and from the International Management Centre of Central European University, Budapest.
Satisfies the following requirements:
      Satisfies the international focus elective requirement in M.B.A. program, and can be used as part of an international business M.B.A. concentration.

BUAD867 - Ethical, Social & Political Issues in International Business (3 cr.)
Examines ethical, social and political issues arising from the globalization of business, covering topics such as: managing political, social and ethical differences across national borders (e.g., labor practices, bribery/corruption), comparative institutional environments of business, impacts of global business on cultures and political systems.
Requirements
The Europe MBA Winter Session program is designed for graduate students already enrolled in the University of Delaware MBA program. For all participants, a formal application is necessary, including a deposit, one transcript (non-University of Delaware students only), and one recommendation. An interview may be conducted in person or by telephone.

Study abroad at the University of Delaware is highly competitive. See here for an overview of the acceptance process. If you are not selected for your first choice program, we recommend moving your application and deposit to another program (by emailing your request to studyabroad@udel.edu).


Europe MBA Program Costs
Participants in the Europe MBA program will be charged University of Delaware tuition for one Winter Session and the program fee. The program fee usually covers round-trip airfare, housing, and all excursions but does not include transportation to/from the group's initial departure airport. Your specific program fee may or may not include these and other items, check with the
faculty director for details.

A $200 deposit towards the program fee must be paid by no later than September 26, 2005 , although we recommend that you pay your deposit within three working days of submitting your application. The deposit is non-refundable if you are admitted into the program. The program acceptance list will be available approximately two weeks later. See below for additional program fee and tuition payment deadlines.

UD students pay all program fee deposits by direct bank transfer via this website: http://www.udel.edu/studyabroadpayments. Non-UD students should send a check, payable to the University of Delaware, to CFIS, Elliott Hall, 26 East Main Street, Newark, DE 19716. Credit card payments are not accepted.

  DE Resident Non-DE Resident
Final Tuition based on current year 2706 5592
Final Program Fee 2250 2250
UD Registration & Activities Fee 25 25
Final Total 4981 7867

Please note that final program fees are subject to change until the group's departure date. Final program fees may be increased due to airline taxes, fuel surcharges, exchange rates, or changes in the group size.


Scholarships
Need- and merit-based scholarships are available to UD undergraduates on a competitive basis. For more details and to apply for a scholarship, go to our
scholarships page (and be sure to submit scholarship materials by the deadlines).
Deadlines
All payments and application materials are due by 5:00pm on the dates listed below: Please note that this program is highly competitive and will accept only a limited number of applicants. Please note that the Europe MBA program accepts students on a rolling basis. We recommend that you apply early if you would like to be considered for acceptance.
  • Application and $200 deposit deadline: September 26, 2005
  • $800 deposit deadline: October 14, 2005
  • Final program fee balance due: November 4, 2005
  • Tuition and Registration Fee due: mid-December, 2005

Contact Information
Gary Weaver
Faculty Director
Department of Business Administration
224 Alfred Lerner Hall
Phone:(302) 831-4568
Email:
weaverg@lerner.udel.edu