International Business Study Abroad Programs
The Alnwick, England Program
This program, sponsored by SCSU’s Center for International Studies, offers students a one-semester study experience at Alnwick Castle in the far north of England, about forty kilometers from the Scottish border. Students live, eat and attend classes taught by both SCSU and British faculty in the Castle and also participate in numerous cultural and business tours in England and Scotland. Alnwick Castle featured in outdoor scenes form Harry Potter movies, dates to the middle ages and is home to the Duke of Northumberland, from whom SCSU rents space for its program.
The Alnwick program is primarily but not exclusively designed for students in the first two years of their academic program. When HCOB faculty is involved in the program, as will be the case in four upcoming terms, classes include those needed for general education as well as for business requirements. Students in the Alnwick program typically earn fifteen credits (twelve in summer terms) in business and general education.
In this film, some of the students and staff from St Cloud take you on a tour of their English home away from home.
The Ingolstadt, Germany Program
This business study program is targeted at students a bit farther along in their academic program, ideally at the point of taking upper level business core classes (usually, around the beginning of the third year). The program offers a one-semester study experience at the Fachhochschule, a business and engineering university located in Ingolstadt, Germany. Ingolstadt lies in the heart of Bavaria about an hour north of Munich. Students live in a villa in the city of Ingolstadt with eighteen other students and a faculty director.
Business classes at the Fachhochschule are taught in English by German professors. Students need not know German before leaving. The first three weeks in Ingolstadt are spent in an intensive German language survival course, which continues weekly thereafter. Enrolled students normally earn fifteen to eighteen business credits.
The Short Term Study Abroad Tour
This relatively new business program is targeted at business majors who cannot spend a full semester abroad. Each May, after spring semester ends, the HCOB sponsors a three to four week study tour to one or more countries. The program typically involves classroom work prior to departing and during the time abroad, accompanied by a wide array of cultural and business tours. These intensive programs earn six advanced business credits and are normally targeted at students who already have been admitted to a business major.
