Euro Summer Program
Abstract:
Following up on last summer’s inaugural program several changes are envisioned for this year. The program will last an extra week this summer and will be organized with two of Europe’s leading universities: the University of Maastricht (Netherlands) and the Business and Economics University of Vienna or Wirtschaftsuniversitat Wien (Austria). David Cleeton, Professor of Economics at Oberlin College, will direct the project. The program last summer enrolled Oberlin students and a limited number of Kenyon and Denison students. This summer the program will be opened to enrollment from the entire group of Ohio-5 Colleges.
The Euro Summer Program is designed to give undergraduate liberal arts students a comprehensive introduction to international business through formal study and visits to major business and financial centers (see web site at: http://www.oberlin.edu/~oeurope ). Like many liberal arts colleges, Oberlin does not offer coursework or a major in business. The program gives Oberlin students the chance to explore their interest in business, positioning them to make more informed decisions about careers and advanced study. Dr. Cleeton specifically designed the project as a summer program: 1) to complement the College’s strong economics, law and society, and politics curriculum for students majoring in those fields, and 2) to serve other undergraduates, including pre-medical and Conservatory students, whose degree requirements allow few classes outside the major and make study abroad during the academic year difficult. In this way, Oberlin students with a range of interests can consider business careers or combining business with law, public policy, medicine, or the arts. The program is set in Europe for two reasons: to familiarize U.S. undergraduates with the increasingly global nature of business, and to focus on the European Union (EU), the most progressive regional trade market and the one at the forefront of regional and global integration.
The program will run from June 10 to July 26, 2001 and will be open to 12-15 students selected on a competitive basis. Participants will spend three weeks in Maastricht, the Netherlands at the Center of European Studies (CES-UM) at the University of Maastricht, followed by four weeks at the Wirtschaftsuniversitat Wien.
David Cleeton, cleeton@ftnetwork.com