Duke Summer Program- Switzerland: Geneva

  Switzerland

Geneve [Geneva]

Term: Summer 
Dates: Early July - Mid- August

Description: This popular summer program in Geneva focuses on globalization issues in business and international management. Program co-director Professor Alexander Rosenberg of the Duke Department of Philosophy teaches Phil 137. Political Philosophy of Globalization. Cross-listed as POLSCI 152 and Pub Pol 104, this course examines the claims made for and against the expansion of free exchange on economic, political, and cultural institutions and conditions, from the perspectives of competing ethical theories and political philosophies. The second course is MMS 100. International Management taught by visiting lecturer and program co-director Professor Martha Reeves. This course fulfills the MMS certificate requirements. Students are housed in dorms of the Cite Universitaire de Geneve, where classes will be held.

Highlights: In addition to day trips around Geneva, there will be an expense-paid excursion to Berlin. There, students can gauge the commercial, cultural, and political impact of the transition from state centrally planned economy and a socialist welfare system to a free-market economy and reduced social safety net. Students will have the opportunity to become acquainted with the art, music, cuisine, and history of this famous European city and capital of a reunited Germany.

Degree Level: Bachelors Degree (Undergraduate)

Cost in US$: Inquire for further info.

Experience Required: no

Participants Travel to Switzerland Independently or in Groups

Typically Participants Work in Groups

Application Process Involves:

• Letters of Reference
• Online Application plus Application Assessment
• Transcript