China is destination for summer Study Abroad
Chelsea Hansen
Issue date: 11/20/08 Section: News
Tarleton students interested in the opportunity to travel to China will soon get their chance to study global business practices during the 2009 summer session.
The College of Business Administration is inviting sophomores, juniors and seniors to join a two-week study abroad tour of Chinese businesses, cultural sites and 2008 Olympic venues.
Students will visit Beijing, Xi'an and Shanghai, meet with a representative from the Chinese government and take a three-day cruise on the Yangtze River, according to Dr. Janis Petronis. The tour is offered as a course in which students may earn credit for International Business, Marketing Management, or Human Resource Management, or the course may be taken for elective credit.
Petronis, the professor for the course, has taken students abroad for many years, describes the trip as "an incredible learning experience, where students can see how other people live and do business and experience it themselves."
Petronis who has led other groups of students on tours of China said she is looking forward to seeing what impact the 2008 Olympic games had on the country.
"For many students this is a once-in-a-lifetime experience, " she said. "They will see and do things they could never do in a classroom."
Devan Brannan, a senior marketing major, was part of a group that traveled abroad with Petronis last summer on a trip to Argentina and Chile.
Brannan said that it was a valuable experience for her major, and a positive addition to her resume, "International exposure is good no matter what field you go into."
The actual tour in China will take place from May 11 to May 27, but students taking the course will attend several pre-travel meetings throughout the semester to learn basic greetings and cultural customs. The students will travel with an interpreter at all times and will keep journals of their experiences on the trip.
The cost is $4,000 per student, which includes airfare, lodging and food, as well as entrance fees for daily activities in China. The cost does not include regular tuition and fees that are estimated to be about $675.
Full-time students with a GPA of 2.0 or higher are eligible for the International Education Fee Scholarship and may also apply for an additional scholarship from the Business and International Education Initiative.
Students interested in the tour may contact Petronis at (254)968-9342 for applications and more information.
The College of Business Administration is inviting sophomores, juniors and seniors to join a two-week study abroad tour of Chinese businesses, cultural sites and 2008 Olympic venues.
Students will visit Beijing, Xi'an and Shanghai, meet with a representative from the Chinese government and take a three-day cruise on the Yangtze River, according to Dr. Janis Petronis. The tour is offered as a course in which students may earn credit for International Business, Marketing Management, or Human Resource Management, or the course may be taken for elective credit.
Petronis, the professor for the course, has taken students abroad for many years, describes the trip as "an incredible learning experience, where students can see how other people live and do business and experience it themselves."
Petronis who has led other groups of students on tours of China said she is looking forward to seeing what impact the 2008 Olympic games had on the country.
"For many students this is a once-in-a-lifetime experience, " she said. "They will see and do things they could never do in a classroom."
Devan Brannan, a senior marketing major, was part of a group that traveled abroad with Petronis last summer on a trip to Argentina and Chile.
Brannan said that it was a valuable experience for her major, and a positive addition to her resume, "International exposure is good no matter what field you go into."
The actual tour in China will take place from May 11 to May 27, but students taking the course will attend several pre-travel meetings throughout the semester to learn basic greetings and cultural customs. The students will travel with an interpreter at all times and will keep journals of their experiences on the trip.
The cost is $4,000 per student, which includes airfare, lodging and food, as well as entrance fees for daily activities in China. The cost does not include regular tuition and fees that are estimated to be about $675.
Full-time students with a GPA of 2.0 or higher are eligible for the International Education Fee Scholarship and may also apply for an additional scholarship from the Business and International Education Initiative.
Students interested in the tour may contact Petronis at (254)968-9342 for applications and more information.
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