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The application deadline for this program has passed. No further applications are being accepted. The information on this site may be helpful if you are interested in attending in the future.  

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Faculty-led, world-focused

Penn State faculty-led programs offer students the guidance of trusted faculty, with the freedom to explore the world. Our faculty will create the ideal itinerary for you.

• See Europe and earn credits in international business.
• Experience other cultures and meet students from around the globe.
• Gain lasting memories and friendships.
• See historic sites that you've only read about.

The European Union (EU) is the world's largest economic market, exporter, and recipient of foreign investment. Among its twenty-seven member countries, Denmark stands out as one of its most international in orientation. The country has been renowned since the Viking period, more than a thousand years ago, for its external orientation and, more recently, as home to the "happiest people in the world." For such a small country, Denmark is home to many well-known companies, including the toy-maker LEGO, the Carlsberg Brewery, the Danske Bank in finance, the porcelain-maker Royal Copenhagen, Maersk in shipping, and Scandinavian Airlines. Bordering Germany and only ten miles from Sweden, Denmark is an excellent location from which to explore Scandinavia and northern Europe.

Institutionally, the program will be based at the Copenhagen Business School (CBS). The global perspective of this highly rated, world-class institution is immediately apparent from the diversity of its student enrollment, its close relationship with affiliate businesses that have a global presence, and the diversity of the faculty. The program will consist of two courses of three credits each. Students will select one course from several CBS course options. In the CBS course and in housing, the Penn State students will be mixed with students from across Europe and around the world. This program is available to students in any major with an interest in international business and is accepted for Smeal majors seeking an international business minor.

The required course, I B 399 Europe and the Global Economy, will be taught by a Penn State Smeal College of Business instructor Terrence Guay. The course will introduce the European Union as an organization of governments that was created for the purpose of improving cooperation in both economic and political matters within Europe for the benefit of its member states. How does this Union represent its members and unite them with common goals? How do these goals relate to the supply chain function and the world of finance? After studying the basic structure of the European Union and developing an understanding of its advantages and disadvantages, students will use case studies and site visits to analyze these objectives in more detail. Students are expected to think critically, ask questions, and seek answers using available research to supplement the class material and business visitations.

The program will be based in Copenhagen, but throughout the program the students will visit a variety of cultural sites in Denmark and the Nordic region. Past excursions have included curriculum-relevant sites such as Kronborg Castle, the site of inspiration for Shakespeare's Hamlet (providing a rich history of trade-related issues in the Nordic region); Roskilde (a key site of a Danish Viking community that explored and transacted with the global economy in the first millennium); several excellent museums; and company visits.

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