China Study Tour
BUEC 648: International Study Tour
New Information for 2012:
Registration for the 2012 China Study Tour is on September 9th and is via bear tracks. The tentative trip dates are May 2nd - 13th, 2012. Costs are estimated to be approximately $3,600 plus course tuition. More information about potential funding will be made available shortly.
The International Study Tour combines pre-trip lectures and an individual research paper with international company visits, lectures, and cultural site visits.
The course allows student to learn first-hand about China's business and cultural practices while developing a keener sense of the challenges and opportunities of globalization.
The 2011 China Study Tour took place over two weeks in May. The tour included stops in Beijing and Shanghai for both business-related visits and site-seeing. Trip highlights included meetings with:
- Bank of Montreal (BMO) Beijing Office
- Stryker Medical Devices
- Singapore Industrial Park
- Alberta China Office, Canadian Embassy
- Shanghai Administrative Institute
- Wahaha Beverage Company
- Giordano Group
In addition to company visits, students visited:
- Tiananmen Square
- The Forbidden City
- The Great Wall
China Trip Course Outline
China Trip Blog - 2010
Read about the student experience with Walter Jull's blogs about the MBA Study Tour to China.
Student Testimonial
The China Study Tour was amazing. All perceptions I had of China have been blown away. No amount of watching shows or reading books about China can do it justice. Beijing and Shanghai are vital, modern cities that must be experienced in person.
A tourist can experience China's tourism, but the opportunity to experience the "business perspective" through meetings with government and non-government organizations is something that can only be provided through the study tour. I can't believe I almost passed on this opportunity.
-- Glenn Bosch