Academic courses

Earn credit while studying what you see abroad.

The course starts in class, then uses company visits, cultural sites, and faculty-led discussion to support assignments and advisor conversations.

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Course settings

Choose the setting that fits how you want to study.

Europe is built around comparison across several cities. Brazil goes deeper inside one country through business, language, culture, and city life.

Europe

Europe: compare several cities

Europe gives students several settings to study: Prague's UNYP academic base, then the market, cultural, public-life, and institutional examples they encounter along the route.

Brazil

Brazil: study one country in depth

Brazil pairs business study with Portuguese language and Brazilian culture so students can study one country from several angles: markets, media, heritage, public life, and everyday city experience.

Course list

Current credit-bearing course options.

Review the current course options, then ask how each course is offered for the session you are considering. Europe centers on Introduction to the European Union and may add a cross-cultural course; Brazil centers on International Business and may pair it with Portuguese language and Brazilian culture.

Core course family

Europe

Introduction to the European Union

Students examine European institutions, policy, markets, culture, and society while comparing what they observe across EU and non-EU cities on the route.

3-credit course European studies

Planned titles vary by session and academic focus. Request the current syllabus and transcript details, then ask your home university how the course may apply.

Planned transcript options by session

EUR 324

A2 / A3

Introduction to the European Union

Integrated overview of EU institutions, policy, economy, culture, and society.

BUS 324

A2 / A3

Introduction to the European Union (Business Focus)

Emphasizes markets, firms, regulation, and cross-border economic activity.

SOC 324

A2 / A3

Introduction to the European Union (Social Focus)

Emphasizes social policy, identity, migration, and cultural context.

POL 324

A2 / A3

Introduction to the European Union (Policy Focus)

Emphasizes governance, institutions, law, and decision-making processes.

EUR 326

A1 / B1

Introduction to the European Union, Culture, and Society

Integrated, intensive course combining EU foundations with cross-cultural analysis.

BUS 326

A1 / B1

Introduction to the European Union, with a Focus on Business and Cross-Cultural Management

Intensive course combining EU foundations with business and cross-cultural analysis.

Possible added course

Europe

Cross-Cultural Communication and Management

A2 and A3 may offer one shared course examining communication, teamwork, and management across cultural contexts. The transcript title depends on the student's academic focus.

3-credit course Cross-cultural studies

This planned added course depends on approval, staffing, and session availability. Request current materials before asking how it may apply at your home university.

Planned transcript options by session

COM 320

A2 / A3

Cross Cultural Communications

Emphasizes communication across cultural contexts.

MGT 321

A2 / A3

Cross Cultural Management

Emphasizes management, teamwork, and organizational behavior across cultural contexts.

Core course family

Brazil

International Business in Brazil

Students examine international business through Brazil's economic, cultural, and institutional setting, using city observations and professional examples in faculty-led discussion.

3-credit course Business

Ask your home university whether ESPM course materials can support business or elective credit review.

Possible added course

Brazil

Intensive Portuguese Language and Brazilian Culture

Students build practical Portuguese language exposure while studying Brazilian culture, communication, history, daily life, and city learning alongside the International Business route.

3-credit course Portuguese language and Brazilian culture

Ask your home university whether ESPM course materials can support language, culture, humanities, area studies, or elective credit review.

Class and field

Learn from visits and everyday city life.

A company visit, neighborhood walk, cultural site, classroom discussion, or travel day can become material for questions, assignments, and advisor conversations.

Students attending an ESPM classroom session in Brazil

In the classroom

Start with a course your school can review

Course titles, syllabi, credit values, assignments, and transcript details give advisors something concrete to evaluate before a student relies on credit.

Europe program students during a business-district visit

In the field

Learn from visits and everyday city life

Professional and cultural settings give students examples they can discuss, compare, and use in written work.

Credit has to be reviewable

Students can request course titles, credit values, syllabi, assignments, and transcript details before relying on credit at their home university.

The setting changes what students can study

A company visit, cultural site, classroom discussion, or travel day can give students examples they could not gather from a home-campus course alone.

The route creates comparison

Moving through different places gives students a way to notice patterns, ask better questions, and compare how business, culture, and public life work in context.

The home university decides

Summit can provide academic materials and partner context, but the student's own school decides how any credit applies toward degree requirements.

Next step

Request course materials before you decide.

Ask for course titles, credit values, syllabi, transcript details, and examples of how visits and written work are used in class.

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