All current sessions
Business and management
Study how regulation, markets, local institutions, and culture influence organizations operating across European borders.
Europe courses
Choose how you want to study Europe.
Introduction to the European Union gives every student a common academic foundation. Your session determines which academic focus you can choose and whether you can add a second course for up to six credits.
The common course
Introduction to the European Union, taught across the route.
This is not a course about memorizing institutions from a distance. It is a practical way to understand how policy, markets, culture, identity, and public life shape the Europe students encounter.
Students carry shared questions through Prague, London, Paris, Barcelona, and Athens, depending on their session. London adds a valuable non-EU comparison; the other cities show how shared European questions take different forms in local settings.
Class discussion, field observations, written reflection, and professional or cultural visits contribute to one connected academic experience—not a classroom course with travel added afterward.
Prague-start sessions begin with coursework through the University of New York in Prague (UNYP), Summit's Prague academic partner. B1 begins later in London and follows the same integrated Europe course model.
Academic pathways
Find the academic direction that fits your interests.
The pathways share the same European foundation. They change which questions receive the most attention and, in A2 and A3, which planned course title a student may request.
All current sessions
European studies and broader exploration
Build a broad understanding of European cooperation, regional identity, public life, and the differences between EU and non-EU settings.
A2/A3 focus · A1/B1 integrated
Politics, international relations, and policy
A2 and A3 may use the planned policy-focused title to examine governance, law, migration, and regulation. A1 and B1 students can ask how the integrated course may fit those interests.
A2/A3 focus · A1/B1 integrated
Society, culture, and communication
A2 and A3 may use the planned social-focus title. In A1 and B1, EUR 326 combines the European foundation with culture and society in one intensive course.
Session and credit choices
Your session determines your course choices.
Choose the session that fits your calendar and academic goals first. Then ask Summit for the current materials for the course path available in that session.
A1 and B1
One integrated intensive · 3 credits
Choose EUR 326 or BUS 326. Each combines the common Europe foundation with cultural, social, or business questions in one compressed course. There is no separate second course.
A2 and A3
One focus, with a possible second course · 3 or up to 6 credits
Choose EUR 324, BUS 324, SOC 324, or POL 324 as the three-credit core. Where approved and available, students in A2 and A3 may add one cross-cultural course for a second three credits.
Questions worth asking
Ask which course path fits your session and degree plan.
Tell Summit your session, academic interests, and home university. Ask for the current course title, syllabus, credit value, and transcript information.
Learning across cities
Use the route as part of the academic work.
Students do more than attend a visit and move on. They begin with course questions, look for evidence in each setting, and bring what they notice back into discussion and written work.
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Begin with a question
A student might ask how regulation affects a business, how migration shapes public life, or why European cooperation looks different across borders.
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Look for evidence in place
Companies, public institutions, cultural sites, markets, neighborhoods, and historic settings can reveal different parts of the answer.
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Compare and interpret
Faculty-led debriefs help students connect their observations, question first impressions, and use the route as evidence rather than scenery.
Coursework in context
See the kinds of settings students can learn from.
The exact visits vary by session. These settings show how professional and institutional encounters can give students concrete material for academic work.
Professional settings
Look at decisions in context
A company, market, or business district can help students see how regulation, culture, and local conditions influence organizational choices.
Institutions and public life
Add the wider European picture
Institutional and cultural settings give students more context for the policies, identities, and public questions discussed in class.
Course details
Planned titles for students and advisors.
These planned titles vary by session and academic focus. Request the current syllabus, offering, and transcript details for your session before submitting them for home-university review.
Core course family
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.
A1 and B1 intensive titles
EUR 326 · Introduction to the European Union, Culture, and Society
Integrated, intensive course combining EU foundations with cross-cultural analysis.
BUS 326 · 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.
A2 and A3 focus titles
EUR 324 · Introduction to the European Union
Integrated overview of EU institutions, policy, economy, culture, and society.
BUS 324 · Introduction to the European Union (Business Focus)
Emphasizes markets, firms, regulation, and cross-border economic activity.
SOC 324 · Introduction to the European Union (Social Focus)
Emphasizes social policy, identity, migration, and cultural context.
POL 324 · Introduction to the European Union (Policy Focus)
Emphasizes governance, institutions, law, and decision-making processes.
Possible A2 and A3 second course
Cross-Cultural Communication and Management
Students may be able to add one shared course that examines how culture affects communication, trust, teamwork, organizations, and everyday decisions.
COM 320 · Cross Cultural Communications
Emphasizes communication across cultural contexts.
MGT 321 · Cross Cultural Management
Emphasizes management, teamwork, and organizational behavior across cultural contexts.
These are two possible academic-title variants for one taught course, not two separate classes. Availability depends on approval, staffing, and the session.
Credit planning
Prepare for your home-university review.
The course is designed for real academic review. Summit can provide the materials, while your home university decides whether the credit transfers and how it applies to your degree.
- 01
Find the right reviewer.
Ask who handles study abroad credit at your university and when preapproval is due.
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Request the current materials.
Summit can provide available course titles, descriptions, syllabi, credit values, partner details, grading information, and transcript information.
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Confirm how the credit may apply.
Ask whether the course may count toward a major, minor, elective, general-education, or graduation requirement, and keep written approval where possible.
- See the complete credit-transfer process
Next step
Request current Europe course and credit information.
Tell us which session, academic interests, and university you have in mind. We can send the current course materials and help you identify the questions to take to your advisor.