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Management 480 Strategic Planning in London
Ireland Summer 2006
Course This course offers you the opportunity to
complete your college career while studying and
traveling in England and Ireland. The general
design is that of a January term abroad program,
but conducted in May and June. Because of the
late Summer evenings in England and Ireland (dusk
is generally around 11 pm), there will be time
for tourist activities after classroom sessions
and/or field trips have been conducted.
The classes in London will be held on the
University of London campus in Bloomsbury (a five
minute walk from the British Museum). Classes in
Ireland will be held on the National University
of Ireland, Cork (NUIC) Campus.
Cost The estimated cost of the course is 4,475
(subject to exchange rate fluctuations, airfares,
and final decisions on field trips). This fee
includes tuition airfare accommodation tube
passes for London and field trips in London and
Cork. The fee includes a 2-credit course on
British Life and Culture taught by a British
faculty member. This course will consist of 6
lectures, plus the field trips to Cambridge,
Canterbury, etc and will be on a Pass/Fail basis.
Taking 6 credits will qualify you for financial
aid in the summer.
Prerequisites Finance 321, Marketing 300 and Man
agement 301.
Field Trips The English field trips will include
trips to 1) Oxford or Cambridge and 2) Canterbury
followed by dinner at a 300 year old English
country Pub. Field trips in Ireland will be to
1) Blarney Castle (and the Blarney Stone), 2) a
3-day weekend trip to Bunratty Castle Folk
Park, the Cliffs of Moher, Kilarney, Dingle and
The Ring of Kerry and 3) a site visit to
Waterford Crystal where we will watch the
production of crystal. Waterford Crystal is one
of a select few crystal manufacturers where the
Course Instructor Phil Anderson lived and taught
in Ireland for 4 years. He was also the first
Director of the London Business Semester. Phil
knows both Ireland and England well, traveling to
each country over 40 times in the last 15 years.
He has led this program annually since June 1997.
Housing Meals Accommodation in London will be
in flats (apartments) in the South Kensington
area of Central London with four students per
flat. Travel time by subway to the campus area
is about 20 minutes. Accommodation in Cork will b
e in a student-housing complex adjacent to the
campus with four students per unit, each with a
private bedroom and shared kitchen, living room
and bathroom with shower. No meals are included
with the accommodations since you will have your
own kitchen facilities.
Crystal is both mouth-blown and hand-cut.
Tentative plans are to visit the Apple Computer
plant in Cork that manufactures Apple desktop
computers and supplies Western Europe. While in
Ireland, we will also visit Paddy Hayes, former
CEO of Ford, Ireland and Waterford/Wedgwood.
Paddy has visited UST annually since 1991 and
received an honorary PhD from UST in June 1997.
An optional 3-day weekend in Paris is also
planned for an estimated cost of 395 (includes
transportation, lodging and coach tours).
Program Structure The course will be five weeks
long, extending from 22 May to 28 June 2006.
Week 1 will be held on the UST Campus. These
classes will be intensive presentations of the
course materials so that heavy reading will be
completed before departing for London. This will
prepare you for the field trips and
Application Procedures Deadlines
Applicants will be reviewed through a selection
process with Phil Anderson. Applications are
available on the International Education Center
website http//www.stthomas.edu/studyabroad/images
/SU06UGApp.pdf. Priority deadline is November 1
0, 2005. Final deadline for remaining spaces is
March 1, 2006.
company visits in London and Ireland where you
will explore the course concepts in depth and
address cultural differences between these
countries and the US. Weeks 2 3 will be held in
London weeks 4 5 in Cork, Ireland.
For more information Contact Phil Anderson on (6
51) 962-5136, phanderson_at_stthomas.edu, or 103
McNeely Hall.