This four-week summer program creates a unique opportunity to put theory into practice. It brings together students from 11 top-ranked universities from four continents to collaborate across cultures and compete in the international marketplace. Students will earn six business credits while being guided through a carefully designed experiential learning process, helping them to analyze their experience, articulate their processes of learning and adaptation, and internalize skills that can be applied to new contexts throughout their careers.
General Info
About the Program
Unique opportunity to earn six UT credits in four weeks, while mastering skills in international teamwork and global business operations. You will create and run your own virtual global company together with your teammates from top ranked international business schools. You will learn to compete in an international environment, and sharpen your skills to be successful in intercultural teamwork and management.
Program Duration
Four weeks: second summer session ( July 5-August 2, 2012)
Eligibility
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UT Students: Undergraduate students in good academic standing with a minimum 2.5 GPA
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International Program Applicants: undergraduate, degree-seeking business students in good academic standing from invited partner universities. Applicants should be able to participate fully in English. Please contact your home university for additional requirements.
To Enroll
UT students and visiting international students have different application steps. Please visit the enrollment page for specific instructions.
Academics
About the Courses
MAN337/IB372/BA320F International Corporate Management- Taught by Dr. Robert Duvic
Introduces a realistic business environment in which intercultural student teams create and manage companies competing with each other in a dynamic international marketplace. The companies manage costs and revenues, develop desirable products, manage real and human resources, and deal with political and exchange rate uncertainty. (3 credits)
MAN337/IB372/IB320F Studies in Intercultural Management- Taught by Dr. Deirdre Mendez
Introduces a framework for cultural dynamics to facilitate the process of intercultural adaptation in the simulation teamwork. It guides the student teams as they manage conflicting preferences for decision making, problem solving, conflict resolution and other aspects of intercultural teamwork. Students also apply a technique for analyzing new cultural environments. (3 credits)
Course Credit and Grading
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UT Students: 6 credits; MAN337 and/or IB372. Business Foundations Credit is also available (BA320F and IB320F). Students should consult with their academic advisor to discuss how this credit will apply to your degree. Please download the advisor approval form.
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International Partner Participants: Please contact your international program coordinator to verify how this credit will apply to your degree. Grades are provided in number or letter form as required by your institution. CIBER is happy to discuss grades/credit and provide information regarding contact hours, student work hours, etc.
About the Faculty
Deirdre Mendez
Dr. Mendez has an educational background in sociolinguistics--the intersection of language and culture. Prior to coming to McCombs six years ago, she spent 20 years in the private sector advising companies on international partnerships. At McCombs, Mendez teaches courses on intercultural teambuilding in the BBA Global program and in the Executive Education program. Her greatest area of interest is facilitating the process people go through as they adapt to others' approaches to teamwork. As a faculty member in the BBA Global program, Mendez enjoys learning something new every summer as she works with the students from partner schools.
Robert Duvic
Dr. Robert C. Duvic is a member of the Faculty of the Finance Department of the Red McCombs School of Business. Dr. Duvic has been teaching at UT since 1989, lecturing in corporate finance and international finance. He has taught in the regular BBA and MBA programs, and also in the Texas Evening MBA Program, the University of Texas Center for Lifelong Engineering Education, and in special corporate executive classes. During 1997-2000, he served as Assistant Dean of the Graduate School of Business, The University of Texas at Austin, with responsibilities for admissions, alumni affairs, external relations and communications. He has participated as an invited speaker for commercial and public service organizations, and he has contributed his efforts to numerous activities in support of the students of the Red McCombs School of Business at The University of Texas at Austin.
Dr. Duvic holds a Doctorate in Finance and a Master of Business Administration in Finance and Management, both from The University of Texas at Austin. He also holds a Master of Science in Transportation Management from the Florida Institute of Technology and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Tulane University. Dr. Duvic's areas of research are deposit insurance and financial institutions, corporate capital structure and bankruptcy, and international foreign exchange markets.
He has twice received The Hank and Mary Harkins Foundation Teaching Excellence Award for Effective and Innovative Teaching in Undergraduate Classes from the McCombs School of Business. He has also received the Fred Moore Award for Excellence in Teaching by Assistant Instructors given by The University of Texas at Austin, and the prestigious The Eyes of Texas Award for Excellence in Service to The University of Texas at Austin. He has three times received the Outstanding Faculty Award from the Engineering Management Program of the College of Engineering. He has three times been enrolled as a member of the McCombs School of Business Faculty Honor Roll and has received the Faculty Excellence Award from the Undergraduate Business Council of the McCombs School of Business. In addition to being designated the Favorite Professor of the McCombs School of Business Class of 2008 and 2009, he has received the Favorite Professor Award of the Beta Alpha Psi Business Fraternity, the Outstanding Professor Award of the Alpha Kappa Psi Business Fraternity and the Professor of the Year Award of the University of Texas Finance Association.
Dr. Duvic is a native of New Orleans, Louisiana. He is a Major (retired) in the United States Army Reserve and served with the Americal Division in the Republic of Viet Nam. His military decorations include the Bronze Star Medal with two oak leaf clusters and the Purple Heart. Outside of his academic life, Dr. Duvic's efforts are devoted to his wife and three cats, restoring his historic home in Hyde Park, and keeping his 1961 MGA running.
Sponsored Visits
Company visits and cultural excursions are important components of the BBA Global Program. Not only are they fun and educational, but they also provide recreational opportunities, and reinforce the social integration of students from diverse institutions.
Company Visits
Visits to headquarters of Austin-based companies like Dell Computers and Whole Foods Market offer students an opportunity to compare real-world company operations to questions and challenges encountered in the simulation.
Cultural Excursions
The program features multiple cultural excursions throughout Austin and surrounding areas to foster social integration and enhance student understanding of cultural underpinnings of the U.S. UT students participate in the cultural activities as both ambassadors to their city, but also as “tourists” by learning to look at Texas from a brand new perspective!
Accommodations
UT Students
Housing is not included in program fee. UT students may, for an additional charge, have CIBER arrange summer housing with the international participants. Contact the program coordinator for more details.
International Program Participants
Will reside at Dobie Center Student Residences where they will share rooms with other program participants. Daily meal plan is included.
Fees and Tuition
UT Students
| CIBER Fee: |
$1850 |
| University Extension Registration Fee (6 credits) |
$800 |
| Total Program Cost: |
$2650 |
(includes tuition, course materials, company visits and cultural activities; does not include housing or food)
Financial Aid may be applied to program fee, and scholarship opportunities are available for UT Students. Please visit our Financial Resources Page for information.
International Program Participants
Fee varies by school, contact your school for further details (fee will include tuition, course materials, housing, meals, company visits and cultural activities)
Orientation and Support
CIBER and the BBA Global faculty are highly involved throughout the program, both inside and outside of class.
During the first week, program participants are met by CIBER staff and are welcomed and oriented into the BBA Global Program, the McCombs School of Business and the University of Texas at Austin. They are provided with an official UT student identification card which will allow them access to areas within the university usually reserved for our students. The first weekend is dedicated to orienting students to Austin, Texas, with tours around the city, and information on all that Austin has to offer.
The CIBER staff is available throughout the program and participates in all program-related activities.
Why BBA Global?
Learning through evaluation
Students receive continuous feedback on their decisions and teamwork via several evaluation instruments through quantitative performance evaluations by the simulation, peer evaluations by team members and two team presentations to the board of directors. Each team receives a written evaluation of its business plan, group dynamic and presentation skills.
Putting theory into practice
Visits to headquarters of Austin-based companies like Dell Computers and Whole Foods Market offer students an opportunity to compare real-world company operations to questions and challenges encountered in the simulation. Guest speakers from top McCombs faculty and area companies increase diversity in the academic offerings, and Austin residents and businesspeople serve as interviewees to facilitate student research on U.S. culture. Cultural activities provide recreational opportunities, and reinforce the social integration of students from diverse institutions. A cultural assessment project propels students into the Austin community to analyze the local population for cultural features.
Extracurricular Activities
The program features multiple cultural excursions throughout Austin and surrounding areas to foster social integration and enhance student understanding of cultural underpinnings of the U.S.
UT students participate in the cultural activities as both ambassadors to their city, but also as “tourists” by learning to look at Texas from a brand new perspective!
Diversity of Cultures
UT-Austin students in Business, Engineering, Communications or International Relations Fields.
In addition to UT Austin students, the program has traditionally included students from three partner universities: Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien (Austria), Fundaçao Getulio Vargas (Brazil) and Shanghai Jiao Tong University (China). As of 2012, it will be offered to students from a group of additional prestigious institutions from across the world.