HONORS PROGRAM CURRICULUM

International Field Seminar (optional)

Boston University School of Management (SMG) is offering Honors Program freshmen a unique chance to gain a global business perspective early on in their academic careers. This optional week-long seminar is a continuation of the Honors Program Freshmen Colloquium (SM123/SM124). Held in Dublin, Ireland for the first time in Spring 2008, the field seminar will provide Honors Program freshmen the opportunity to develop a better understanding of international business by comparing business environments and operations in the United States, Ireland, and Northern Ireland.  The students, accompanied by the Honors Program Faculty Director and three additional chaperones, will visit Irish companies in high tech, finance, and manufacturing and contrast them to US companies visited or studied during the Freshman Honors Colloquium.  Students will learn about the role of international trade and offshoring, and how culture and history affect businesses.  Students will also visit government officials in Dublin and Belfast and explore the link between business, politics, and economic growth.