Boston University School of Management (SMG) offers 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 Freshman Colloquium (SM123/SM124). Held in Dublin, Ireland in the Spring, the field seminar provides 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, visit Irish companies in high tech, finance, and manufacturing and contrast them to US companies visited or studied during the Freshman Honors Colloquium. Students learn about the role of international trade and offshoring, and how culture and history affect businesses. Students also visit government officials in Dublin and Belfast and explore the link between business, politics, and economic growth.
