Rebekah Wai-Ling Chang at the University of International Business and Economics in China.
Thirty six USF BPS McLaren College of Business students participated in thirteen separate Study Abroad programs in Spring, 2010.
One excellent example of our international programs is Rebekah Wai-Ling Chang who is due to graduate Magna Cum Laude this Fall as an International Business major. As Rebekah tells the story: “Originally, I was accepted to The Beijing Center in Beijing China. However I decided not to go to the program because a professor recommended me for a scholarship (Chinese Government Scholarship). The scholarship was provided by the Chinese Government and they covered all my expenses except for the plane ticket. The interesting thing is that they gave me a one-year scholarship to study at the same school (University of International Business and Economics) in which The Beijing Center is located.”
Rebekah’s story is reflected in the experience of many USF BPS students:
Twelve students are currently abroad in the Fall 2010 semester in eight separate programs. (see lists below)
In addition, students are participating in two Special Partners For Honors programs in London and Barcelona.
Traditional Study Abroad programs require students to be in their junior year and to have no less than a 3.0 GPA.
Below is a list of Universities where our Undergrads can participate in exchange programs:
Spring 2010: 36 students participated in Study Abroad programsKOY University, Istanbul, Turkey
IQS Ramon Lull University, Barcelona, Spain
Boston University, Sydney, Australia
Sophia University, Tokyo, Japan
Saint Louis University, Madrid, Spain
Universidad Pontificia Catolica, Madrid, Spain
Institut Catholique de Paris, France
American Business School in Paris, France
University of Cape Town, South Africa
Loyola University, John Felice Rome Center, Italy
Korea University Business School, South Korea
Universidad Catolica de Cordoba, Argentina
University of Granada, Spain
Fall 2010: 12 student are abroad:Loyola University, Beijing Center, China
Korea University Business School, South Korea
Boston University, Paris, France
Boston University, Sydney, Australia
Boston University, London, England
University of Auckland, New Zealand
Gonzaga in Florence Program
Sophia University, Tokyo, Japan
Special Partners for Honor Programs: Fordham University in London
IQS Roman Lull University, Barcelona, Spain
Traditional Study Abroad Programs Requirements: Junior Year and 3.0 GPA
Additional stats:Summer 2009 – 22 Business students are studying abroad out of a total of 55 USF students abroad (40%)
Fall 2009 – 27 Business students out of 94 USF students abroad (29%)
Cities/CountriesLondon (England), Paris (France), Bangkok (Thailand), Shanghai (China), Bangalore (India)
Florence (Italy), Berlin (Germany), Dublin (Ireland), San Jose (Costa Rica), Tokyo (Japan)
USF Immersion Programs: USF in Chile, USF in Mexico, Budapest (Hungary), Ateneo de Manila University (Philippines).
Past McLaren Study Tours to Japan, Chile, Guatemala, etc, earn 4 unit course credit and travel.
Jesuit Exchange Programs:Sophia University (Japan)
Universidad Centroamericana (Nicaragua)
Universidad Pontificia Comillas (Spain)
Universidad Catolica del Uruguay (Uruguay)
Universidad de Deusto (Spain)
Universidad Iberoamericana (Mexico)
Sogang University (Korea)
