Semester in Paris: International Business

Program Description and Highlights Program Itinerary Why Should I Join This Program ? Host Institution Curriculum and Faculty Student Housing Admission Requirements Program Fees and Dates Host Country & City

Curriculum and Faculty

This program focuses on international business and economics courses taught at the American Business School in Paris.

Students will select 1 language course in French at their appropriate level and 3-4 business/economic content courses taught in English. Each course amounts to 3 credits in the US.

French Language Courses (Select 1)

• Elementary French
• Lower & Upper Intermediate French
• Advanced French

Business Courses (Select 3-4)

Core Business Courses

• Principles of Financial Accounting 1
• Principles of Financial Accounting 2
  
• Principles of Managerial Accounting
  
• Principles of Macroeconomics*
  
• Principles of Microeconomics*
  
• Business Finance 1
• Business Finance 2
  
• Pre-Calculus Mathematics
  
• Calculus
  
• Process & Functions of Management
  
• Organizational Behavior
  
• International Business
  
• Management of Information Systems 1
  
• Management of Information Systems 2
  
• Principles of Marketing
  
• Consumer Behavior
  
• Business Statistics
  
• Quantitative Analysis
  
• Intercultural Studies

* Basic Economics courses taught at ABS are highly quantitative & data oriented unlike the same courses in US universities which use a more descriptive approach

International Marketing Major Courses

• Marketing Research
  
• International Marketing
  
• Business Marketing
  
• Personal Selling
  
• Event & Sports Marketing
  
• Principles of Internet Marketing
  
• Principles of Advertising
  
• Corporate Communication

International Finance Major  Courses

• Macroeconomic Analysis*
  
• Microeconomic Analysis*
  
• Money & Banking
  
• International Economics
  
• Investment Analysis
  
• Investment Management
  
• International Finance

* Basic Economics courses taught at ABS are highly quantitative & data oriented unlike the same courses in US universities which use a more descriptive approach

International Business Major Courses

• European Community Law & Business
  
• International Economics
  
• International Finance
  
• Introduction to International Business Law
  
• Logistics
  
• International Relations
  
• International Marketing

Other Business Courses

• Introduction to American Business Law
  
• Evolution of Western European Economies Since World War II
  
• European Consumer Behavior

Upper Division Business Courses

• Entrepreneurship
  
• Strategic Management and Organizational Policy
  
• Infrastructure for e-Commerce
  
• Business Ethics

Electives (Select 0-1)

Social Sciences and Liberal Arts Courses and Electives

• Academic Methodology
• Critical Reading & Writing 1
• Critical Reading & Writing 2
• Communication Techniques / Speech
• Advanced Critical Thinking 1
• Advanced Critical Thinking
  
• Celebrating the French Fairy Tale in English
• Life Writing in Paris
• Art History Impressionism
• Art History Post-Impressionism
• American History 1
• American History 2
• Basic Mathematics
• International Relations
• Introduction to Psychology
• Environmental Science
• Introduction to Sociology
• Advanced French
• Lower & Upper Intermediate French
• Elementary French
• Modern France
• European Consumer
• The Anthropology of Tourism
• French Civilization
• Operations Management