The International Summer Programs offered through the Farmer School of Business are open to all majors at Miami who meet the course prerequisites. In the Luxembourg Program for 2009, every student must enroll in BUS 420 (2 credit hours), ACC 399 (3 credit hours), and MIS 385 (3 credit hours). Students must complete all eight credit hours. No exceptions are possible.
Course and program prerequisites for the 2009 Luxembourg program are MIS 235, junior standing (58+ hours) by May 2009 and a 2.60 G.P.A. by January 2009.
Miami University business professors and European guest speakers teach courses that satisfy requirements of the business curriculum. The program lasts six weeks and provides eight hours of Miami credit. Classes generally meet in the mornings Monday through Thursday, providing students with long weekends for travel. Several field trips are incorporated into the workshop as well. Two orientation sessions, one in the fall and one in the spring, provide information and advising to the students enrolled, as well as an opportunity to meet fellow students, former students, and the faculty.
Second semester expectations: During second semester there is a time commitment equivalent to one credit hour that addresses Luxembourg class, cultural, and weekend travel preparations. Please be advised of this expectation in the spring prior to your trip, as it can add to your course workload. Luxembourg will meet most Thursdays from 5:00 – 7:00 p.m. DO NOT SCHEDULE A CLASS DURING THAT TIME. NOTE: There is no registration involved in the spring; all eight credit hours are taken in Summer I.
ACC 399: Business and Professional Ethics for Executives and Accountants (3 credit hours)
Course prerequisites: None
Business and Professional Ethics for Executives and Accountants provides an understanding of broadened stakeholder-oriented accountability and corporate governance in a post-Sarbanes-Oxley era. The role and impact of accounting scandals and Sarbanes-Oxley developments are examined. Also addressed is how ethical decision-making can be improved and be a critical success factor in business strategy and operations. Special issues facing multinational and European corporations operating in different cultures and regulatory regimes are also examined. This course is broadly focused and should be of interest to anyone who majors in business or who plans to invest in the stock market as well as to those entering the accounting profession. Pedagogy includes case discussion and presentations, readings, role playing, and speakers.
Tentative Field Trips Students will visit Deloitte in Lux City for a discussion of accountability and corporate governance under the European regulatory regime. There will be possible cultural trips to Trier, Munich and Dachau.
Taught by Dr. Barry Arlinghaus: arlingbp@muohio.edu, 317A Laws, 529-6216.
Professor Arlinghaus has taught at Miami for 26 years. His primary teaching area is taxation, but he has taught auditing and financial and managerial accounting. Professor Arlinghaus’ primary research interest has been the organization and operation of multinational and large corporation tax departments. As the result of this research interest, he has become knowledgeable about the impact of Sarbanes-Oxley legislation on multinational corporations, problems faced by multinationals in obtaining information for tax compliance and corporate financial reporting, and corporate governance. Professor Arlinghaus taught previously in the Farmer School summer program in Luxembourg in 1995. This is the second consecutive year Dr. Arlinghaus will lead the FSB Luxembourg program.
MIS 385: Applications of Electronic Commerce Technology (3 credit hours)
Course prerequisite: MIS 235
The world has become a much smaller place in which to conduct business over the last two decades. The technologies associated with the Internet and the World Wide Web have created a connected, global community. Many new options for streamlining and redesigning business processes arise from applications of these technologies. MIS 385 examines how these technologies are used by organizations worldwide. Companies employ them to support internal processes and decision-making as well as interactions with trading partners anywhere in the world. The course focuses on the capabilities of key Internet and Worldwide Web technologies and the application of those technologies to enable intra-and inter-organizational processes, information transfer, and systems. It also explores the differences in the capability of/readiness for these technologies in different parts of the world.
Tentative Field Trips The MIS class field trip will be to SAP International Headquarters in Heidelburg to address e-commerce, in addition to the cultural field trips named above.
Taught by Dr. Skip Benamati: benamajh@muohio.edu, 308B Upham, 529-4835.
Professor Benamati has taught at Miami since 1997. His primary teaching and research interests are in the areas of E-business, Information Technology (IT) Strategy, and IT Management. His recent research has examined IT outsourcing and the roles of trust and distrust in consumers’ online transactions decisions. He coauthored a textbook, E-commerce Basics, in 2003 and has taught the Electronic Commerce course 21 times at Miami, once in the 2000 School of Business summer workshop. He looks forward to returning to the Luxembourg program because it was such a rewarding growth experience for both him and the students who went. This time his wife and 5 year old son will join him to experience the rich cultural exposure a six week immersion can provide. This is the third year Dr. Benamati will lead the FSB Luxembourg program.
BUS 420: The Environment for Business in Europe (2 credit hours)
The BUS 420 course consists of three components. The first component is a series of discussions about the European history, economic, and business environment, including its cultural and political background, conducted during the semester prior to departure. The second component is a series of lectures, usually held on Tuesdays at the program site, which add the perspectives of European academic, business or government leaders. The third component is a set of field experiences related to the lecture series and the courses offered at the site.
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