Before
Prepare your questions
Learn about the organization or place with your professors and prepare questions for the visit.
Professional & Cultural Visits
Learn through professional and cultural visits.
Visit businesses, institutions, and cultural sites with your professors. Ask questions, explore local culture, and discuss what you learn in class.
Learning on visits
Explore business and culture with your professors.
Visits are part of your courses. Your professors guide preparation and discussion so you can use what you learn in your studies.
During
Ask questions during the visit
Ask about the ideas and decisions behind what you see, and take notes on examples you want to discuss.
After
Discuss what you learned
Compare what you noticed with classmates and professors, and use examples from the visit in your assignments.
Why visits matter
Learn what shapes organizations in each city.
Professional visits help you understand business decisions. Cultural visits introduce the history and traditions of the places where those businesses operate.
- Ask how businesses develop ideas and respond to local customers.
- Explore how public institutions affect business and everyday life.
- Learn about local history and traditions through cultural visits.
- Compare what you learn as you travel through the region.
Examples by region
Each city offers a different perspective.
Visits vary by session, course, and local availability. Ask which organizations, cultural sites, or local experts are planned for your session.
Europe
What students may examine in Europe:
Europe offers examples of integration, regulation, governance, media, tourism, finance, and public life.
- companies, markets, and business districts
- media, finance, and tourism settings
- public, civic, and cultural institutions
Brazil
What students may examine in Brazil:
Brazil shows how scale, culture, language, media, and institutions shape decisions inside one country.
- markets, media, and consumer businesses
- social enterprises and cultural organizations
- urban, environmental, and development institutions
Companies and organizations
Ask which visits are planned for the session.
Visits may include companies, startups, public institutions, NGOs, cultural organizations, experts, and professional teams. Organizations vary by program and availability.
Contact us to learn about planned visits and the courses offered in your session.
After the program
Use what you learned in future study and interviews.
Draw on the organizations you visited, questions you asked, and examples you discussed when explaining what you learned abroad.
Institutional settings
Explore public institutions
Students examine how public institutions influence business and everyday life.
Professional settings
Learn about business decisions
Students ask how organizations respond to customers, competition, and local conditions.
Cultural context
Explore local history and culture
Cultural visits introduce students to the history, traditions, and everyday life of the places they visit.
Next step
Get in contact with us
Apply now, or ask us about the professional and cultural visits planned for your program.