Academics

Curriculum

All students in the Oxford Summer Program enroll in two courses and participate in three additional mandatory components.

Comparative Strategic Management

This course gives a general examination of comparative management topics including the impact of environment and public policy on European business decisions, competitor analysis, market signaling, evaluation of strategic position, comparative industry structures, market behavior and interaction of firms, managing across cultures, and value systems and intercultural differences.

International Finance

A comprehensive overview of the field of international finance, this course includes study of international market structures, trends in international development, and principal problems facing participants in international markets. The course covers topics such as European capital markets, international money management, treasury management, and foreign exchange.

Guest Speakers

Each Wednesday, a guest speaker is brought in before the evening High Table meal. Past speaker topics have included Volkswagen investor relations, Dynamics of Financial Crisis, and information about the International Accounting Standards Board.

Business Visits

Students interact with top-level management and attend seminars orchestrated by British business leaders.
Firms visited during the program have included Goldman Sachs & Co., Bain & Company, Skadden Arps, Fuller, Smith & Turner, PricewaterhouseCoopers, the Bank of England, the MWI manufacturing facility and Deloitte.

CROSS CULTURAL LECTURES

Each week lectures will be provided to students covering the cultural differences between the United States, the United Kingdon and Europe.

Academic Credit

Upon successful completion of the Oxford Summer Program, students receive six Georgetown University undergraduate semester credits: three credits for STRT-283 (Strategic Management) and three credits for FINC-250 (International Finance). Students who have taken either STRT-283 or FINC-250 previously are ineligible for the Oxford Summer Program.

The six credits do not count as transfer credits. Georgetown BSBA candidates may use these credits toward their degree requirements. Neither course can be taken pass/fail. Grades received in the two courses are factored into a student's Georgetown grade point average.