The American Business School Paris

Program Overview

The McIntire School of Commerce and the American Business School Paris are offering third-year Commerce students an opportunity to study international business in Paris during the 2008 spring semester. The American Business School Paris was established in 1985 and is one of the first English-speaking business schools in France. Most of the students are European; more than half are from outside France. The faculty is also very international. The language of instruction is English. 

Curriculum

The curriculum is designed to provide the essentials of the courses you would have taken at McIntire during this semester, so you will not fall behind your classmates who do not study abroad. The skills you develop and the experiences you have in this program will surely be a very valuable part of your total UVa educational experience. ABS course offerings are extensive, and all Commerce students will find a good selection of courses that interest them. During the term abroad, students must complete 4-5 ABS Paris offerings for 12-15 UVa semester hours. Among those 4-5 courses, Commerce students must complete the UVa-taught "Global Strategy and Value Enhancement" course plus at least two other business courses from the pre-approved list. Those three courses will satisfy your Comm 304, 305, and 306 requirements. Finance and Marketing concentrators will be offered a special section of the required Comm 372 and/or Comm 353 in the fall of their fourth year. We strongly recommend that students take at least one non-Commerce offering such as "French Civilization" or a French language course.

NOTE: UVa accepts transfer credit (not grades) for courses taken abroad; however, a course must receive a C or better to transfer credit back to UVa.

Application Process

Online applications are available on the ISO Web site and are due Sept. 24, 2007. If space is available, additional applications will be approved on a rolling basis until Oct. 15, 2007. Once admission is approved, students will be required to complete a ABS application packet and attend several orientation sessions during the months of November and December.

Housing

Students will live in apartments; there are no dormitories. ABS Paris has offered to refer students to someone who owns several apartments, but many McIntire students have found their own housing using the Internet and have been very happy with their situations. 

Academic Calendar: Spring 2008 

Degree Requirements

Any non-business course will transfer as elective hours and satisfy non-Commerce elective credits. Any student needing specific non-Commerce courses for minors or majors in the College must get departmental approval prior to going abroad. 

NOTE: Courses may not be used to satisfy more than one requirement. For example, a course may not be taken to satisfy the Comm 304, 305, or 306 core requirement and also be used as a concentration or elective requirement. The only fourth-year concentration requirements that may be taken before completion of the third-year core are for international business. Other business courses will transfer back as Comm 300X electives. 

This program is a direct-enroll program, with tuition being paid to ABS. Additional information and details about the ABS Paris program can be found on the ABS Web site.
 

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