Study Abroad Courses

• Courses are designed to be dynamic, interactive, thought-provoking, interesting and fun.  We expect students to bring an open mind and to be engaged and hungry for cultural experiences.  All of our courses will be taught while traveling, and on campus by a faculty of multi-national and cosmopolitan professors.
• Summit courses are designed to travel with you. Each program includes a core regional foundation course alongside electives in areas like cross-cultural communication and management. What makes them distinctive is how classroom learning is continuously tied to the places you visit — professional site visits, cultural exploration, and faculty-led debriefs turn travel into structured academic experience.
• All courses carry full credit, balance academic rigor with applied practice, and are built to transfer into a variety of majors. Whether your focus is business, engineering, communications, or the social sciences, Summit courses connect global contexts to your field of study while giving you the practical skills to work across borders.
  

Course Options

BRAZIL:
Courses in Brazil integrate classroom study with travel through the country’s cultural and economic hubs. Students build a foundation in Brazil’s institutions and society, then connect those lessons to field visits, cultural immersion, and guided reflection that bring the country’s complexity into focus.

Courses in Brazil

EUROPE:
Courses in Europe link regional study of the European Union with cross-cultural learning across multiple cities. Students examine how European institutions and cultures shape daily life, reinforced by professional visits, local encounters, and faculty-led debriefs that turn travel into academic experience.

Courses in Europe

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About the Professors

Summit programs are led by professors who travel with students, teach in the classroom, and guide discussions during daily debriefs. Their role is not only to deliver course content but also to help students make sense of what they see in companies, communities, and cultural settings along the way.  Our faculty come from partner universities in Europe and Brazil, bringing both international perspective and local expertise. This combination ensures that students gain rigorous academic foundations while also learning directly from those who understand each region’s context.

Professors and Faculty

University Partners

Summit programs are led by professors who travel with students, teach in the classroom, and guide discussions during daily debriefs. Their role is not only to deliver course content but also to help students make sense of what they see in companies, communities, and cultural settings along the way.Summit partners with established universities in Europe and Brazil to provide the academic foundation for each program. These institutions host classes, support faculty, and ensure that courses meet the standards required for credit transfer.

Studying on partner campuses gives students a first-hand sense of university life abroad, while also connecting them with local perspectives and resources. From classrooms to cultural settings, these partnerships make it possible to combine academic rigor with immersive international experience.

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Universities

Courses from Previous Programs (old, for reference only):

For your reference, these are the courses that we previously offered in Summit Study Abroad programs:

Brazil:

• IRI 314:  Brazil and International Relations
  
• COM 310:  Cross Cultural Communications
• BUS 318:  International Business
• MGT 311:  Cross Cultural Management
• POR 312:  Intensive Portuguese language & Brazilian Culture - Intermediate
• BUS 314: Introduction to Brazil and Latin America - Multidisciplinary perspective with an emphasis on business issues
• POL 314: Introduction to Brazil and Latin America - Multidisciplinary perspective with an emphasis on political issues
• LAT 314:  Introduction to Brazil and Latin America
• SOC 314: Introduction to Brazil and Latin America - Multidisciplinary perspective with an emphasis on social issues
• POR 311:  Intensive Portuguese language & Brazilian Culture - Introduction

Europe:

• BUS 328:  International Business
• MGT 321:  Management - Cross Cultural Management
• COM 320: Communications - Cross Cultural Communications 
• INT 320: Global Studies: Debates, Trends and Current Issues in the International Political Economy
• BUS 324: Introduction to the European Union - Multidisciplinary perspective with an emphasis on business issues
• POL 324: Introduction to the European Union - Multidisciplinary perspective with an emphasis on political issues
• EUR 324:  Introduction to the European Union
• SOC 324: Introduction to the European Union - Multidisciplinary perspective with an emphasis on social issues