Undergraduate | Short-Term Immersions

Stern Around the World short-term immersion programs allows you to immerse yourself in the local culture, while also being challenged academically. These programs combine coursework with global travel to enrich the academic experience.
 

Current and recent courses with short-term immersions:

Through Stern Around the World: Costa Rica, you will have the opportunity to work on projects like creating business and marketing plans for agricultural production, eco-tourism, and environmental education for youth. The course includes a trip to Costa Rica to work with small businesses to further develop their innovative sustainability programs. You'll test your business hypothesis on the ground with local partners and immerse yourself in Costa Rican culture. 

The Stern Around the World: Japan program explores different facets of management, society, the economy and politics in Japan. The course includes a trip to Tokyo and is designed to equip you to understand, invest and work in this unique country.

The Stern Around the World: Mexico program introduces students to real estate finance and investment analysis in non-US settings, special issues when developing equity and debt capital internationally, as well as approaches to analyzing global real estate portfolios through the case study of Mexico. The course includes field intensive trip to Mexico City and is designed to equip you to understand and work in a globally significant real estate market.

The Stern Around the World: Singapore program is designed to familiarize you with the business environment of Singapore. The course explores the many different facets of management, society, governance and the economy in the city state. The course includes a trip to Singapore and will equip you to understand, invest and work in this dynamic country and region.

The Stern Around the World: USA includes a trip to Hawaii, the only US state that has a climate conducive for cacao cultivation. Although it is not a major supplier to the global cacao market, Hawaii produces limited quantities of high-quality cacao. This course will study the fascinating world of chocolates over its entire value chain from bean to brand, exploring topics pertaining to history and culture, cultivation and economic development, business and economics, marketing and branding, international politics and trade, science and nutrition, sustainability, farming, child labor and water management, as well as future of the industry in a world dealing with climate and developmental challenges. Insights derived from this course will be relevant not only to the chocolate industry, but also to several other industries that grapple with similar issues on a global scale.