China Experience (MBA 597E)
Concordia University's School of Management (SOM) is inviting its MBA graduates to participate in the recently launched China Business program. MBA alumni will be able to register for six continuing education credits (CEUs), discounted at 50% of regular tuition. Upon successful program completion, they will receive a Post-MBA Certificate in Global Business: China.
MBA Chairman Dr. Randall Donohue explains that alumni participants will integrate fully with current MBA students in studying about China during the period of March-May, 2010. For these first 3 credits, students and alumni will meet during the regular MBA weekends to analyze China business cases, interact with guest lecturers and be assigned to consulting teams. Participants will earn the remaining 3 credits during May-July 2010, which will include two weeks in Suzhou, China. At Soochow University, they will study specialized short-courses while working off-campus with Pacific Northwest and Fortune 500 firms on pre-arranged consulting projects. Returning to Portland, teams will write their final consulting reports for presentation at a formal event on July 17.
Unique features of the program include the professional consulting project and the blending of MBA alumni with current MBA students. "We expect this combination to add value and enrich the experience for all involved," Donohue says.
To earn the post-MBA certificate, alumni must complete all six credits of the China program; however, they are welcome to take the first course only for CEU credits without proceeding to the in-China experience for the second 3 credits. "But they cannot do it the other way around," Donohue explains. "The first 3 credits in Portland must be completed before participating in the China experience."
Dates: Asian Business Course: March 22 - May 15, 2010
China Consulting Course: May 17 - July 17, 2010
Dates of Travel: June 12 - 26, 2010
Professor: Dr. Randall Donohue
Credit: 6 MBA credits for Concordia MBA Students, or an MBA Post Graduate Certificate and 6 Continuing Education credits for MBA Alum.
Costs: Concordia MBA Alumni will be granted a 50% discount on tuition, paying $322.50 per credit, or $1,935 for all six credits. In addition, there will be out-of-pocket costs for the June 12-26 China travel, estimated to be less than $3,000, including airfare, lodging, PRC visa, meals, ground transport, and miscellaneous. "We are able to keep costs low by using the foreign students dormitory at Soochow University," Donohue says.
For detailed information: Contact Dr. Randall Donohue, MBA Program Chairman, School of Management, tel. 503-280-8567; fax 503-280-8541; rdonohue@cu-portland.edu.
Registration: Contact Theresa Culbertson, Program Coordinator, School of Management, tel. 503-493-6250; fax 503-280-8541; tculbertson@cu-portland.edu.