Business

All Providence College School of Business students who study abroad for a semester will complete an experiential learning requirement during their time abroad. This will be completed alongside 12 additional credit hours during their semester abroad. This experiential learning requirement for undergraduate business majors is intended to prepare students for their future professional and career aspirations. Students can select one of the following options to fulfill this requirement, depending on what the program provider offers: internship, business consulting, service-learning, language immersion, or direct enrollment in a class (or 2) at a local university.

For all business majors, the required experiential learning will be a free elective (in other words, not counting towards degree requirements).  The internship will be recorded as P/F on students’ transcripts.  The other experiences: consulting, service-learning, or language immersion will receive a letter grade.

If students select the internship option, working alongside partner providers overseas, students will be placed into internship placements. These internships will provide them exposure to business in an international context. This experience will help develop and produce better prepared students for post-graduate employment opportunities. It will also enhance their employment prospects with multinational companies. Students will gain the cultural agility needed to compete in today’s globalized workforce. Upon their return, students will receive training in articulating the skills and competencies they developed in their internship to bolster their job application materials and improve their interviewing skills.

*As of Fall 2024, all CEA CAPA programs (this includes PC in Rome), will require students to complete 20 hours a week at their internship placement, on top of attending classes, resulting in a total of 240 hours at their placement per semester.

Approved Programs

The Providence College School of Business, in consultation with the Center for Global Education, has put together a list of approved programs for business majors, based on curricular fit and internship offerings. These include:

• Arcadia London Internship Program
• Boston University London Internship Program
• CEA CAPA Sydney
• CEA CAPA Barcelona
• CEA CAPA Dublin
• CEA CAPA Prague
• DIS Copenhagen
• GAV Asia Pacific
• IES Milan
• London School of Economics – Academic Year or Summer ONLY
• PC Rome

Coursework Required Before Going Abroad:

Notes About Choosing Your Program

• Excel Certification  
• Attend a Study Abroad 101 session
• ACC 203 & 204
• FIN 113
• MTH 108
• MTH 217
• ECN 101 & 102

Required by Major Before Going Abroad:

• ACC: ACC 310
• FIN: FIN 207, FIN 218, & FIN 317
• MKT: MKT 205 & MKT 335
• MGT: MGT 101 & MGT 301

Coursework Abroad

The majority of programs offered in non-English speaking countries are open to students with no prior knowledge of that language. However, the programs listed below may have specific eligibility requirements in regards to GPA, language, and/or course pre-requisites.  It is the responsibility of the student to research carefully these requirements prior to application.

Course offerings vary by program and semester, so students should not assume that a program will have the courses they need simply because the program appears on this list. Students also should consult the Center for Global Education and School of Business Policy on Study Abroad Courses.

Which Semester Should I Study Abroad?

In the chart below, students can find general guidance as to whether the fall or spring semester would work better for study abroad. This chart is a suggestion, and all students should work with their major advisors to determine which semester would be most appropriate given their course needs and career path. Finance and marketing students who are seeking a Wall Street internship following their junior year should be prepared to do remote applications and interviews.

Major	Fall	Spring
Accountancy majors	x	x
​​​​Finance majors pursuing careers in: banking, insurance, risk, analysis/management, or corporate treasury management*	x	x
​Finance Quantitative Track*	x
​Management majors	x	x
​Marketing majors	x	x

* FIN and Quant Track recommendation of London for Fall and GAV for Spring

Coursework Considerations for Accountancy Students

Auditing is a required course that is taken in their senior year, but is only offered in the fall semester. Accounting Information Systems is a prerequisite for Auditing, therefore students that study abroad need to be sure to take this in the semester of their junior year that they will be on campus.

*Please note: In order to balance the number of students intending to study abroad across the academic year, the College reserves the right to restrict the numbers of students approved to study abroad in any one semester.