Business track: study at one of Europe’s premier business schools
Spend a semester in Strasbourg, Europe’s capital city
The Accès Classique program includes:
- A large selection of business courses at the EM Strasbourg business school
- Housing with a local host family or in a student boarding house with French students
- Service learning and internship possibilities
- Excursions to historical and cultural sites in the region throughout the semester
- Accès office and library near the University campus with onsite American directors
- Your own bike for the semester
Business courses
Accès partners with EM, the business school of the Université de Strasbourg. Business track students can take any three of the classes listed here for a total of 9 US credits. All courses are taught in English unless otherwise noted.
Accès courses
In addition to the business courses at the EM business school, Business track students may also choose from the following courses taught at the Accès center as part of the Trimestre track
- French language level A1 beginner, 3 credits, (required for all students with no previous French language)
- France’s relations with African countries, 3 credits
- European integration, 3 credits
Courses in the social sciences and humanities at the Université de Strasbourg
Students in the Business track with sufficient French language skills are encouraged to enrol in at least one course at the Université de Strasbourg with French students. The courses listed here is just a sample of the hundreds of Université de Strasbourg courses available. For more options, click on the link to the university departments below:
Internships and Service Learning
Accès works with a number of associations, non-profits and businesses to provide service-learning (2 credits) and internship (4 credits) opportunities for our students. Students are free to research other opportunities with on their own.
Some previous internship and service learning projects:
- Researching customer preferences at the boutique of the SIG basketball stadium
- Rebuilding a 17th century farmhouse at the Parc de la Maison Alsacienne
- Helping teach English at the University of Strasbourg
- Running a non-profit coffee shop / community center
- Helping teach beginner’s French to recent immigrants
- Coaching high school students in voice for a musical production
- Harvesting vegetables at a sustainable farm and studying the financial model
Interviews with previous students
More tracks
In French or English, check our other tracks to study abroad !