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CofC Business in Panama 2015

Term To Study: Summer 2015
Application Deadline: Apr 15, 2015
Program Starts: May 23, 2015
Program Ends: May 30, 2015
Program Category: One-Country
Program Type: Faculty-led
Program Fee: $1,320
Program Locations: Panama City
Contact Phone: 843-953-7823
Contact Name: Gabriela Peschiera
Contact Email: peschierag@cofc.edu
What is Included: - Lodging
- Some meals
- Ground transportation
- Excursion costs
- Medical insurance
- $50 non-refundable application fee and $200 non-refundable deposit (posted to the student's account)
What is not Included: - Tuition for three credits and associated fees
- Round-trip airfare
- Some meals
- Passport fees
- Personal expenses

* Program fee subject to change
Estimated Costs: In addition to the program fee, students will be charged for tuition as follows:
- 2014-15 in-state tuition rate for three credits- $1,320 (does not include associated fees)

- 2014-15 out-of-state tuition rate for three credits at the in-state + 30% rate- $1,716 (does not include associated fees)

- Round-trip airfare- $800
- Meals- $400 ($50/day)
Program Description

COURSE INFORMATION:

Students choose one course from the following:
REAL 360: The Panama Canal - Its Impact on Global Trade (3 credits)
-OR-
TRAN 360: The Panama Canal - Its Impact on Global Trade (3 credits)


PROGRAM INFORMATION:

With the Panama Canal Expansion project scheduled for completion in 2016, global trade will be profoundly impacted in the two critical business areas of global logistics (including distribution and transportation) and real estate (networks and infrastructure). The study tour will include lectures by global experts in both areas (in Charleston and Panama). The week-long stay in Panama will include visits to the existing Canal and the construction site for the expansion; international companies that have located in Panama, and new real estate developments on what were U.S. military installations that are a direct result of Panama’s emergence as a business hub for Central and South America.

PROGRAM DIRECTORS:

Dr. Kent Gourdin
Department of Marketing & Supply Chain Management
gourdink@cofc.edu
843-953-5327

Dr. Kent Gourdin is a Professor and Director of the Global Logistics and Transportation Program in the School of Business. He is a career logistics/transportation person who has traveled extensively abroad and annually takes a student group to the Port of Rotterdam in the Netherlands.

Dr. Elaine Worzala
Department of Economics & Finance
worzala@cofc.edu
843-953-8121

Dr. Elaine Worzala is the Director of the Carter Real Estate Center. Her teaching interests include real estate principles, market analysis and investment/valuation. Her research interests include international real estate investments, particularly from the institutional investment community that is currently actively engaged in investing in the global real estate markets.

Dr. Gourdin and Dr. Worzala led this study abroad program in Summer 2014.

Quick Facts

Population: 3510045
Capital: Panama
Per-capita GDP: $ 14300
Size: 75420 km2
Time Zone: (GMT - 05:00 hours) Eastern Time (US & Canada)

US State Department

Travel Warning: YES
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