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Studying High Performance Organizations in France

This unique, six-week program brings together the interdisciplinary strengths of the participating faculty and students from both Rollins and Groupe ESC Pau Colleges as well as drawing on the experiences and knowledge of business owners, community partners and entrepreneurs within the Aquitaine region of France. 

Experience France!

This unique, six-week program brings together the interdisciplinary strengths of the participating faculty and students from both Rollins and Groupe ESC Pau Colleges as well as drawing on the experiences and knowledge of business owners, community partners and entrepreneurs within the Aquitaine region of France. 

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Requirements for Admission

  • Application Deadline: February 12, 2024
  • Applications open in November
  • Juniors and Seniors
  • Clean record with the Office of Community Standards and good academic and College standing
  • Professional application: materials are submitted on-time, are edited before submission, and are thorough and thoughtful.
  • Minimum 3.0 GPA
  • Prerequisites: BUS236 (Statistics for Business) and BUS245 (International Organizational Behavior)
  • Application Instructions: How to Apply

 

 2024 Calendar 

  • May 15: Required Arrival day and orientation
  • June 26: Program ends

Please note: program dates may change to accommodate changes to the Rollins academic calendar.

  • Students book their own flights to France and travel to Pau independently.  
  • Upon arrival, students will check into their rooms and begin an orientation that covers student services and other logistics. 
  • The second day of orientation includes a welcome ceremony, a program-specific orientation, plus a tour of downtown Pau and a visit to a nearby castle! 

Faculty

  • This program is led by Professor Timothy Pett, from the Department of Business of Rollins and Professor Laurent Sié, a Professor of Knowledge Management and Innovation at ESC Pau Business School, the host University for this program. 
  • ESC Pau Business School offers a range of further education, higher education and executive programs from Bachelor to Masters Level. ESC Pau Business School collaborates extensively with the region’s major industrial poles of excellence, including Aeronautics, Geosciences, Food Industry, Carbon Fibre, Chemicals, the Horse Industry and the Sports Industry. 

Courses

All students on the program will take two courses as follows:

  • MGT354F High Performance Organizations: HPOs are identified with consistently high levels of profitability, productivity, quality, ROI, customer loyalty (retention), and employee loyalty (retention). Using case studies students examine the corporate philosophies, enlightened policies, core competencies, and best practices which characterize HPOs.
  • BUS395F Special Topics in Business - Knowledge Management (4 credit hours): Course deals with significant economic, political, social, and ethical problems facing global businesses. Conducted as a seminar, discussions will be based on current readings, journal articles, and cases.

These classes satisfy one major business core course requirement (MGT 354 High Performance Organizations) as well as one elective course, BUS 390. The program also fulfills the Global Experience required for all students in the Business major.

Transfer of Credit

  • Students typically take 2 courses for a total of 8 credits.
  • Grades appear on the Rollins transcript and are factored into your GPA.
  • It can take up to three months for grades to be processed.

Housing 

  • Rollins students will be housed in an extended stay hotel in downtown Pau in double occupancy rooms close to the Groupe ESC Pau campus. 
  • Two regular bus services operate between the Campus and Pau town center, which is only a 5 minute bus ride away (25 minutes if walking) 

Meals 

  • There is a large supermarket and other shops a 5 minute walk from the campus. 
  • There are also a number of inexpensive dining options on campus open during the week 

Activities & Excursions

  • Students take classes on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays. Wednesdays are used for program excursions and there is one weekend excursion as well. 
  • Examples of business visits include the Pau Chamber of Commerce, the Emmaüs Community, and the Chem’Park chemistry cluster 
  • Examples of cultural excursions include visits to Biarritz, San Sebastian (Spain), Bordeaux, and the Pyrenees Mountains. 

Life in Pau

  • Pau is a beautiful historical and university town of around 100,000 inhabitants located in the charming Aquitaine region in the South-west of France between the Atlantic coast and the Pyrenees Mountains and offers a very safe, green environment with a very dynamic economy. 

Things to Consider

Program Fee

  • 2024 Program Fee: $6,095 *Tentative Fee*

Includes

Tuition, housing, orientation program, cultural excursions, business visits, program administration, and emergency insurance.

Estimated Additional Costs

  • Round-trip airfare from FL and/or train to Pau $1,200
  • Meals/food $750
  • Passport $160
  • Personal Expenses $350
  • Federal loan fees $0 and professional licensure/certification $0

Need-Based Scholarships

CLA/Holt students may apply for the Need-Based Scholarship as part of their application. Awards range from $500 to $2200. In order to provide access to these programs for as many students as possible, students who received funding from Rollins to participate in one Field Study or Summer Approved program will generally not receive funding for a second Field Study or Summer Program. Students who have received funding from Rollins for a semester study away program, may still receive funding for a Field Study or Summer program but the prior experience/award will be a factor when determining award amount.

* All dates are tentative and subject to change depending on the final number of students, final costs and other considerations.

** Estimated costs for all programs are based on anticipated numbers of students, current exchange rates and commercial airfares. Costs are subject to change. Final prices will always be communicated to accepted students before they commit to the program.