[Summer Program] Summer School on Sustainability and Behavioral Economics 2024

August 5 to September 1 2024

University of Kassel in Kassel, Germany, is inviting Saint Mary’s students to participate in their summer school on Sustainability and Behavioral Economics.  The program is offered by Uni Kassel’s Faculty of Economics and Management, and is most suited to students who will have completed two years of undergraduate studies studying Economics, Management, and other related disciplines. For additional details, see the information below.

Course outlines:

• Experiments on Sustainable Behaviour

• German course

Transfer credits:

SMU students can earn the following credits to the extent that those are applicable to their SMU Program Requirements AND with approval from the SMU Records Office via a Letter of Permission Request Form:

• ECON3901 “Experiments on Sustainable Behaviour” for the Experiments on Sustainable Behaviour

• GRMN1101 “German for Absolute Beginners” for the German course

Tuition:

SMU students pay SMU tuition as normal at SMU for the transfer credit hours.

No additional tuition will be assessed by the host university.

Non-tuition costs:

Students are expected to pay for their travel to and from Kassel and travel insurance as well as living expenses and accommodation while in Kassel.

Funding:

Available

Immigration/visa:

Depending on the student’s citizenship, they may need to travel to a visa processing centre in another Canadian city to apply in person for a visa to enter Schengen countries. Consult the German mission website here and budget accordingly.

How to apply:

Interested students should submit the SMU Exchange Program application by January 15 2024 to the Global Learning Office.

# of students accepted:

Four (4) SMU students will be accepted into the Summer School on Sustainability and Behavioral Economics 2024.