While also enhancing its European connection, Brock University recently increased its offerings for students looking to earn two degrees for the price of one.<\/p>\n
The Goodman School of Business has established a new partnership with Reutlingen University\u2019s ESB Business School in Germany for its Bachelor of Business Administration Co-op International Dual Degree program.<\/p>\n
Reutlingen, a German-language public university near Stuttgart, joins EBS Business School, also in Germany, NEOMA Business School in France and Ireland\u2019s DCU Business School as partners in the program, which offers undergraduate students the chance to study and work abroad, and earn degrees from two universities for the price of tuition at Brock.<\/p>\n
Brock is the only Canadian university to offer such a program.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis partnership extends our strengths and differentiates Goodman from other business schools by offering a dual degree that provides students a work opportunity in another country,\u201d said Goodman Dean Andrew Gaudes. \u201cIt really is an incredible opportunity for students and we\u2019re thrilled to be able to offer it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Students starting the dual degree program in September will be the first cohort to choose Reutlingen as their preferred international university and will attend in their third year of study.<\/p>\n
Those who select Reutlingen will first prepare for the experience at Brock.<\/p>\n
Reutlingen is in a region of Germany touted as Europe\u2019s leading location for innovation and technology. World-famous companies, including Bosch, Porsche, Daimler and Stihl, have their headquarters there.<\/p>\n
Students in the Reutlingen track will experience and understand the study and work culture of one of the largest economies in the world while the international management degree they earn there will provide them with access to tuition-free master\u2019s programs in Germany.<\/p>\n
By the time they graduate, students should also be able to navigate the German language, making them attractive to multinational corporations in North America and Europe.<\/p>\n
\u201cReutlingen is well situated because it has fantastic industrial connections, so it will provide really great work opportunities for our students,\u201d said Meredith Heaney, Goodman\u2019s manager of international exchanges and partnerships.<\/p>\n
Though the agreement was just signed with Reutlingen, it was years in the making.<\/p>\n
Reutlingen is one of Goodman\u2019s 46 partner universities for regular exchanges. It\u2019s currently in the process of receiving accreditation from The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) and approached Goodman about a dual degree partnership.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s one thing that\u2019s really important for us. We require our partners to have the same level of accreditation as us,\u201d Heaney said.<\/p>\n
The dual degree program fosters a greater connection to the global community, Gaudes noted. \u201cIt helps Goodman students understand people with whom we interact and trade around the world while the students from partner universities studying at Brock enrich our communities here at home.\u201d<\/p>\n
Studying and working abroad also gets students out of their comfort zones, even when doing everyday activities, like grocery shopping or negotiating cell phone contracts. That builds resilience and independence, preparing them for the challenges they\u2019ll face in their careers, he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cOnce they navigate one or two of these life experiences, they start building confidence. \u2018I can do this. I\u2019m agile and able to navigate these things,\u2019\u201d Gaudes said. \u201cWe really do prepare graduates to hit the ground running and feel confident when they enter into their next chapter in life.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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