MGMT 463/563, ECON 495/595, INBU 463,

MSCM 495/PORT 695, 3 credits

Instructor: Sara Russell

This course examines the influence of the port industry on the economic and cultural development of some of the great port cities of northwestern Europe from medieval times to present. The program includes visits to the ports of Antwerp, Amsterdam, Copenhagen and Rotterdam. Students will tour these key ports as well as related historical port areas, receive lectures on the history and the present of the ports and learn how the port shaped the culture and economy of these cities as well as they adjusted themselves to the requirements of international trade during the past centuries.

In addition to the port tours, students will tour the national maritime museums of the Netherlands and Belgium, visit the left and right banks of the River Scheldt, view the works of the great Dutch painters, visit Bruges -"the Venice of the North", and explore other cultural sites in these historic cities.

Students must register and pay for summer term 2010 credit in order to participate in this program.

For more information, visit the Office of Study Abroad

Summer 2008 partcipants tour one of Katoen Natie's Antwerp facility.

Summer 2008 participants tour Brussels.