Course Information - Itinerary - Details

Tentative 2006-2007 Course Schedule

December 2006

Dec. 18
Class at Millsaps College 5:00 – 9:00 p.m. – The International Business Environment

Dec. 19
Class at Millsaps College 5:00 – 9:00 p.m. – Culture and International Business

Dec. 26
Travel by air to Merida, Mexico

Dec. 27
Orientation to city, and region - Beeler

Dec. 28
Travel by van to Kiuic - Fieldtrip at Helen Moyers Reserve
Visit business centers in the region - Overnight Hacienda Uxmal

Dec. 29
9 a.m. - 12 p.m. – Visit Archeological Site at Uxmal
Fieldtrip local business Kiuic Region

Dec. 30
9 a.m. – Legal, Political, and Cultural Environment – Beeler

Dec. 31
No classes – explore city and area

January 2007

Jan. 1
No classes – Attend Bullfight

Jan. 2
9 a.m. - 12 p.m. – Latin America: Myth and Reality – Mexico Country Report – Central America: Lands in Turmoil – Country Report Belize – Country Report Costa Rica – Country Report El Salvador – Country Report Guatemala – Country Report Honduras – Country Report Nicaragua – Country Report Panama Group 1

After lunch – Fieldtrip Merida Business Attorney

Jan. 3
9 a.m. - 12 p.m. – South America: An Imperfect Prism – Country Report Argentina – Country Report Bolivia, - Country Report Brazil – Country Report Chile – Country Report Columbia – Country Report Ecuador – Country Report Guyana – Country Report Paraguay – Country Report Peru, Country Report Suriname – Country Report Uruguay – Country Report Venezuela, Country Report Group 2

After lunch – Fieldtrip (Minister of Industrial Development)

Jan. 4
9 a.m. - 12 p.m. – Latin America Losing Hope in Democracy – Drug economies of the Americas – Regan’s Legacy Gets Mixed Reactions in Latin America – Mexico: The Sick Man of NAFTA – With little Loans, Mexican Women Overcome – A Changing Economy – The Colossus of the North – Even Amid Economic Woes, Argentines Live It Up – New Hope for Brazil – Chile, The Rich Kid on the Block – South America’s New Leaders with Muscle – Europe and South America Near Trade Accord* Contraband is Big Business in Paraguay – Indigenous Bolivians Take Back Power-Brazil’s Dream of Being a Steel Power – Between Hard and Soft – Chavez as Everyman – Rio Governor Group 3 - (3 p.m. – Visit Porto Progresso)

Jan. 5
9 a.m. - 12 p.m. – The Caribbean: A Sea of Diversity – Country Report Antigua and Barbuda – Country Report Bahamas – Country Report Barbados Country Report Cuba – Country Report Dominica – Country Report Dominican Republic – Country Report Grenada – Country Report Haiti – Country Report Jamaica – Country Report St. Kits-Nevis Group 4

After Lunch – Travel to Cancun

Jan. 6
Fieldtrip – Royal Resorts Cancun

Jan. 7
Relax on beach

Jan. 8
Return to U.S.

Total: 44 classroom hours, 16 fieldtrip hours