AEM 4004

Grand Challenges Abroad

Course Description

Course information provided by the 2024-2025 Catalog. Courses of Study 2024-2025 is scheduled to publish mid-June.

The final course in the Grand Challenges program is the semester-long team project. This is the culmination of Grand Challenges courses and your entire Dyson experience. Through your engaged-learning project, you will apply everything you learned about yourself, about working as part of a team, about business, and about the world around you. You will engage with a client or community partner, manage a project, and contribute to solving a societal problem.

Prerequisites/Corequisites Prerequisite: AEM 3000.

Fees Course fee: $3,775 for in-country travel, lodging, project and cultural excursions and most meals.

Last 4 Terms Offered 2025SP

Outcomes

• Develop professional skills in project management, leadership, communication, and client relationship management.
• Work collaboratively with a team to produce deliverables that meet or exceed the client's expectations.
• Practice consulting skills, such as listening and engaging with stakeholders.
• Translate learnings into stories and plans for future community engagement and work.
• Demonstrate an understanding of how business principles can contribute to positive societal impact on a global scale.

Distribution Category (CU-CEL) (CU-ITL)

When Offered Spring.

Comments Students will be traveling to another country over Spring Break to meet with their community partners in-person and to learn more about the cultural nuances of global business practices.

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