July 5 – August 8, 2009

This intensive five-week program introduces you to virtually every aspect of business leadership and provides a solid grounding in topics from accounting and finance to strategy, marketing, and organizational planning and behavior. Earn 3 college credits as you study with professors from Georgetown University’s prestigious McDonough School of Business and leading Washington-area business experts.

In the classroom, learn skills like those employed by the Georgetown students who operate the largest student-owned corporation in the country. In the field, visit leading area corporations and gain firsthand knowledge of business politics and executive management.

Program topics include:

Finance, marketing, accounting, management, communications, strategy, planning, organizational behavior, business law

Enhance your learning experience by enrolling in an additional afternoon class from Summer College, Session II.  When taken with a second summer course of your choice, Fundamentals of Business will give you an exceptional foundation for college and a future career in business.  Admission to Fundamentals of Business guarantees acceptance into Summer College.

Tuition: $1,018 per credit
Pre-college fee for all students: $398 per session
Room: $782
Meal plan: $864*

*meal plans are estimated and optional

Program Application.pdf
Applications are accepted on a rolling basis.
Partial Tuition Scholarship Application.pdf

Fundamentals of Business meets three days per week (Monday, Wednesday, and Friday) from 8:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m.

For more information, please contact scsspecialprograms@georgetown.edu

Sample Day

Monday, July 6
9:00 am -10:00 am	Professor Thomas Cooke The Legal Environment of Business Criminal Law Process & Procedure Civil Law Process and Procedure
10:15 am-12:15 pm	Professor Alan Mayer-Sommer Business Simulation McDonough School of Business Computer Lab
Afternoon:	Students can take a class in addition to the Fundamentals Course for an additional three credits
Evening:	Case Readings Assignment:  Carpenter v. United States
8:00-10:00 pm	Summer Hoya Evening Program:  Movie on the Quad

Business Simulation