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A four-week summer program open to all business majors

May 13 - June 6, 2026

The 2026 program plans to visit Iceland, Scotland and France, in addition to spending two weeks in London. The program provides broad exposure to international businesses, intercultural communication and history. Cultural and historical visits include landmarks such as the 950 year-old Tower of London, Westminster Abbey, St. Paul's Cathedral, the Borough Market, Portobello Road, the British Museum, the Cabinet War Rooms, the London Eye, Shakespeare's Globe Theater, Imperial War Museum, Royal Greenwich, Stonehenge, and even the streets walked by Jack the Ripper.

Students meet with and learn from businesses such as Lloyds TSB, Cargill, ASDA, BMW Mini Cooper, Tate and Lyle, Deloitte, The All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, the BBC, Sky Television, Clinipace Pharmaceuticals, and others. You will have the opportunity to see businesses perform in a global environment.

The program is limited to 15 students and is open to all business majors with a minimum of thirty semester hours of earned credit. 6 hours of credit are built into the cost of the program.

For more information, please contact Professor Sarah McGaha (smcgaha@harding.edu).

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2026 Course Offerings

ACCT 2060 - Managerial Accounting (3) Sarah McGaha: Management use of financial accounting data for planning and control; theories and practice of cost accounting and analysis of data for management decision-making. Study of cash flows, financial statement analysis, cost behavior analysis, cost-volume-profit analysis, cost systems and allocation methods, value chain, budgeting and performance measurement, and capital budgeting decisions.

IB 3250 - International Business (3) Sarah McGaha: Considers the global relationships and environments of business. Includes the overview of cultural, social, political, legal, physical, monetary, labor, competitive and economic forces that come to bear in the multi-national business world. Incorporates guided, on-site visits to international business facilities and/or international business speakers.

ECON 2010 – Macroeconomics (online) (3) Tyler Knight: The overall workings of the economy and its major subdivisions; our economic system, business cycles, money and banking, national income accounts and stabilization policy.

BUS 2510 – Personal Finance for College Students (online) (1) Tyler Knight : An overview of key and essential elements of personal finance that a college student needs to understand even before they leave college. This seminar course is designed to familiarize the student with issues of personal finances that will have long-lasting benefits once the student graduates. All six modules are intricately tied to the Biblical concept of stewardship.

COMM 2200 – Photography (online) (3) Noah Darnell : Basic photography skills will be taught and practiced, including composition, exposure control lighting standards, and digital manipulations and corrections. The course is for beginners.

Other online COBA courses may be available to you. Please contact Professor Sarah McGaha (smcgaha@harding.edu) for details.

2026 Cost Breakdown

Payment	Summer 2026
with application	$500
March 1	$1,500
May 1	$9,246
	Total Cost $11,246

Application Fee ($500) paid at the time of application and refundable up until March 1. If the program is canceled before or after these dates, students will receive a refund of all fees paid.

Travel Payment ($1,500) includes prepayment for required deposits associated with reservations during your program, as well as roundtrip airfare from your home city*. Airline frequent flyer miles may be accumulated; however, no personal frequent flier miles or points may be used to acquire the flight(s). All travel arrangements are made by the International Programs office. A fuel surcharge, imposed by the airlines, may be added, typically not exceeding $500. *Round-trip airfare is typically based on travel from Little Rock. If your home city exceeds this fare, you may be charged accordingly.

Final Payment ($9,246) Includes tuition for 6 hours, room and board, program fee, technology fee, transportation, accommodation, local travel, tour guides, museums and art galleries, facility cleaning and linen/laundry. If you enroll in more than 6 credit hours, you will be charged for those hours. Most financial aid will apply to your semester abroad.

Spending money: You will need to provide your own spending money.

For information regarding finances, loans, scholarships and billing, please contact: Angie Shafer at ashafer@harding.edu or 501-279-4338 (Office Location: Ezell Basement #18).

Those who cancel after airline tickets have been purchased and land travel arrangements have been paid will be liable for any penalties assessed by the airlines and land travel companies. Funds that can be recovered will be returned to the student’s account as soon as possible. If you are enrolling in a future semester not indicated on this cost sheet, you may estimate the payment increase at 4-5% per school year.

Costs and charges are subject to change.