Global Modular Courses

Wharton Global Modular Courses (GMCs) deliver global, experience-based learning to Wharton students in key business locations around the world.  Our courses are led on location by our world-class Wharton faculty, linking innovative ideas to new business phenomena, contextualized both in emerging markets and in developed economies.

Students take project-based courses on new, innovative business practices and mental models in select geographic locations best suited for experiential learning. The courses include classes and discussions led by Wharton faculty with expertise specific to both the new business models and to the geographic and market context.  Each year since 2010, numerous courses are offered globally on locations including:  Africa (Ghana, Rwanda), Asia (Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore China, Japan, India), the Middle East (Israel, UAE), Europe (UK, France, Germany, Sweden, Estonia, Latvia), and Latin America (Mexico, Colombia and Brazil).

GMCs expose students to a unique combination of local immersion, course concepts and cutting-edge business and social issues. The topics and locations give students first-hand exposure to business challenges and opportunities in regions undergoing rapid change by providing on-site company visits, meetings with prominent leaders working in the region, and interacting with students from host institutions as well as Wharton alumni.  Students work across degree programs within Wharton (undergraduates, full-time and executive MBA students) and also are exposed to faculty and students in the local context when available. These courses deliver new teaching material, access to live cases set in the geographic region, and are taught in a new, intensive learning format creating an extremely dynamic and exciting learning experience for all.

2024 – 2025 Global Modular Course Schedule

Winter Break

2024-2025

OIDD: Operations & Business in India: From Gandhi to Globalization

Local Partner: Ahmedabad University

Professors Senthil Veeraraghavan,  Ziv Katalan & Pankaj Chandra (AU)

Ahmedabad, India

December 23-27, 2024

LGST/OIDD: The Next Ten Years in Vietnam: Business in an Emerging Scoialist Economy

Professors Philip Nichols and Edwin Keh

Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

January 6- 10, 2025

FNCE: Finance in the UAE

Professors David Musto & Kevin Kaiser

Abu Dhabi and Dubai, United Arab Emirates

January 6- 10, 2025

MKTG: Saudi Arabia: Understanding its Transformation

Professor Peter Fader

Al Khobar and Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

December 29, 2024 – January 2, 2025

BEPP: Brazil's Economic Recovery and Corporate Champions

Professor Peter Conti-Brown

Sao Paulo, Brazil

January 13 – 17, 2025

MGMT: Conflict, Leadership and Change: Lessons from Rwanda

Professors Katherine Klein and Eric Kacou

Kigali, Rwanda

January 13 – 16, 2025

Spring Break

2025

MGMT: Enterprise Growth Through Innovation & Ecosystems: The Indian Perspective

Professors Rahul Kapoor & Harbir Singh

Delhi, India

March 10 – 14, 2025

LGST/MGMT: Equity and Opportunity in South Africa

Professors Kenneth Shropshire and Eric Kacou

Johannesburg and Cape Town, South Africa

March 10 – 14, 2025

LGST/OIDD: Thailand: Disruptive Technology, Innovation and Manufacturing

Professors Janice Bellace and Sergei Savin

Bangkok, Thailand

March 10 – 14, 2025

HCMG/OIDD: Health Care & Business in Ghana

Professors Hummy Song & Stephen Sammut

Accra, Ghana

March 10 -14, 2025

OIDD: Technology, Innovation and Sustainability in Taipei and Hong Kong

Professors Senthil Veeraraghavan and Edwin Keh

Taipei, Taiwan and Hong Kong

March 10 – 14, 2025

LGST: Business and Social Impact in Emerging Economies: Colombia

Professor Philip Nichols 

Medellin, Barranquilla and Bogota, Colombia

March 10 – 15, 2025

Late Spring

Summer 2025

MGMT: Environmental Sustainability, Mobility & Innovation in Germany

Professors John Paul MacDuffie & Nicolaj Siggelkow

Berlin & Munich, Germany

May 5 – 9, 2025

OIDD: Supply Chain Management in Mexico

Professor Santiago Gallino

Monterrey and Mexico City, Mexico

May 5 – 9, 2025

MKTG: Luxury Branding and Retailing in France: Bringing it into the 21st Century

Professor Barbara Kahn

Paris, France

May 5 – 8, 2025

LGST: Tech and AI in China

Professor Kevin Werbach

Beijing, China

May 20 – 23, 2025

MKTG: South Korea as a Window into Creative Practices

Professors Gideon Nave and Stefano Puntoni

Seoul, South Korea

May 26 – 29, 2025

HCMG: Universal Health Care in Romania and Sweden

Professor Guy David

Bucharest, Romania & Stockholm, Sweden

May 26 – 30, 2025

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