Important Dates
Tentative Travel Dates: June 2-20, 2025
Interest Meetings: View on Office of Education Abroad event calendar here.
Scholarship Application Deadline: October 15, 2024
Application and Deposit Deadline: January 15, 2025
Program Description
Students will have the wonderful opportunity to stay with an Austrian family while in Vienna. This will be their home away from home and an opportunity to get to know the people of Vienna first hand. While in Vienna, we will work closely with the Austro-American Institute of Education (AAIE) that has been hosting students from many universities for over 100 years as they study abroad in Vienna. They will provide a classroom and a “school” that we can call our own for the duration of our time in Vienna. Our trip will include field trip type classes that deal with culture and diversity in both the health education/addiction studies and international supply chain industry.
Come experience the world first hand as you see how industry and non-profit organizations work together for the betterment of everyone — ultimately how the health of a country is influenced by its infrastructure, transportation industry, and the interaction of the motor carrier industry with international ports. We will visit the United Nations, museums, Mauthausen (Concentration Camp), Salzburg and the Sound of Music in the Austrian Alps, and a mountain retreat where we can begin to understand the truth about leisure and slowing down in life. Throughout our time in Austria, we will be able to compare and contrast differences in the US and Europe. These and MANY more experiences will broaden your life. You will come home a different person!
NOTE: Enrollment is limited to 25 participants.
Health and Safety
Students registering for programs should carefully read through all health and safety information provided during the application process. In addition, students should honestly complete the ‘Health and Safety Form’ so that any health related concerns may be adequately accommodated on study abroad programs.
Participants will be enrolled in comprehensive international insurance for the duration of programming. It is the student’s responsibility to extend insurance cover if they stay abroad beyond UCA’s planned program dates. For information about international insurance coverage: https://uca.edu/globalstudy/health-and-safety/
Students must attend one health and safety meeting during the spring semester. Meeting dates will be announced after the application deadlines.
Faculty Leaders and Course Offerings
Dr. Denise Demers, CHES, is an Associate Professor and Department Chair in the Health Sciences Department. Having been on a European education abroad program as a graduate student, Dr. Demers now loves to take students to share her love for that area of the world. She is excited to convey to students the many opportunities to improve themselves as people as they study in a foreign country. Her hope is for everyone to fall in love with the world abroad and adventure as she has, and to find a part of themselves that may be hidden at this time. Come see the world with Dr. Demers!
Courses offered by Dr. Demers:
- HBST 1377 Education Abroad Seminar [LD UCA Core: Diversity in World Cultures]
- HLTH 4365/5365 Field Study in Health Education
- HLTH 6360 International Health
Dr. Doug Voss (Ph.D., Michigan State University) serves as Professor of Logistics and Supply Chain Management at the University of Central Arkansas and holds the Scott E. Bennett Arkansas Highway Commission Endowed Chair of Motor Carrier Management. Doug received his Ph.D. in Logistics from Michigan State University and an M.S. and B.S. in Transportation and Logistics Management from the University of Arkansas. Before beginning his position at the University of Central Arkansas, Doug served as a post-doctoral research associate at Michigan State University and worked in the motor carrier industry. Doug has traveled all over the United States and abroad to Europe, the Caribbean, and South America (well, St. Lucia….but that’s really close to South America).
Courses offered by Dr. Voss:
- BUAD 2301 – COB Travel Class for Critical Inquiry [LD UCA Core: CI-Social Science]
- BUAD 2302 – COB Travel Class for Diversity in World Cultures [LD UCA Core: Diversity in World Cultures]
- BUAD 2303 – COB Travel Class for Responsible Living [LD UCA Core: Responsible Living]
- MGMT 3365 – Transportation and Motor Carrier Management (???)
- MGMT 4320 – Selected Topics in Management
- MKTG 4320 – Selected Topics in Marketing
- MBA 6390 – Special Problems
HONC 3310 credit may also be offered to students currently admitted to Schedler Honors College.
Program Cost
Once available, the 2025 program cost for ‘UCA in Vienna: Health Sciences and Business’ will be linked here.