Last Thursday concluded the first week of German Economy and International Finance lectures, and I can tell that things are about to get more busy here in Hannover. The first segment of HISSEMA gave us a lot of freedom to get adjusted to Hannover and enjoy a little Germany in the meantime. With only having to give two presentations, visit some companies and learn a little German a typical day was over at 1pm, now we're in class till at least 430pm and have much work to do after.
A very interesting aspect of how part two of HISSEMA is structured in a way that each week we have new professors for each class. So in total, we'll experience 6 different professors for the two classes over three weeks. With week one over, its clear that these professors have high expectations for our learning. With assigned readings, course slides, and other assignments the academic rigor has stepped up a bit, but thats why we're here, isn't it? Thats why the first word in "Study Abroad" is there.
For week 1, we had to prepare a case study on a finance topic that was assigned and present it to the class. My topic was "The Subprime Credit Crisis and Contagion in Financial Markets" (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0304405X10000127 if you want to check it out...good article) so I was pretty excited because not only was it something interesting to me, but it was one that I was enthusiastic for. Another project that I'm ready to begin working on is writing a paper "Implications of Germany's Social Security System: A Quantitative Approach" due by the end of the program to fulfill my requirements in addition to the two final exams scheduled for the day I return from my Finland trip. Studying and air travel can mix well though...so it will work well. Got to stop blogging now though...must work on research for the paper!
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