Although I'm not studying abroad, it was useful to learn about economies around the world. Choosing a specific country allowed me to put a market, other than the one in the US, into perspective. Not only was the focus on the specific country we had chosen, but also how the markets around the world work together. Supply and demand, GDP, and arbitrage were a few of many topics we learned that are applicable in understanding how the world market works.
I'm more interested in learning about immigration. Although my group did our presentation on immigration, there is still so much more to learn about it. The news covers a lot of illegal immigration in the US, but it would be interesting to learn measures taken to control it in other countries (military or border control). Then question arise regarding expatriates: Is their life better now? Did they move to another country willingly? Were they forced to move for work reasons?
I would highly recommend this class to any student, whether they are studying abroad or staying at K. Yes, it is very useful to study your study abroad country in depth before right before you travel there, but as a student that is not studying abroad, it was interesting to simply learn about what goes on in the world. Once your country is chosen, you will learn economic and cultural aspects of a country other than the one you're familiar with.
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