UWM/UP joint study program: experience, problems, and future perspectives : to be presented at the 2nd Transatlantic Degree Program (TDP) workshop "Education for a globalized world: transatlantic alliances and joint programs in business education and economics between the US, Canada and Germany" Tampa, Florida, 20 - 22 April 2007

The paper describes the exchange program in between the University of Wisconsin/Milwaukee and the University of Potsdam in the field of economics. It discusses in detail the development of the program, including the problems and challenges. Additionally a brief description of the curriculum is presented. Then the future possibilities of the Transatlantic Degree Program (TDP) are discussed and the influences and problems of the Bologna process analysed. -- Joint study programs ; Bologna process ; economics curriculum ; IASP Program of the DAAD ; Transatlantic Degree Program (TDP) ; tuition fees