Add an awesome chapter to your story by traveling with your classmates and teachers to Ireland in 2016. You can earn credit while you experience a different culture and compare media trends to those of the United States.
JOMC 491: IRELAND
The academic program will help students develop an understanding of the diversity of peoples and cultures and the significance and impact of mass communications in a global society. Students will learn first hand from guest lecturers, local residents, Irish media outlets and public relations agencies.
The program will expose students to cultural landmarks and media outlets such as: Trinity College, The Irish Times, The Irish Independent, RTE, Irish Examiner (Cork), Muckross House, Radio Kerry, (Killarney), TG4 Irish Television (Connemara), PR Company (Dublin), H+A Marketing + PR (Cork), Firstcom Branding Agency (Dublin), Reputation, Inc. (Dublin), Javelin Group (Dublin), Archer Advertising (Belfast), Titanic Exhibition (Belfast), Giant’s Causeway (Belfast), RLA (Belfast), Game of Thrones Tour (Belfast), Queen’s University (Belfast) and Carrickfergus Castle (Belfast).
Contact the faculty leaders Rick Alloway [ralloway1@unl.edu; 402-472-6856] and Sue Roush [sroush2@unl.edu; 402-472-3141] for more information.
Details about the trip can be found at: http://journalism.unl.edu/education-abroad
To register for the trip, visit: http://unl.studioabroad.com/index.cfm?FuseAction=Programs.ViewProgram&Program_ID=11932
As you begin to plan your education abroad experience, please go to the Education Abroad website at http://educationabroad.unl.edu/scholarships where you'll find useful links about financing your experience, scholarships, fees and payments.
If you are interested in this opportunity, but you aren’t sure how to pay for it, check out these upcoming events and reminders:
• “How to Fund your Experience Abroad” Week (funding and scholarship informational sessions): January 19 - 22, 2016
• Faculty Leader Workshops (focused on cross-cultural communication, finances and logistics): January 19 and January 21, 2016
• Spring Education Abroad Fair (City Campus Union): January 26, 2016
• Program application deadline (or earlier): January 15, 2016
• EAO scholarship application deadline for summer 2016 programs: February 1, 2016
More details at: http://go.unl.edu/m8p0