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Curriculum

Students take two courses:  Introduction to Irish Culture and another course.  Students majoring or minoring in Communication, Hospitality Tourism/Arts Management, English, and History should advise with the program director from your discipline.  We love students from other majors looking for electives or Humanities credits!  

COMM 336:  Addressing Problems in Context:  Investigating Communication, Representation, and Culture in Ireland:  Dr. Celeste Lacroix

Irish breakfastThis course explores the relationship between communication, representation and culture by introducing relevant theory and scholarship in communication. The course focuses on the expression of cultural identities through representation and the integral role that communication plays in such. In particular, we will focus on visual culture and food as expressions of identity in Irish culture.

[Communication majors:  ]


ENGL 365/IIAS 304:  Introduction to Irish Culture:  Dr. Joe Kelly

This course is specially designed for study in Ireland. We’ll take advantage of the sites around Dublin–our living, breathing, bustling, ballad-singing, history-troving, Viking-phile, American-loving, joking, smiling cosmopolitan classroom.

[humanities elective; English majors: for students concentrating in Literature/Film/Culture, this course counts in the “Focus” category; for Creative Writers and students in the Writing/Rhetoric/Publishing concentrations, this course counts as a 300-level elective.]

 


ENGL 390:  Ireland and the Irish Imagination in Cinema:  Dr. John Bruns

Irish filmIn this course we will examine Ireland’s literary, cultural, and political history as portrayed by American, British, and Irish filmmakers. Among the topics we will address are Ireland’s myth of romantic nationalism, the Northern Ireland “Troubles,” the relationship between class and national identity, and the emergence of a vibrant Irish film industry in the 2000s.

[humanities elective; English majors: for students concentrating in Literature/Film/Culture, this course counts in the “Focus” category; for Creative Writers and students in the Writing/Rhetoric/Publishing concentrations, this course counts as a 300-level elective.]

 


HIST 241: Catching the Public’s Eye: Scandal, Sensation, and Sport in England and Ireland: Dr. Richard Bodek

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HTMT/ARTM 362:  Event Management: Mr. Jeremy Clement

This course focuses on the cultural origins and significance of celebration and events within Irish society; an introduction to management of special events and festivals from initial planning through delivery; questions of event feasibility; costing and financial management; assessing and meeting communication objectives; merchandising and marketing; staffing and task analysis; safety and security; debriefing and evaluation. The Summer I course in Ireland will focus heavily on Irish cultural and Irish produced events. Travel permitting, we will be assessing (pre-festival), attending and volunteering at the Cork Midsummer Festival in mid-June. We will also seek out additional volunteer and event attendance opportunities in and around Dublin to supplement and reinforce conceptual and theoretical event coursework

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