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Armstrong Interactive: Dublin
IMS 410
IMS 440/540
Glenn Platt
July 20 - August 16, 2008
Location: Dublin, Ireland
Working with a development team, you should, at the end of this course be able to:
Work with a client to consultatively identify a problem, through a needs analysis
Develop a strategy for meeting those needs using the development team's assets and strengths
Write a full proposal for the project - a legal document
Develop a project management plan and keep it up to date as the project evolves
Work, in some creative capacity, contributing your particular interactive media knowledge and skill to the team in the development process
Understand all team roles and what specialties each team member brings to the process
Understand and respect how other disciplines approach interactive media development
Present a final project to the client in a professional manner
Contact: Kate Pace, Miami Oxford, 529-1637; kate.pace@muohio.edu.
Comparing Selected US & European Schools
EDT 499.C (3 Credit Hours)
Don Pribble
1/21/2008 - 6/30/2008
Locations: Luxembourg/Germany/France/Austria
Students can enroll in a workshop featuring selected European school systems. Personal observations of schools in their own social settings is combined with stimulating lectures and discussions with European students and educators. You will observe classes and exchange professional ideas in Luxembourg, Austria, and Switzerland.
Engineering Study Abroad in Poland
MME 499.B (3 semester hours)
Carter Hamilton
June 2 – July 11
Location: Krakow, Poland
Students participating in the workshop will receive three credit hours for the class toward their respective majors. In addition, students will also enroll in Women in Polish Heritage, which they will receive an additional three hours of course credit toward the Liberal Education portion of their curriculum. In addition to course work, students will have the opportunity to participate in cultural events sponsored by the host institution, visit Auschwitz and the hhistoric Salt Mines, explore the city of Krakow and travel to other European destinations. Contact: Carter Hamilton, 56N Engineering Building, Miami Oxford, 529-0722; hamiltbc@muohio.edu.
Going Primitive in Paris
WCP 333 (3-6 Credit Hours)
WCP 334 (3 Credit Hours)
AMS 499 (6 Credit Hours)
Eugene Metcalf
05/18/2008 - 06/27/2008
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Paris, France
Ever since Picasso and other modern artists discovered the art of Africa, Oceania, and other "native" groups in the early 20th century, Western art, culture, and identity have been shaped through the interaction of the so-called "civilized" West with the objects of "primitive" peoples. This course examines the culture and works of major modern artists who were significantly inspired by primitivism, as well as the art that inspired them, in order to show how this interaction has affected Western art and identity. in addition to classroom discussion, films and guest speakers, the class will include numerous visits to museums, art environments, artist studios, and a variety of art sites in Paris and elsewhere. The course requires no prerequisites. The course package includes: a) 6 weeks in Paris with tours to the surrounding countryside and Lausanne, b) accommodations in Paris with internet facilities, c) metro and bus passes for transportation in Paris, d) entrance to all course-related museums, art galleries, and art sites, e) student medical, accident, and liability insurance, e) access to an international student center in Paris with the services of a professional student advisor for information, travel advice, fax and mail services and emergency contact service. Contact Eugene Metcalf: PEabody Hall 190, 529-5668, metcalew@muohio.edu.
Havighurst Summer Course: Writing the Politics of Russian Culture
RUS 482 (6 semester hours)
POL 482/582 (6 semester hours)
REL 482/582 (6 semester hours)
HST 482 (6 semester hours)
Benjamin Sutcliffe
July 7 - 28
Location: Moscow & St. Petersburg, Russia
Studying on-site in Russia allows students to meet with prominent scholars, authors, political figures, film directors, and others shaping Russian culture today as well as how it conceives of the past and future. Contact: Benjamin Sutcliffe, 148 Irvin Hall, 529-1822; sutclibm@muohio.edu.
Havighurst Summer Program in Central Europe
POL 334 (3 Credit Hours)
POL 377 (3 Credit Hours)
POL 356 (3 Credit Hours)
POL 730.B (9 Credit Hours)
Venelin Ganev
06/20/2008 - 07/31/2008
Location: Olomouc, Prague, Czech Republic; Budapest, Hungary; Krakow, Poland
Three Courses will fulfill a Political Science thematic sequence in Central European History, Politics and Society. This six-week program in the Czech Republic will offer classes in the cities of Olomouc and Prague, with lectures and seminars from local professors and Miami University faculty. The courses offered will be in the areas of Political Science, History, and Eurasian Studies, offering up to 9 credit hours available to Undergraduate Students. Journalism majors will be able to apply these credits toward their journalism program or apply them toward a double major in Political Science. Courses include doing in-depth research and filing a story for the online journal Transitions Online. The program includes extended trips to Budapest and Cracow, as well as open weekends for students to take smaller trips on their own. Contact Venelin Ganev, 316 Harrison Hall, 529-2334, ganevvi@muohio.edu.
Highwire Brand Studio International Advertising Practicum
ART 499.1/599.1 (8 Credit Hours)
ART 499.L/599.L (8 Credit Hours)
Tom Effler
05/16/2008 - 06/29/2008
Location: London, England
MPC 453 Highwire Brand Studio (4) Multidisciplinary practicum involving students from marketing, graphic design, and other relevant majors. Competing multidisciplinary student teams work for a semester on an actual client's current brandings and marketing communications challenge. Campaign solutions typically include primary research and market analysis, campaign strategy development, and graphic design for advertising and other sales support materials. Incorporates contemporary technology and industry standard materials and research. Expertise and facilities of marketing, graphic design, and other relevant majors are fully integrated within each team. Each campaign is formally presented to the client at the end of the semester. Contact Becky Stephenson: 201 Heistand Hall, 529-1534, Official Site.
Inside London: Mediated Communication in the United Kingdom
COM 499.A (3 Credit Hours)
COM 599.A (3 Credit Hours)
Bruce Drushel
5/15/2008 - 6/4/2008
London
The purpose of this program is to provide students an opportunity for intensive study of contemporary print and electronic media in the United Kingdom, including their political and economic contexts, social and cultural implications, and professional practices.
Intensive German Summer
GER 201.W/202.W/277.W/301.W/321.A/377.A (8 semester hours)
John Jeep
May 16 – July 4
Location: Heidelberg, Germany
This workshop offers intensive second and third-year sequence of German. On-site cultural, political, historical, and educational visits. Contact: John Jeep, 152 Irvin Hall, Miami Oxford, 529-2526; jeepjm@muohio.edu.
Intensive Russian Language at Novgorod, Moscow, and St.Petersburg
RUS 199.B (6 Credit Hours)
RUS 299.B (6 Credit Hours)
RUS 399.B (6 Credit Hours)
RUS 499.B (6 Credit Hours)
RUS 699.B (4 Credit Hours)
Irina Gocharenko-Rose
06/05/2008 - 07/08/2008 (Pre-travel meeting on October 26, 2007)
Location: Novgorod the Great, Moscow, and St. Petersburg (Russia)
The four-week program at Novgorod the Great State University offers intensive Russian language study at all levels and an extraordinary first-hand experience of Russian life and culture. Students live in home stays with Russian families. Six credit hours from Miami University for undergraduates, and four for graduate students. Excursions and tours of Novgorod the Great, Moscow, and St. Petersburg. Generous scholarships available courtesy of the Havinghurst Center and the Office of Lifelong Learning. Contact Irina Gocharenko-Rose: 127 Irvin Hall, 529-2526, gonchai@muohio.edu, Official Site.
International Health Program in Europe
KNH 444/544/445/545 (8 Credit Hours)
Reginald Fennell
05/26/2008 - 06/16/2008
Location: Dijon and Paris, France; Geneva Switzerland
Study international health in the country ranked number one in health care systems by the World Health Organization (WHO) in 2000. Students will study for five weeks and attend seminars with speakers at international and European health organizations. Students will travel to health agencies in France and Switzerland to attend seminars at the WHO, Doctors without Borders, and other organizations. Miami Plan Capstone (MPC) credit and/or honors credit are available for this study abroad program. The program will be conducted in English. Contact: Reginald Fennell, 107A Phillips Hall, Miami Oxford, 529-3226; fennelr@muohio.edu ; Official Site.
Italy and the Renaissance 2008
ENG 251 (3 Credit Hours)
JRN 350 (3 Credit Hours)
ENG 350.C (3 Credit Hours)
ART 399.I (2 or 3 Credit Hours)
Dr. W. Hardesty
06/30/2008 - 08/17/2008
Location: Florence and Venice, Italy
Since 1991 this workshop has provided the opportunity to earn 8 or 9 credit hours in three classes based at the Gould Institute in Florence. Students first visit Venice before classes start, then have six weeks of classes with long weekends for independent travel to supplement their studies and provide exposure to the rest of Italy and neighboring Europe. Cinema class meets at a movie theatre in downtown Florence, and there is a nearby Internet facility for writing students. All participants live at the Institute in deluxe double or triple rooms, dinners provided when classes are in session, a few local apartments are also available for no extra cost. Mix of Miami and European faculty; all credits directly count for graduation since this is MU summer school abroad. Students from other universities welcome to apply to transfer credits back after successful completion of program. Contact: Professor Mark Bernheim, 356 Bachelor Hall, Miami Oxford, 529-5260; bernhema@muohio.edu; or Professor William Hardesty, 356H Bachelor Hall, Miami Oxford, 529-3237, hardeswh@muohio.edu.
Journalism Study Abroad – Kosova
JRN 419/421; GEO 410 (8 semester hours)
GEO 610 (12 semester hours)
Ed Arnone
June 9 – August 4
Location: Kosova, Yugoslavia
This study abroad program gives students the rare opportunity to develop their understanding and abilities at enterprising and in-depth journalism, though combining classroom learning with an internship at KosovaLive, the free and independent news service based in Pristina, Kosova. During their 8-week stay in Kosova, students will attend classes and work in the newsroom 4 days a week (Monday-Thursday). Their three-day weekends are free for sightseeing, travel and other pursuits. The group will also make two day-trips to towns in different parts of the region. These trips fit will with the overall curriculum and the specific goals of the Journalism and Geography courses that comprise this workshop. Contact: Ed Arnone, 153 Williams Hall, Miami Oxford, 529-3548; arnoneej@muohio.edu.
Literary London
ENG 299 (3 Credit Hours)
ENG 440 (3 Credit Hours)
ENG 490 (3 Credit Hours)
Cathy Wagner
05/19/2008 - 06/27/2008
London, England
English 299, Literature Inspired by London 1660 to the present (Professor Edward Tomarken). The course will investigate literature from the past three centuries in order to understand how this multicultural great city was formed.
English 440, Shakespeare On-Stage, On-Site (Professor Kaara Peterson) studies 4 or 5 of Shakespeare''s plays being performed at Shakespeare's Globe Theatre (London) by the Royal Shakespeare Company (Stratford) and at other local venues such as the Barbican and/or Regent's Park Open Air Theatre: which plays we read depend on the schedules released in the spring.
English 490, Art and the Word: Ekphrastic and Visual Poetry (Professor Cathy Wagner) will explore both 20th-century poetry inspired by artworks as well as recent poetry (such as concrete poetry) in which visual presentation is an important part of the work's intended impact. Readings will focus around works created in the london context to take advantage of the museums and galleries there.
Contact Professors Cathy Wagner or Kaara Peterson: Bachelor Hall 356, 529-5221, wagnerc6@muohio.edu or petersk7@muohio.edu. Visit the official site.
Miami University Intensive French Study in Dijon
FRE 341.W (3 semester hours)
FRE 411.W/411.D (3-4 variable semester hours)
FRE 499.W/499.D (3-4 variable semester hours)
FRE 511.W/511.D (3 semester hours)
FRE 599.W/599.D (3 semester hours)
FRE 699.W/699.D (2-6 variable semester hours)
FRE 680 (1-6 variable semester hours)
FRE 700 (4-10 variable semester hours)
Anna Klosowska
June 9 – July 13
Location: Dijon, France
Study French language and culture in Miami University's 30th Annual "Summer in Dijon" program offered by the Department of French and Italian. Earn six or nine hours of Miami University credit while living for five weeks in Europe. Enjoy small classes and excursions while focusing on fieldwork, participating in discussion sessions, and attending lectures by a variety of specialists from Dijon and France. Course offerings are flexible to meet your individual needs and interests. For the same tuition costs as summer study at Miami University's Oxford campus, you can fulfill half the course requirements for the French major, or finish your minor. Dijon is a beautiful small city among rolling vineyards 1.5 hr away from Paris, and 2.5 hrs from Geneva, Switzerland. The city, used as backdrop for historical movies, is the capital of the Burgundy region, famous for its artistic and culinary traditions. Contact: Anna Klosowska, 210 Irvin Hall, Miami Oxford, 529-5943; roberta2@muohio.edu.
Miami University Summer Language Institute in Italy
ITL 105.W (8 Credit Hours)
ITL 205.W (8 Credit Hours)
ITL 305.W (8 Credit Hours)
ITL 680.W (8 Credit Hours)
Peter N. Pedroni
06/14/2008 - 08/09/2008
The 36th annual Miami Summer Language Institute in Italy offers an opportunity to study Italian language and culture at the elementary (beginner's), intermediate, and advanced levels under optimum conditions - In Italy, intensively, and without distraction from other courses.
The intensive nature of the program enables students to accomplish the work of a full academic year (eight semester credits) of language in one summer. All courses are taught by the director and a staff of native Italian instructors.
The institute is located in the beautiful Renaissance city of Urbino, home of a national art museum and the University of Urbino, and located within easy weekend distance from other centers of Italian culture.
All students in good standing at Miami University or at any other recognized college or university in the United States or Canada are eligible, as are first year students, college graduates, graduate students, and teachers. Enrollment is limited to 25 participants who are admitted on a first-come, first-served basis. The application deadline is March 15, 2008. Contact Peter N. Pedroni: 207 Irvin Hall, 529-7528 or 529-7508, pedronpn@muohio.edu, Workshop Website.
MUDEC Summer Program
CLS (3 semester hours)
COM (3 semester hours)
HST (3 semester hours)
Cordelia Stroinigg
May 16 – July 4
Location: Luxembourg
Summer Program participants of the Dolibois European Campus spend 7 weeks studying Europe from a variety of perspectives, exploring the European countries they are focusing on
(and others), and living with local host families in Luxembourg. The Summer Program was designed for students whose majors make it difficult to study abroad for a semester. It’s practical: You take 3 courses which are a Thematic Sequence. This new program includes as many aspects of the renowned Semester/Year Program as possible, including the week-long field study tour that is a highlight for students and faculty alike. Contact: Cordelia Stroinigg, 217 MacMillan Hall, Miami Oxford, 529-5050; stroinc@muohio.edu; www.muohio.edu/luxembourg.
Student Affairs Practice in Europe
EDL 699.I (3 Credit Hours)
Judy Rogers
3/24/2008 - 6/12/2008
Germany/Luxembourg/Prague/Czech
This workshop is an opportunity for both professionals and graduate students to gain an understanding of the cultural and educational systems in Germany, the Czech Republic, and Luxembourg by traveling abroad and experiencing European higher education first hand. During each site visit, we will meet with university administrators, student affairs professionals, faculty, and students.
Summer Business Institute (SBI)
BUS 301 (3 Credit Hours)
BUS 302 (3 Credit Hours)
BUS 599.A (9 Credit Hours)
BUS 303 (3 Credit Hours)
BUS 499.A (9 Credit Hours)
Dana Campbell
Travel Dates 6/14/2008-6/26/2008
The program is an introduction to the nature of business. The SBI is an approved Miami Plan Thematic Sequence. It is designed for students without academic preparation in business and who have majors outside the School of Business. We will provide a well integrated summary of business essentials from three perspectives. The first is a strategic look at business from the corporate “big picture”. It will introduce and integrate the concepts of business at a macro level. The second perspective is a look at business from the individual’s point of view working in a business. It will stress the working relationships between business functions and processes as they relate to an entry level employee. The third perspective is from the individual’s point of view looking into a business. It will stress personal finance, accounting, and consumer issues that are critical to a working member of society. Specific content areas include an overview and history of business, organizational and human resource issues, entrepreneurship, marketing, finance, accounting, operations, and more externally focused supply chain management concepts. The final two weeks of the program involve a detailed group project simulating the development of a new product.
Travel: All classes will be held on the Oxford campus during the first 4 weeks of Summer I while as many as 20 students will have the option of traveling to London, UK /Paris, FR for an international perspective on the last two weeks of the program. The focus of the last two weeks is primarily on the final project. Students not choosing this option will remain in Oxford to complete the workshop.
Prerequisite: Enrollment in the Summer Business Institute and co-registration for BUS 301, BUS 302 and BUS 303.
Limitations: Maximum enrollment is 80. The maximum enrollment for the London Option is 20.
Contact Dana Campbell: 304 Laws Hall, 529-3631, campbeded@muohio.edu, Workshop Website.
Transatlantic Seminar on European Union 2007
POL 424/524 (6 Credit Hours)
POL 477.T (2 Credit Hours)
POL 780.T (2 Credit Hours)
Warren L. Mason
05/16/2008 - 06/20/2008
Location: Paris, Berlin, Prague, Luxembourg, Brussels and London (hours vary by location)
The Transatlantic Seminar is a pre-professional program designed to build the background and analytical skill of participants concerning the politics, policies, structure, and operation of the contemporary movement toward European integration and, especially, the European Union. The seminar meets with leading European specialists in Paris, Berlin, Prague, Luxembourg, Brussels, and London. POL 423/523 or approved equivalent is a prerequisite for participation. Participants are admitted by permission of instructor only. Contact: Warren Mason, 311 Harrison Hall, Miami Oxford, 529-4998; masonwl@muohio.edu.
Turkiye Workshop 2008
ARC 499/599.F PA (6 Credit Hours)
Gulen Cevik
07/19/2008 - 08/20/2008
Location: Turkey
This workshop experience will be structured to raise the questions on the issues of history and tradition, identity and culture, architecture, and social and physical context, and effects of Westernization and globalization on spatiel environment. This workshop will also encourage students for diverse ways of thinking through sharing and living with another culture. The intellectual exchange and wide exposure to the practice of design in Turkiye will help to prepare students for the world of design practice with cross-cultural needs. Contact: Gulen Cevik, Alumnai Hall, Miami Oxford, 529-7272; cevikg@muohio.edu.