COURSE INFORMATION:

Students take the following two courses:

COMM 315: Communication Ethics in a Multicultural Context - 3 credits
COMM 336: The Language of Food - 3 credits

PROGRAM INFORMATION:

Participants will spend a month living and studying in Prague and Krakow, two of Central Europe’s most charming, beautiful, and historically significant cities. The theme for the study abroad program is “Communication Across Cultures.” This theme will be explored in two classes. COMM 315 focuses upon communication ethics in a multicultural context, with a special emphasis upon the Holocaust. COMM 336 investigates the dynamic relationship of culture, language, and food. As part of the program, students tour the Auschwitz/Birkenau Memorial and State Museum, the Dineyesque town of Český Krumlov, the ancient Wieliczka salt mine, and the fabled Prague and Wawel castles, as well as other sites of interest.

Students participating in this program should be able to participate in several walking tours.

PROGRAM DIRECTORS:

Dr. Robert Westerfelhaus
Department of Communication
westerfelhausr@cofc.edu
843-953-6633

Dr. Westerfelhaus has co-directed a study abroad program to Austria, Germany and Italy for Communication from 2006-2011. He also led the Prague and Krakow program in summer 2013 and 2014. He lived and taught in Poland as a Fulbright Fellow from 2009-2010 and has traveled extensively throughout central and eastern Europe.

Dr. Merissa Ferrara
Department of Communication
ferraramh@cofc.edu
843-953-6788

Dr. Ferrara has traveled to 35 countries spanning 5 continents. In 2013 she sailed - and taught - around the world, experiencing 13 countries through the academic program Semester at Sea.