Berlin, germany

 

 

 

 

Dates:         July 23-31, 2009

 

Professors:  Dr. Karen Ritzenhoff, Associate Professor, Communication

                    ritzenhoffk@ccsu.edu or (860) 832-2692

           

                    Dr. Heather Prescott, Professor, History

                    prescott@ccsu.edu or (860) 832-2809

 

                    Dr. Cindy White, Professor, Communication

                    whitec@ccsu.edu or (860) 832-2695

                                    

Courses:      Communication 495: Special Topics in Communication:  TV and Film in

                          Germany, 3 credits

                    Communication 495:  Special Topics in Communication:  Environment

                          and Advertising, 3 credits

                    Communication 491:  Independent Study, 3 credits

                    History 498: Historical Field Studies Abroad, 3 credits

                   

Prereqs:        For Communication courses:  Comm 330: Basic TV Production

                        For History course:  History 301 or Permission of Instructor

 

Travel Program Registration Deadline:     April 1, 2009

Scholarship Application Deadline:              April 1, 2009

 

Scholarships:   Students participating in any course abroad program may apply to the Center

                         for International Education for scholarship assistance.  Matriculated status at

                         CCSU and a minimum GPA of 2.50 are required and scholarships will not

                         normally exceed $500. 

 

Travel Cost:     The cost of this program, exclusive of tuition and registration fees, is 

                         approximately $2,775 per person, based on a minimum of 13 students.

 

Note:  Students must separately register and pay for the academic course(s) associated with

           this Course Abroad Program.  All Summer course registration is handled 

           by the Enrollment Center in Willard Hall.

 

 

twenty years after the fall of the berlin wall:

1989 and beyond.  Celebrating the end of the cold war

This program explores a range of topics that have emerged in the twenty years since the fall of the Berlin Wall on November 9, 1989. The opening of the Berlin Wall was described as the end of Communism. This study abroad course will allow students to explore what that really means.  Questions that this course will consider include: What has been the historical relationship and interdependency between the United States and Germany? What was the significance of the allies in first crushing fascism and then rebuilding West Germany with the Marshall Plan? How did the United States assist Berlin when the city was isolated by the Russian military in the late 1940s? How and why did the Berlin Wall go up? Why and how was it taken down? What signs of post-Cold War Europe are still visible in Berlin twenty years after unification? What was the role of American, German, and Soviet political leaders in helping to end the Cold War? What was the role of the mass media and the film industry in facilitating and documenting change?

To answer these questions, this course will visit historical sites and contemporary media outlets (print and television) in Berlin and selected locations in the former East Germany.

The cost of the program includes round-trip economy class airfare, airport transfers in the U.S. and abroad, hostel-style accommodations with buffet breakfast daily, ground transportation and entrance fees to all required sites.

 

Program Registration Form

Statement of Responsibility, Release and Indemnification