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COMM STUDIES Study Abroad - Budapest 2012
1. Comm. & Culture in Budapest, Hungary
WVU Faculty-led Summer 2012 Study Abroad
• 6 credits: 3 weeks online & 3 weeks on-site (May 29-June 18) in Budapest, Hungary
• Instructor: Dr. R.M. Chory, Assoc. Prof. of Comm. Studies, Fulbrighter to Budapest
• Cost
$2,000 scholarship (COMM majors & pre-majors, COMM 200 & 201)
$500 scholarship (majors in Eberly College of Arts & Sciences)
+~$2,300 (can use scholarships, financial aid, etc.)
• ~$4,800 (includes airfare, hotel, breakfasts, TUITION, admissions to all museums
and historical sites, transportation in Budapest, excursions, a boat trip to the
Danube Bend, some meals, books, etc.)
• Cost of 6 credits of Summer School at WVU in Morgantown
– In state tuition: $1,428
– Out of state tuition: $4,464
• http://comm.wvu.edu/undergrad/abroad#BUDAPEST
2. The Courses (6 credits)
• COMM 493: Construction & Comm. of Hungarian Cultural ID (3 credits)
• COMM 493: Hungary-USA: Comm & Cultural Connections (3 credits)
• Courses count toward Comm major and minor requirements
• Topics
– Hungarian history and the city of Budapest
– Americans’ and other Westerners’ perceptions of Hungary
– Hungarians’ perceptions of themselves, others (including USA), social groups
– Surviving Communism
– Women, families, friendships, social roles, and social life in Hungary
– The world of work in Hungary
– Media & politics in Hungary: Adopting American campaign strategies
– Historical Hungarian media vs. American media
– America through new eyes
• George Gerbner Conference on Communication, Conflict and Aggression
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3. Accommodations in Budapest
• Gold Hotel Buda (or similar)
• twin-bedded rooms w/private bath or shower
• Breakfast included
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4. What Will We Do?
• Communication and Culture in Budapest, Hungary
will expose students to a culture influenced by
Eastern and Western traditions that is
reconstructing its cultural identity, along with
establishing democratic, market-driven societal
systems. It will also teach students to recognize how
a culture communicates its identity through
language, art, architecture, historical
sites, museums, and more.
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7. Parliament
(Parlament in Hungarian)
The Holy Crown of Hungary and the
Coronation Regalia on display in Parliament
Bronze Statue of Poet Attila József
near Parliament
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8. Kossuth tér
Kossuth Lajos (1802-1894), Hungary’s
leader 1848-49, tried to re-gain Hungary’s
independence from the Habsburgs
Formerly the Ministry of Agriculture, today
the Museum of Ethnography
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9. Szabadság tér
(Freedom Square)
Imre Nagy, Prime Minister of Hungary
during failed 1956 revolution; executed
in 1958; today a symbol of freedom Soviet Monument
US Embassy
Lajos Batthány
Eternal Flame
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16. Around the Dohány St. Synagogue
Tree of Life : Memorial of the
Hungarian Jewish Museum
Hungarian Jewish Martyrs
Memorial Garden Holocaust Memorial 16
22. Vajdahunyad Castle
replicas of historic Hungarian buildings; 1896
Bust of Béla Lugosi, Dracula
in 1931 film, on a corner of
Vajdahunyad Castle
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23. Around Andrássy út
Liszt Ferenc tér
Virag at Easter
Hungarian House of
Szondi György (?- Photography
1552), hero against
Ottoman invasion, on
Kodály Körönd
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28. Royal Palace
(including Hungarian National Gallery)
Gate to main palace courtyard w/turul
(Hungarian mythical bird)
Palace courtyard w/equestrian statue
of Prince Jenő Savoyai
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42. Comm. & Culture in Budapest, Hungary
• 6 credits, May 29-June 18 in Budapest, Hungary
• Dr. RebeccaM. Chory, Rebecca.Chory@mail.wvu.edu
• Cost
$2,000 scholarship (COMM majors & pre-majors, COMM 200 & 201)
$500 scholarship (majors in Eberly College of Arts & Sciences)
+~$2,300 (can use scholarships, financial aid, etc.)
• ~$4,800 (includes airfare, hotel, breakfasts, TUITION, admissions to all museums
and historical sites, transportation in Budapest, excursions, a boat trip to the
Danube Bend, some meals, books, etc.)
• http://comm.wvu.edu/undergrad/abroad#BUDAPEST