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Waterford, Ireland, Its Culture, Legal and Social Systems
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The Waterford, Ireland program is a five-week, six-credit hour program that will examine the development of contemporary Irish society and culture and explore the study of the Irish constitutional, legal and criminal justice systems or child and family services in Ireland. In addition to the formal courswork, the program will afford participants the opportunity to explore Ireland by means of both an organized series of excursions and field trips and also by allowing participants the time for additional personal explorations. Excursion sites include educational and social institutions (like a model prison, police departments, community-based social welfare agencies, museums, etc.) and a variety of villages, cities, and towns on the south side coast of Ireland.
The program will take place at the College Street campus of the Waterford Institute of Technology in the heart of the historic and attractive city of Waterford on Ireland's southern coast. The city of Waterford has a unique character that is enhanced by its maze of ancient streets and lanes lined with buildings of many ages. Waterford was founded by the Vikings some 1,100 years ago and each period during that time has left a mark of its unique character on the city, its streets and architecture. In the late 18th century Waterford emerged as a manufacturing center with a glass industry that was considered to be the best in Europe. This industry was destroyed in the early 19th century by the imposition of heavy tariffs but was successfully revived in 1947 and is once again thriving and famous. Waterford is one of the City of Rochester's [NY] sister cities. Today Waterford is a busy manufacturing center and an important seaport. It is an ideal place to study Irish Culture and Institutions.
To learn more about the Waterford Institute of Technology, visit: http://www2.wit.ie/
For more information on the city of Waterford, visit:http://www.waterfordcorp.ie/tourism.htm
or http://www.southeastireland.com/
The Waterford, Ireland Program offers you the opportunity to:
Live and study in Ireland,
Receive instruction and hands-on experience with a small, personalized group of students,
Improve your writing and research skills,
Help prepare you for a semester/year abroad.
Your experience on the Waterford, Ireland Program will:
Integrate you into Irish society and the Irish educational system,
Make you a better student,
Expand your outlook on the world,
Build your self-esteem and self-confidence,
Greatly enhance your career prospects.
On the Waterford, Ireland Program you will:
Receive a comprehensive on-site orientation to the Waterford Criminal Justice program,
Benefit from a program of field trips and social events, organized specifically for Brockport program participants by the Program Director.
Enjoy the security of a complete package of academic and non-academic support services provided by the International Office at SUNY Brockport.
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