Credits:
Participants who successfully complete this Program's coursework will earn six credits of upper division undergraduate credit. These credits will be awarded by SUNY Brockport.
Curriculum:
The academic portion of the Waterford Summer Program consists of three courses (you select two) taught by members of the faculty of Waterford Institute of Technology.
Irish Culture and Institutions
Irish Constitutionalism and Irish Criminal Justice
Child and Family Services in Ireland
1. Irish Constitutionalism and Irish Criminal Justice
This course will examine the following topics:
Irish Constitutional history and development, including an analysis of the historical, political, social, and cultural factors that influenced the drafting of our present Constitution, Bunreacht nah Eireann.
The Right to Life, including the right to die a natural death-this is very topical as we are about to have a referendum on this particular issue in the near future.
The Right to Silence and how this has been eroded by statutory enactments.
The Right of Access to a Lawyer and not to be deprived of liberty except in accordance with law, including the emergency provisions within the Constitution itself.
The concept of expansion of the constitution through judicial interpretation and its impact on society.
Constitutional change and the socio/legal socio/politico factors which contribute to such change.
Comparative Analysis of Politics and the Law - An Irish Perspective.
2. Irish Culture and Institutions
This course will examine the factors that influenced the development of a unique Irish culture and will include such topics as:
The emergence of Irish culture
Irish "Identity"
The role of Religion in Irish Society
Irish Literature
Irish Music
Education
Language
The Media
Family; Women, and Children
Nationalism and Northern Ireland
Sport and Music
3. Child and Family Services in Ireland
This course introduces students to child and family welfare from an Irish perspective. This course begins with a socio-historical overview of childhood and family life in Ireland. It offers an in depth study of the socio-legal contexts and provisions for State intervention in the area of child protection, family support, and community welfare.
A central component of the course will be a close working relationship with service providers (community care social workers, residential childcare facilities, foster care families and community development projects), and service users (children who live in care) including visits to agencies and interactive workshops with service providers.
The non-academic portion of the program will consist of weekend, day and or evening excursions, field trips and/or sightseeing trips to such places as these*:
Kilmainham Jail in Dubin
The State Museum
The fishing village of Dunmore East
Cork Prison
The town of Cobh to see the Titanic's last land stop
Mahon falls
Tramore
Dublin
Killnenny Castle
There will also be a program of "evening entertainments" at various Waterford pubs.
*The places and events listed here are intended as examples of the type of places that will be (and/or, in previous summers, have been) visisted. The Program Director reserves the right to make changes to this schedule of places/events. An itinerary of the actual sights/places to be visited during the summer program will be distributed to participants prior to the start of the program.
nerary of the actual sights/places to be visited during the summer of 2007 will be distributed to participants prior to the start of the program.
Social Work Program
Social work majors can participate in the social work program during the spring semester only which would include SWO internship placement.
