GERMAN MEDIA & FILM (BUTLER UNIVERSITY)

The Media Arts Department at Butler University offeres its' sixth annual German Media Experience from May 14th till June 4th 2012. The program is open only to Media Arts majors and is limited to 15 students selected by the course instructors. Preference will be given to early applicants and to those who have not previously participated in the program.

 

What Will We Study?
Students will be based in Bonn and will study German Culture, Media, Film and Recording practices. There will be regular in-class sessions and numerous field trips to television stations, recording studios, multi-media production houses and cultural sites in several German cities. Students receive 3 hours of Butler Media Arts credit for the course.

Cities visited as part of the program will be Bonn, Cologne, Düsseldorf and Berlin. There will also be a cruise on the Rhine River and a visit to Marksburg Castle.

Free Time
You will have weekends free to travel on your own. (One three-day weekend is planned) Students have used this time to explore closeby areas or hopped a fast train to Paris, Brussels, Amsterdam, Prague, Munich or Hamburg. Bonn is centrally located, so nothing is very far away and the Eurail system is efficient and inexpensive.

What's Included

• Housing with host families (2 meals daily)
  
  
• Transportation
  
  
• Excursions
  
  
• Classroom Instruction and Technical Facilities
  
  
• German Cell Phones for all
  
  
• Butler Tuition for 3 credit hours

We have worked with the Academy for International Education AIB for three years and have found them to be wonderful partners. Program Director, Olaf Brodersen handles all aspects of our stay in Germany with the utmost in professionalism . Many of our past students have kept in contact Lars and the AIB staff over the years.

Media Arts Scholarship Support
Media Arts has 15 scholarships available to cover your program and housing costs (that's worth about $ 3.500). You will need to cover round-trip airfare and your other personal expenses.