The Irish Legal or Irish Social Service Systems

  Ireland

Waterford

Term: Summer 
Dates: June-August

Description: The Waterford Criminal Justice Program in Ireland 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.

"SUNY Brockport study abroad programs are for students matriculated in the US only, US students only."

Cost in US$: 3,995

Experience Required: no

This Program is open to American Participants.

Participants Travel to Ireland Independently Or in Groups

Typically Participants Work Independently Or in Groups of Varies

Scholarships are Available.