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$5270 covers travel fee, summer course tuition, and room and board. Valid passport.
Summer Term
Northern Ireland
Theme(s) Arts and Purpose
Course Description
This course is based in Ballycastle and works with Corrymeela, a peace and reconciliation organization. Students will explore Irish poets, old and new, from W.B. Yeats and Seamus Heaney to spoken-word poet and rapper, Denise Chaila. They’ll interview writers about the purpose of their work and its place in the history of the region. Service experiences are an important part of the course, and the final project includes coordinating a community reading.
Upcoming Terms & Trip Leaders
- Summer Term 2025-26 – Jessica Baldanzi
- Offered every other year
Additional Courses to Complete SST
- GLST 241: Foundations, World Literature
- GLST 251: Cultural Perspectives, Global Literature in London Or Music with United Sound
- GLST 300: Global Issues, Arts and Social Change
All courses are 3 credit hours with GLST 241, 300, and Music with United Sound offered on campus.
Global EducationBelfast: Beauty, Unrest, and Action
Our second weekend at Corrymeela, we hopped on an early bus and train to take on Belfast’s bustling streets and the Belfast Book Festival, which featured homemade ‘zines (handmade magazines) for purchase and for free. The main themes of these...
Global EducationA Visit to Derry/Londonderry
In week two of our trip, our class went on its first train ride in Northern Ireland, and some of us rode a train for the first time! We were on our way to one of Northern Ireland’s more famous...
Global EducationRathlin Island
At the start of our final week, we traveled from Corrymeela to downtown Ballycastle Harbor to meet the ferry that would take us to Rathlin Island. For some of us, it was our first time on a boat. The ride...