STUDY SOCIAL WORK In PRAGUE!

May 13 – June 23, 2009 (6 weeks)
Presented by:
Florida State University International Programs & FSU College of Social Work

The Florida State University College of Social Work is pleased to again offer for the fourth consecutive year a study abroad program in the beautiful city of Prague, capital of the Czech Republic, the summer of 2009 for both BSW and MSW students. This program will give participants the exciting opportunity to see social work – its theory, practice, and diversity – in a larger international arena, a vantage point that has become increasingly more important in our current global society. A major focus of the program will be on the social issues and enormous transitions that have occurred in Central and Eastern Europe since the fall of communism and, more specifically, how those issues are being addressed by the social work community.
A portion of the classroom setting will be transformed to the field, where students will visit a variety of social programs and dialogue on an informal level with Czech practitioners about these social problems and the emerging development of social work as a new profession in that region of the world. Guest lectures by social work faculty from Charles University, one of the oldest and most prestigious universities in Europe, regarding the practice of social work in related topic areas will also be included. Following are the two courses that will be offered for both graduate and undergraduate students:

• SOW 4784/5785: International Social Work and Social Welfare (3 credits). This course will provide extensive content on major global issue that are changing the face of social work practice around the world, such as human trafficking, international child welfare issues, poverty, substance abuse, the plight of refugees and asylum seekers, global gender issues, etc. Also included will be weekly visits to select social programs in Prague where students will receive lectures on the ways in which these issues are being addressed in Central Europe.
• SOW 4935/5938: Visual Qualitative Inquiry in International Settings (3 credits). This course will focus on the use of photography/videography as a qualitative research tool to capture and evaluate prevailing social problems and related issues in Central and Eastern Europe. Using visual data and narrative data concurrently, the students will learn to collect, manage, and analyze these data. Site visits will be conducted to various sights in and around Prague that provide opportunities for students to visually record and interpret data from these visits.

In addition to the above coursework, the following social/cultural events will be included in the program fee:
• Visit to Krakow, Poland (including a visit to Auschwitz and the neighboring salt mines in Poland)
• Weekend visit to Cesky Krumlov, a beautiful Renaissance town in the Czech Republic, & river rafting excursion
• Visit to Terezin concentration camp outside Prague
• Day trip to Kutna Hora and a silver mine in the Czech Republic
• Various excursions in Prague and dinner cruise down the Vltava River

PROGRAM FEE: The program fee of $6915 includes registration and tuition for up to 9 undergraduate credit hours (6 graduate hours); housing in furnished apartments in central Prague; social/cultural excursions and activities; public transportation; health insurance; international student ID card; T-shirt or cap; course specific field trips. Not included: round-trip international airfare; passport; food (except where indicated); books and supplies; personal travel/spending money.
REGISTRATION: Participants can register online by going to the following website:
http://international.fsu.edu/Types/College/Czech_Republic/Courses.aspx#Apply
**Register soon as spaces are limited. (Registration code: PR01)

FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Contact FSU International Programs at (800) 374-8581; (850) 644-3272; or Patricia Lager, Director of International Programs, FSU College of Social Work at (850) 644-9739; plager@fsu.edu, Website: http://csw.fsu.edu/index.php?clickLink=international