The course is taught in 4 3-week modules. Each module includes one field trip with Dr. Smyth. These modules are offered to European students participating in the Erasmus exchange program. Loras students will mainstream into the Cultural Studies classes with Erasmus students. At the end of each module, the student will produce an essay, lecture, slide show or anything else that demonstrates knowledge and understanding.
Essays are about six pages in length.
The class will be held in the Blue Room at the Irish Writers Center on Parnell Square. Derek Hand, lecturer at University College Dublin will teach the class. The Loras professor in Dublin will teach this 3-credit course designed to give students opportunities to explore Dublin and understand its people, architecture, music and public life. Students will receive weekly assignments, and then we will meet Thursday afternoons to discuss what we experienced in the assignments. For example one week, students will be required to go to a Dublin neighborhood, talk to the residents and the shopkeepers in order to get a sense of what it s like to live and work in that area.