In July 2010 students will once again have the opportunity to study journalism in London through a four-week course offered by the British Studies Program.
For details on the program visit www.britishstudiesprogram.org.
The program is offered July 1 – August 1, 2010.
Each of the 20 courses offered carries six hours of undergraduate or graduate credit from The University of Southern Mississippi, a fully-accredited institution of higher learning.
Southern Miss offers the program through a consortium of 14 U.S. colleges and universities, and each year 150-200 students from across the U.S. take part in British Studies. Credit is transferable; we recommend you check with your home institution regarding its policies for credit transfer.
The course is a general introduction into how journalism is practiced in Britain, covering editorial content, advertising, public relations and broadcasting. Your classroom is London itself, specifically the London media. The class will visit media institutions all over London, including the major dailies, a suburban weekly, the BBC, and all the British regulatory institutions. We won’t be hearing from boring lecturers; rather, we’ll be hearing directly from reporters, editors, PR practitioners, and advertising regulators themselves. They’ll explain to you how the British media really work. The class will also visit France, where we’ll walk the beaches of Normandy with the World War II class and make a three-day-long trip to Paris to compare and contrast Continental media with that of Britain.
Students from all areas of communication study will benefit from the course—advertising, public relations, mass communication, journalism, broadcasting and photography. The course has no prerequisites and carries six hours of credit.
The course is taught by David R. Davies [dave.davies@usm.edu], dean of the Southern Miss Honors College. Learn more about the course at http://britishjournalism.org.
The British Studies Program stays in central London at King’s College in one of their dormitories. The rooms are small, but everyone gets a private room with fridge and private bath. Everyone has access to a shared kitchen and the dorm has a large courtyard which serves as a social center of the program. Participants quickly make friends with the students in their class as well as students from across the country.
The dorm is on Stamford Street, approximately a hundred yards from Waterloo Station. The central location puts you just a few minutes’ walk from Trafalgar Square, Leicester Square, and the theater district.
Most people walk when they’re headed to central London because it’s so close.
The cost for the program is $5,799 for undergraduates and $5,999 for graduates. This price includes tuition, air travel, housing, and academic travel, including a four-day trip outside London to places such as Edinburgh, Paris, Normandy, and Brussels. Qualified students can usually get financial aid.