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Communications, New Media + Journalism

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  • Dates: Sep 5 – Dec 22, 2018 (15 weeks)
  • Credit: 15 - 18 semester hours / 22.5 - 27 quarter hours
  • Eligibility: 2.5 Overall GPA
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Program Deadlines and Pricing Info

  • Tentative Dates: Sep 4 – Dec 21, 2019 (15 weeks)*
  • Credit: 15 - 18 semester hours / 22.5 - 27 quarter hours
  • Eligibility: 2.5 Overall GPA

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Program Deadlines and Pricing Info

  • Dates: Jan 21 – May 12, 2019 (16 weeks)
  • Credit: 15 - 18 semester hours / 22.5 - 27 quarter hours
  • Eligibility: 2.5 Overall GPA
$20,450 See full breakdown
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Overview

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Prague’s rapidly evolving media landscape makes it an ideal place to explore global communication trends while you learn about the city’s complex culture and rich history. Study at Prague’s most prestigious university and include a hands-on internship to create a rich learning experience. You’ll find inspiration all around you, with 1,000 years of magnificent art and architecture from every period.

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Unique Experiences

  • Satisfy your curiosity

    with a guest lecture series featuring local artists, filmmakers, political figures, and philosophers discussing contemporary, issues, art, and media topics.

  • Take classes

    at the Charles University Institute of Communication Studies and Journalism, and/or the Film and Television School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague (FAMU), in addition to media classes at CIEE Prague.

  • Put your skills

    and knowledge to work with a three-credit internship placement and earn 7 to 10 hours of experience per week.

  • daily newspapers in the Czech Republic

    75

  • first year beer was brewed at the Benedictine Brevnov Monastery

    993 AD

  • residents in Prague

    1.2M

Location & Culture

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Cobblestone streets, ancient bridges, and a hilltop castle help lend the City of a Hundred Spires its reputation as one of the world’s most beautiful. Prague is unique in Europe, having shed its Communist past and brimming with carefully preserved monuments from every period and style in its millennial history. There’s plenty of quirky, too, like the Zizkov Tower adorned with climbing babies, and the distinctly nontraditional Dancing House. Easy to explore on foot, the city boasts a rich cultural life that includes concerts, festivals, operas, and more – many of which you can access on a student budget.

Program Posts

    • S18 CNMJ NEWSLETTER 1
    By Peter Mistrík at CIEE

    CIEE Prague welcomes the biggest group of CNMJ students so far! CIEE Prague welcomed its biggest group of students of the Communications, New Media and Journalism program and successfully kicked...keep reading

    The Culture

    EXCURSIONS & ACTIVITIES

    • Go behind the scenes at radio stations and media companies to see communications and journalism in action.
    • Travel overnight to explore Czech media and culture beyond Prague.
    • Explore Prague Castle, Old Town, historic halls of Charles University, the theater, and opera.
    • Join a student group that sparks your interest, in art, community service, film, music, sport or theater, for example, and see how Czech students are similar and different from U.S. students.
    • Join a language exchange program.
    • Meet a Czech family.
    • Live in Prague like a Czech student, with a Czech flat buddy to show you around, explain local customs, and organize weekly activities in politics, sports, film, music, and more.
    • Volunteer at a children’s home or school, or put your communication skills to work on CIEE yearbook and blogs.

    INTERNSHIPS

    Gain international experience with valuable internships that require 7-10 onsite work hours per week. Students interview to be selected by the internship sponsors, take a related seminar, and attend biweekly meetings with their instructor to learn about Czech work environments, culture, and career development.  

    Daily Life

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    • HOUSING

      Homestay: This option provides an excellent opportunity for immersion into the local culture, and is strongly recommended for students who wish to take full advantage of their Czech experience. A single room and internet is provided.

      CIEE-Administered Apartments: The apartments are located in the buildings where other tenants/citizens live. Students are sharing the apartment with a flat buddy who is a local Charles University student. The flat buddy is responsible for apartment maintenance and also helps with Czech immersion while organizing activities for students. Internet is provided.

      CIEE-Administered Residence: There are two CIEE Administered Residences. The residence consists of apartments where only CIEE students and Resident Assistants (RA) live. The RAs are Charles University students and live in separate apartments in the building. Their task is to help during the orientation, organize activities for students, and help them with daily issues. Internet is provided.

    • MEALS

      Homestay: Dinner and breakfast, on the family’s schedule, are included.

      Apartments: Please note that meals are not included with this option.

      Residence:  Please note that meals are not included with this option.

    Prague, Czech Republic

    Where You'll Study

    • A

      CIEE PRAGUE

      Vyšehrad – 15 minutes from Old Town.

    • B

      CHARLES UNIVERSITY

      Buildings all over Prague and beyond, CIEE students attend classes downtown.

    • C

      THE ACADEMY OF THE PERFORMING ARTS

      Downtown

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    What you need to know

    The program details

    Based at CIEE Prague - Vyšehrad, this program allows students to select courses offered by CIEE, the Academy of the Performing Arts (FAMU), and prestigious Charles University – the oldest university in central Europe - to further their studies in journalism, media, and communications while they learn about Czech culture.

    Students begin with a two-week orientation session, which includes a week-long survival Czech language course.

    Students may combine this program with a semester of the CIEE Prague Central European Studies or Film Studies programs to stay in the Czech Republic for a full academic year.

    Academics

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    Academics

    • CLASS FORMAT

      CIEE courses are generally taken by CIEE students only, although they are listed at Charles University as well and open to Czech students. Charles University and FAMU courses are open to local and international students. All required and elective communications, new media, and journalism courses are taught in English. As students gain proficiency in Czech, our staff encourages them to use their language skills in everyday settings.

    • GRADING

      Grades A-F are assigned based on mid-term and final exams, research papers, class presentations, and additional assignments depending on the course. Class attendance is mandatory and is factored into the final grade with class participation. The internship and some elective media and communications courses may require a final project, website, radio production, published article, or other media-focused project.

    • Academic Culture

      Students are expected to demonstrate their pro-active and independent approach to study. Active participation in class as well as outside of class is essential for a satisfactory academic performance and attendance is strictly enforced. Students should expect an average of two hours of preparation required for each hour in class. A class structure typically includes lectures as well as discussions and group projects.

    Eligibility

    • OVERALL GPA

      Students need to have a GPA of at least 2.5.

    • PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS

      2 or more courses beyond introductory level in Communications, Journalism, Media, or International Affairs.

    Curriculum

    PROGRAM CREDIT

    • Total credit, semester: 15-18 semester/22.5-27 quarter hours.
    • Contact hours: CIEE courses: 45; credit – 3 semester/4.5 quarter hours, FAMU and Charles University FSV courses: 24; credit – 1.5 semester/2.25 quarter hours.
    • Students are highly encouraged to take courses outside of CIEE at Charles University or FAMU, and can enroll in up to 6 total semester credits at these institutions.

    Students take the following courses:

    • Required CIEE internship that includes a seminar and 7-10 hours of weekly on-site work.
    • 6 credits of core courses focusing on media, communication, or journalism (chosen from CIEE CNMJ-focused courses, FAMU, and/or Charles University courses).
    • 6 credits of elective courses chosen from CIEE, FAMU, and/or Charles University course offerings.

    Note: This course listing is for informational purposes only and does not constitute a contract between CIEE and any applicant, student, institution, or other party. The courses, as described, may be subject to change as a result of ongoing curricular revisions, assignment of lecturers and teaching staff, and program development. Courses may be canceled due to insufficient enrollment.

    SPRING 2019 COURSES

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    REQUIRED COURSE

    ELECTIVE CIEE LANGUAGE COURSES

    ELECTIVE COURSES

    The following is a sample list of courses offered by CIEE, FAMU, and Charles University (Faculty of Social Sciences). Final course lists and schedules will be available to students prior to the start of each semester.

    CNMJ-FOCUSED COURSES AT CIEE (3 SEMESTER CREDITS EACH)

    CIEE ELECTIVE COURSES

     (3 SEMESTER CREDITS EACH)

    CNMJ-FOCUSED COURSES AT FACULTY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES (FSV), CHARLES UNIVERSITY

     (typically 1.5 semester credits)

    • Audiovisual Interpreting the Reality
    • Comics as a Medium
    • Competencies and Skill for International Academia and Consultancy
    • Consumer Behavior
    • Cultural Studies
    • Intercultural Communication Management
    • Introduction to Cross-Cultural Studies 
    • Introduction to Photojournalism
    • Media and Society: An Introduction
    • Media and the Children
    • Media Sociology
    • New Media and Entrepreneurship
    • Popular Culture

    CNMJ-FOCUSED COURSES AT FAMU (typically 1.5 semester credits) –TENTATIVE COURSE LIST

    • Acting Studio 2
    • Acting Theories 1,2
    • Central European Cinemas within the Context of the World Cinema
    • Cinema Dance (3 credits)
    • Film, Form and Style
    • Filming the Unfilmable
    • History of Animation
    • Introduction to International Film/TV Production
    • Photographic Imaging
    • Script Analysis 2
    • Short Film Practical Analysis: Directing 2
    • The Realm of Montage 2
    • Visual Theory 1, 2

    Fall 2018 Courses

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    CIEE REQUIRED COURSE (3 SEMESTER CREDITS)

    CNMJ-FOCUSED CIEE COURSES (3 SEMESTER CREDITS EACH)

    CNMJ-FOCUSED FAMU COURSES (1.5 SEMESTER CREDITS EACH, UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED) - TENTATIVE COURSE LIST

    • Acting Studio
    • Acting Theories 1
    • Central European Cinemas within the Context of the World Cinema (lecture and screening)
    • Cinema Dance (3 credits)
    • Circulating within the Modern Cinematic Image (3 credits)
    • Film, Form and Style
    • Filming the Unfilmable
    • History of Animation
    • Introduction to International Film/TV Production
    • Photographic Imaging 1
    • Script Analysis 1
    • Short Film Practical Analysis: Directing 1
    • The Realm of Montage 1
    • Visual Theory 1

    CNMJ-FOCUSED COURSES AT THE FACULTY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES (FSV) AT CHARLES UNIVERSITY (1.5 SEMESTER CREDITS EACH, UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED) - TENTATIVE COURSE LIST

    • Audiovisual Interpreting the Reality
    • Comics as a medium
    • Competencies and Skill for International Academia and Consultancy
    • Consumer Behaviour
    • Cultural Studies
    • Intercultural Communication Management
    • Introduction to Cross-Cultural Studies 
    • Introduction to Photojournalism
    • Media and Society: An Introduction
    • Media and the Children
    • Media Sociology
    • New Media and Entrepreneurship
    • Popular Culture

    CIEE LANGUAGE COURSES

    CIEE ELECTIVE COURSES (3 SEMESTER CREDITS EACH)

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    Scholarships & Grants

    Last year, we awarded more than 1,000 scholarships per term for a total of $5 million, helping more students get on planes and live their dreams in faraway places than any other organization.

    Students who apply to this program are eligible for the following scholarships and grants:

    • Ping Scholarships for Academic Excellence
    • Global Access Initiative (GAIN) Grants
    • CIEE Gilman Go Global Grant

    To be considered, submit the CIEE Scholarships & Grants application within your CIEE program application. Learn more at the Scholarships & Grants section of our website.

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    Dates, Deadlines & Fees

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    Dates, Deadlines & Fees

    You get more for every dollar when you study abroad with CIEE, because our high-quality programs include everything from excursions to insurance. There are no hidden charges, and no disappointing surprises when you arrive.

    YOUR FEE INCLUDES:

    • Tuition
    • Housing
    • Advising before you depart to set goals and answer questions
    • Optional on-site airport meet-and-greet
    • Orientation – an introduction to Czech culture, your academic program, and the city, plus practical information about living in your host city
    • Full-time program leadership and support in your host city
    • Field trips and cultural activities
    • Overnight excursions
    • Insurance and other travel benefits, with CIEE iNext
    • 24/7 emergency on-site support

    No Hidden Fees

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    Fees & Housing
    Fall 2018 15 weeks Sep 5, 2018 Dec 22, 2018
    $18,850
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    Program Fees

    CIEE offers the most student support of any provider in its program fee, including an airport greeting, full-time leadership and support, orientation, cultural activities, local excursions, pre-departure advising, and CIEE iNext travel insurance with benefits.

    Participation Confirmation = $300 *

    Educational Costs = $15,458

    Housing = $2,925 **

    Insurance = $167

    Total Fees = $18,850

    Estimated Costs

    Students are responsible and manage costs related to travel, meals, books, and personal expenses. Below are estimates for consideration.

    Meals not included in program fee = $1,850 †

    International Airfare = $1,200 ††

    Local Transportation = $50

    Books & Supplies = $100

    Visa Fees = $125 †††

    Personal expenses = $2,200

    Other = $145 ††††

    Total Estimated Costs = $5,670

    Financial Aid

    CIEE offers the most grants and scholarships of any study abroad organization, including $5 million/year in travel grants, merit-based scholarships, MSI grants, Gilman matching grants, and Pell matching grants.

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    This breakdown has been prepared from the program budget for the purpose of calculating eligibility for financial aid. During the course of program operations, actual figures may vary. It should not, therefore, be used as a basis for calculation of refunds. CIEE reserves the right to adjust fees at any time.

    Students required to study on CIEE programs through a School of Record will be charged a $500 administrative fee in addition to the Program Fees listed.

    * non-refundable

    ** Meals vary by housing choice: Includes two meals per day for homestay students. No meals are included for students in apartments or residence halls. Additionally, students who opt for and are placed in single-occupancy rooms will be billed a supplemental fee of approximately $1000, 4-6 weeks after the program starts

    † For students in apartments. Students placed in homestays are provided with breakfast and dinner; additional meals for homestay students are estimated at $550 per semester. Additional meals for students in apartments or residence halls are estimated at $1,850 per semester.

    †† round-trip based on U.S. East Coast departure

    ††† average cost

    †††† Required Czech insurance
    Spring 2019 16 weeks Jan 21, 2019 May 12, 2019
    $20,450
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    Program Fees

    CIEE offers the most student support of any provider in its program fee, including an airport greeting, full-time leadership and support, orientation, cultural activities, local excursions, pre-departure advising, and CIEE iNext travel insurance with benefits.

    Participation Confirmation = $300 *

    Educational Costs = $17,058

    Housing = $2,925 **

    Insurance = $167

    Total Fees = $20,450

    Estimated Costs

    Students are responsible and manage costs related to travel, meals, books, and personal expenses. Below are estimates for consideration.

    Meals not included in program fee = $1,850

    International Airfare = $1,200

    Local Transportation = $50

    Books & Supplies = $100

    Visa Fees = $125

    Personal expenses = $2,200

    Other = $145

    Total Estimated Costs = $5,670

    Financial Aid

    CIEE offers the most grants and scholarships of any study abroad organization, including $5 million/year in travel grants, merit-based scholarships, MSI grants, Gilman matching grants, and Pell matching grants.

    See Scholarships

    This breakdown has been prepared from the program budget for the purpose of calculating eligibility for financial aid. During the course of program operations, actual figures may vary. It should not, therefore, be used as a basis for calculation of refunds. CIEE reserves the right to adjust fees at any time.

    Students required to study on CIEE programs through a School of Record will be charged a $500 administrative fee in addition to the Program Fees listed.

    * non-refundable

    ** Meals vary by housing choice: Includes two meals per day for homestay students. No meals are included for students in apartments or residence halls. Additionally, students who opt for and are placed in single-occupancy rooms will be billed a supplemental fee of approximately $1000, 4-6 weeks after the program starts
    Fall 2019 15 weeks Apr 1, 2019 Sep 4, 2019* Dec 21, 2019*

    *Dates for this program are provided as tentative dates. Please consult with your study abroad advisor to confirm dates before purchasing your flights.

    To help you budget, keep in mind that students are responsible for the cost of international airfare, local transportation, books and supplies, visas, and personal expenses. In addition, ask your college or university study abroad advisor if your school charges additional fees for study abroad.

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    Our Staff

    • Jana Cemusova

      Director

      Jana Čemusová heads CIEE Prague, where she leads study abroad programs, customized partnerships with Charles University, Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts (FAMU), and other educational institutions.

    • Petra Key

      Academic Director

      Petra Key is in charge of CIEE Prague course portfolio. She manages the CIEE Prague faculty and courses, and is responsible for the cooperation with academic partner institutions.

    • Peter Mistrík

      Communications and Internship Program Coordinator

      Peter is the Communications, New Media and Journalism Program Coordinator in Prague and is responsible for the onsite coordination and logistics including program leadership and development.

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