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Program Dates: First Summer Session
Priority Application Deadline: December 1, 2008
Final Deadline: February 15, 2007
Program Type: Faculty-Led
The Prague program is a faculty-led option offered by the College of Communication, the College of Liberal Arts and the College of Fine Arts in The University of Texas at Austin. An outstanding team of faculty from UT-Austin, the Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts and Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic, create the academic synergy for an interdisciplinary approach to the study of image and word.
Read the student journal for the Summer 2008 program.
Visit the Prague Stories website to see past and present student work.
Prague, the capital of the Czech Republic, is lavishly beautiful in its architecture and layout. Often called a living textbook of 1000 years of architecture, it was named an UNESCO World Heritage site in 1992. The city’s historic center is unparalleled in Europe—you can see admire and enter buildings of virtually all important architecture styles here. The visual arts have had a long tradition of excellence and are stunning in their creativity and quality. Sculpture, music and art are a living part of the city urban landscape. This is also the country of literary giants such as Kafka and Kundera and home to people with a cultural predilection for thought-provoking and innovative literature.
The program begins with a two-day orientation that covers basic Czech language and culture. Students enroll in two courses for 6 hours of UT-Austin in-residence credit. All courses are taught in English. Students can select any course combination but may enroll in only one production course (either digital film or photography). Courses in Czech film studies, and art history focus on the modern to contemporary periods.
Courses include:
• Prague Stories: Intro to Digital Documentary (RTF f366K/FA f360/CZ f324)*
• Documentary Photography (J f370K/ J f395)
• Czech Film: Cinematic Dimensions of the City (RTF f370/ CZ f324)
• Modern Art of the Czech Lands: 19th to 21st Century (ARH f374/ CZ f324)
*Graduate students interested in taking this course should talk with their Graduate Coordinator about if and how an upper division undergraduate course will count in their program. RTF graduate students should consult Stephanie Crouch to discuss their options.
Professor Andrew Garrison, from the Department of Radio-TV-Film, teaches Prague Stories: Intro to Digital Documentary, and professor Dennis Darling, from the School of Journalism teaches Documentary Photography. Both instructors have taught in Prague before, and can be contacted by students for further information on these courses.
You may view past work from this program on Prague Stories. The Project provides a creative view of Prague from Texas students with a range of backgrounds, experience, and majors, using small, consumer video cameras. You may also read about Christina Salinas’ experience with the Prague program.
Open to undergraduate and graduate students (all majors) of The University of Texas at Austin who are in good academic standing. The film class is restricted to a smaller number of students, so it is advisable to apply for priority admission. Special note for RTF students: course prerequisites for the Prague Stories: Intro to Digital Documentary class (RTF f366K) have been waived exclusively for the course taught in Prague, but are enforced by the Department in every other case.
The priority application deadline for this program is December 1, 2007, and the final deadline is February 15, 2008, but applications will be accepted on a rolling basis up until the final deadline. There are a number of steps to complete for the application, so students are encouraged to apply early.
Please consult the College of Communication Schedule of Information Sessions.
Once you have attended an information session or met with a CGEO advisor, you will be granted access to the online application via “My CGEO,” where you will enter program code 353005 for the Prague Program: https://utdirect.utexas.edu/student/abroad/shared_start.WBX
For study abroad advising/course/degree planning, see your academic advisor.
For more information on this program, please attend an information session, or contact Lia Haisley(471-6490) in the CGEO.
For specific information on Czech studies courses and scholarships, contact Hana Pichova in the Department of Slavic Languages and Literature, College of Liberal Arts.
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