The Media Arts Department at Butler University will offer its' fourth annual German Media Experience May 17-June 8 2009. The program is open only to Media Arts majors and is limited to 15 students selected by the course instructors. Preference will be given to early applicants and to those who have not previously participated in the program.

What Will We Study?

Students will be based in Bonn and will study German Culture, Media, Film and Recording practices. There will be regular in-class sessions and numerous field trips to television stations, recording studios, multi-media production houses and cultural sites in several German cities. Students receive 3 hours of Butler Media Arts credit for the course.

Cities visited as part of the program will be Bonn, Cologne, Düsseldorf and Berlin. There will also be a cruise on the Rhine River and a visit to Marksburg Castle (pictured below)



Free Time

You will have weekends free to travel on your own. (One three-day weekend is planned) Students have used this time to explore closeby areas or hopped a fast train to Paris, Brussels, Amsterdam, Prague, Munich or Hamburg. Bonn is centrally located, so nothing is very far away and the Eurail system is efficient and inexpensive.

What's Included

• Housing with host families (2 meals daily)
• Transportation
• Excursions
• Classroom Instruction and Technical Facilities
• German Cell Phones for all
• Butler Tuition for 3 credit hours

We have worked with the Academy for International Education AIB for three years and have found them to be wonderful partners. Program Coordinator, Lars Zimmermann handles all aspects of our stay in Germany with the utmost in professionalism . Many of our past students have kept in contact Lars and the AIB staff over the years.

This year Dr. Ken Creech will be joined by Professor Cutler Armstrong. JCFA Dean Peter Alexander will join us in Berlin and will conduct a Museum Tour.

Check this page often for additonal information and pre-departure meeting dates.