At Furman, your education reaches beyond our lecture halls and media labs. Every year, our students embark on educational adventures abroad with their faculty. Their journeys cover every corner of the globe, including Scotland and Belgium; New Zealand; Ghana, Rwanda, and South Africa; and Spain and Morocco.
Communication Studies regularly participates in semester programs that include international internship programs. We invest in the Furman in Edinburgh, Furman in London, and Furman in Brussels programs. In all three programs, students are supervised in internships in their areas of interest - from placements in tourism, marketing, journalism, and non-profit administration to high level political bodies (with members of the European Parliament in Brussels and the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh). Students enroll in classes at a local university as well as a study away class--focused on European issues--with their Furman faculty member.
During Furman's MayX session, Communication Studies majors can take their classroom learning abroad to see rhetoric and media in action. In New Zealand, students investigate how Maori indigenous culture is preserved in mass media coverage of rugby and even Pacific-Islander emojis! In Ghana, students see colonialism’s impact, but also appreciate the convergent and adaptive media norms of local communication practice in a vibrant culture. Students practice and critique travel writing in warm and beautiful Havana, Madrid, and Rome. New programs to sites like Rwanda help us talk about communication practices that bridge divides, seek healing out of historical trauma, and rebuild. Wherever we go, students enjoy the refreshing beauty and change-of-pace after a long academic year!