Global Experience
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.
Semester Programs
Communication Studies regularly participates in semester programs that include international internships, including the Furman in Edinburgh and Furman in London Study Away and International Internship programs.In both programs, students complete an international internship in their areas of interest - from placements in tourism, marketing, journalism, and non-profit administration to opportunities in political communication, new venture entrepreneurship, and sports communication. . Students enroll in classes at a local university as well as a study away class--focused on European issues--with their Furman faculty member.
MayX Study Away Programs
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 and South Africa, 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 Thailand and Rwanda help us talk about communication practices that bridge divides, seek healing out of historical trauma, and rebuild.