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Ireland: Fall 2026

 

Dates & Deadlines

 

  • Application Deadline: June 26, 2026

  • Deposit Deadline: June 26, 2026
    • Early Bird Deadline: April 15, 2026 (SAVE $100!)
  • Balance of Program Fees Due: July 28, 2026
  • Tuition Due: Check your campus’ calendar
  • Pre-Departure Orientation: Saturday, August 22, 2026
  • Program Dates: September 22–November 16, 2026

 

Zoom Information Sessions

 

Please see below for our proposed information sessions (links to be added soon)

  • Tuesday, February 10, 2026 at 12:00 to 1:00 PM
  • Wednesday, March 4, 2026 at 1:00 to 2:00 PM
  • Thursday, April 16, 2026 at 3:00 to 4:00 PM
  • Wednesday, May 13, 2026 at 10:00 to 11:00 AM

 

Live and learn in Dublin, Ireland’s dynamic capital, known for its history, innovation, and welcoming community. Students must carry a 15-credit load and are expected to fully participate in all class activities. Three courses will be offered, and students must take all three. A 5-credit course waiver may be available upon request for students with special circumstances. 

Your classes and housing will be centrally located in Dublin, making it easy to explore the city’s distinctive neighborhoods and well-known landmarks on foot. Courses will most likely be held at the Goethe-Institut, located on the historic Merrion Square, while student housing will most likely be on the north side of the River Liffey near O’Connell Street, offering convenient access to transportation, cultural attractions, and everyday services.

 

Housing

 

In-city student housing in a student residence. Students will be in single bedrooms and have shared  kitchen and living space with up to 8 other students on the program.  Bed linens, towels and free Wi-Fi are included. The residence will have laundry facilities on-site (typically for an additional fee) and other communal facilities such as study and social areas, a gym and roof terrace.

 

Costs

 

Program Fee: Approx. $7,545

Tuition: ~$1,980 (GRC student rate)

Airfare: $900 (estimate). There is no group flight option. Students must purchase their own flights. We will provide access to a discounted flight portal which is optional to use. 

Books & Supplies: $200 (estimate)

Additional Costs: $2,000 - $4,000(for food, transportation, laundry and incidentals. Extra activities or personal travel not included.)

 
Included in the cost
  • Housing in central Dublin
  • 24/7 emergency contact service
  • Pre-Departure Orientation
  • Onsite Orientation
  • Public transportation pass for Dublin (with pre-loaded funds)
  • Comprehensive Health Insurance
  • All Excursions/Activities listed above
 
Not included in the cost
  • Airfare
  • College tuition & fees for 15 credits
  • Course books/materials
  • Passport & visa fees, if applicable
  • Meals other than those listed
  • Personal expenses
  • Additional fieldtrips and excursions to those listed
  • Anything not specified as included in the program

 

Classes

 

ENGL&112, Intro to Fiction – Haunted Dublin: The Gothic in Irish Literature

This course asks, why have some of the greatest, most chilling gothic works come from Dublin writers? Using Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray and Bram Stoker’s Dracula, we’ll visit the haunts of these authors, both physical and creative, to understand Dublin’s haunted past. Since gothic literature, by its nature, downplays the realistic to consider the darker side of experience, showcasing a return of the repressed, we’ll look at these formal departures from realism to better understand the city and its ghosts. The gothic defies or subverts the ruling authority, and the monster is a way to think about power structures: how does this better create understanding in a place of historic violence? (This class satisfies Humanities A credit or a GE or SE credit.)

ENGL&101/102, English Composition I or II – Knowing the Song: Dublin’s Music as Gateway to Understanding

This split-level rhetoric and composition course, based on student need(s), will use the music of Dublin to understand place. The 101 course will study the rhetoric of album covers, of lyric, and of orchestral accompaniment as entrée to learning about the genre-based nature of rhetoric; later, by thinking and writing in and across genres, students learn and employ the transferable elements of written communication and the conventions writers master for academic work and professional life. 102 students, on the other hand, will choose one album and band as a way to create a research project and paper on a topic central to Irish identity. While this latter group will learn the conventions of writing in only one genre, research, both groups will visit the Irish Rock ‘N’ Roll Museum Experience and the Wall of Fame Dublin in Temple Bar to explore possibilities, from U2 to Van Morrison to Enya to Sinead O’Connor to the Cranberries or the Script and beyond, all to understand Dublin through its music. (These overlapping courses serve all students working on an AA-DTA in the communication distribution).

Irish Life and Culture

Make the most of your time in Dublin and really get emersed in your new home with this required course which will explore a different theme of Irish Life and Culture each week, from Irish history and politics to Irish language, sports, music, dance, food and drink, and much more! This course will be taught by one or more local Irish faculty, with Professor Darley-Vanis as faculty of record, and will be a combination of guest lectures and experiential learning with visits to museums and galleries, tours, workshops, scavenger hunts and more!

 

Excursions / Activities

 

  • An OPW Heritage Card which grants free admission to Kilmainham Goal, Dublin Castle, Glendalough Visitor’s Centre, Áras an Uachtaráin, Government Buildings and a host of other cultural attractions in and around Dublin and throughout Ireland.
  • A half-day Gaelic Games Experience learning to play 3 Gaelic sports on an official GAA pitch with Irish trainers
  • An “Irish For a Day” program at Causey Farm to include activities such as milking cows, cutting turf, bog jumping, learning to play an Irish drum, Ceili dancing, and making traditional Irish soda bread.
  • A full-day excursion to Galway with entrance to the Cliffs of Moher enroute.
  • And many, many more cultural and academic activities, both as part of the Irish Life and Culture Course or other courses, and as optional for your free time.