Study Abroad in Finland: Providing Digital Services to International Users
Application opens today, September 15!
The program starts in spring semester because you take a course, S531 Information Structures for the Web, where you collaborate with students from Haaga-Helia University of Applied Sciences in Helsinki who work with you in the Canvas course. There is no pre-requisite other than S500 and S507, by the way. The course is still online and asynchronous, but you also have the opportunity to do real-time audio or video meetings with your peers in Finland.
You can even take S531 with no intention of going abroad, just to have the international collaboration experience. If you wish to travel to Finland in May, however, you also sign up for S604 Global Digital Services in the spring semester. This is the course that awards you the additional three credits for the study abroad: it is an orientation to Finland during the spring (so it is not a big load on your time in the spring as you take other courses), and you do a few refection essays onsite, with a few after the onsite period. There are no onsite class/lectures
In brief, the main class work is done via S531 where we do collaborative work with our Haaga-Helia partners, examining global digital services (such as websites, apps, signage, etc.).
In late May, we travel to meet the Haaga-Helia teachers and students in Finland (they are still in session), supplemented by field trips and site visits relevant to the class as well as to Finnish culture in general (visits to historic sites, museums, industries, and cultural events). You get ample time to do your own stuff, too!
Are you interested?
- See the digital brochure & to apply: https://abroad-iu.via-trm.com/program_brochure/28195
The brochure provides more information such as projected costs. Applications will open September 15 and will close November 15 — the confirmation of participation date is December 1
Angela Murillo, Lydia Spotts, and William Helling direct the program, so contact us with questions! We would love to talk to you via email, Zoom, etc.
If you wish to be added to a copy of the S604 course to see details on the Finland experience — including lots of photos from students and staff for the last four years, the last itinerary, etc. — let the program directors know.