Study Abroad
Boston College students participate in programs of study in more than 30 countries worldwide, sponsored either by BC or other institutions of higher learning.
International study has become more and more popular among Boston College students and Communication majors as students realize the increasing importance of broadening their intercultural perspectives. We are communicating in a global marketplace and it is ever so important to be able to help cross cultural lines with our spoken and written words.
Students who are interested in studying abroad should contact the Office of Global Education for more information on specific programs and application procedures. Typically, juniors study abroad during the spring semester; however, there are certain exceptions that can be made for placement during the fall semester of junior year.
Semester Abroad Requirements
The Communication Department requires majors to have completed seven courses in Communication by the end of their junior year. This leaves no more than four courses to be completed during senior year. Among those courses required prior to travel are the four Core courses: Rhetorical Tradition, Survey of Mass Communication, Public Speaking, and Communication Methods. In addition, we strongly suggest juniors take one of their two required writing intensive seminars in the fall of their junior year, before travel. This is to allow for the second to be completed senior year. A student may transfer up to two courses in Communication as ELECTIVES from the Study Abroad placement, which counts toward the seven total courses needed by the end of junior year. These courses must be pre-approved by the Director of Undergraduate Studies, Prof. Lindsay Hogan.
Contact
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Lindsay Hogan
Director of Undergraduate Studies
Lindsay Hogan
Director of Undergraduate Studies
lindsay.hogan.2@eliogonzalez.com | 617-552-4054 | St. Mary's Hall S453
Dr. Hogan's research interests include media industry studies, children's media culture, and theories of stardom and celebrity. In addition to book chapters in edited collections, her work has appeared in Cinema Journal, The Velvet Light Trap, and Interactions: Studies in Communication and Culture. She is also a co-founding contributing editor for the collectively authored media studies blog, Antenna: Responses to Media and Culture.