Poland

Social Welfare in Eastern Europe:  The Polish Experience

Focus:

• Polish and Eastern European system of social welfare
• Introduction to the culture, history, and society of Poland

Field Trips and Activities:

• Social work agencies in the greater Krakow area
• Sites of cultural interest in the Krakow Area
• Auschwitz-Birkinau, Zakapone, and Wieliczka
• Warsaw:  government, agencies, sites of cultural interest

Location:  Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland

Date of Program:  Summer Quarter - August 28 - September 18, 2010

Information Meetings:

• All Social Work programs - 1pm, Monday, Oct. 19, 2009, McMillin Room, 115 Stillman Hall
• Poland program - 2pm, Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009, 315 Stillman Hall

Resident Director:  Dr. Denise Bronson

Application deadline:  February 1, 2010 via Buckeye Link

For more detailed information on the Poland program and study abroad, please see the OIA Study Abroad website.

• OIA Poland program information sheet
• OIA Study Abroad

Poland Photo Album (pdf)