Term: Summer
Language: English
Housing: Double occupancy hotel rooms
School of Social Work: Promising Practices in Hungary and Romania
 
Between Hungary and Romania one find the beautiful Transylvanian plateau. The region is known for its beautiful mountains, wooden churches, carved gates, the “Laughing Cemetery,” and most importantly it is known as the birth place of the infamous medieval prince, Vlad III Tepes, a.k.a. Vlad the Impaler or Vlad Dracula!


This graduate level course is open to undergraduates, graduate students, and professional social workers. The course will focus on promising practices in child welfare in this region of Europe.

Course Highlights:
A program comparative in nature, students will be asked to consider social work through a cross-cultural perspective.
Students will analyze the social work system in transition in both Hungary and Romania by identifying potential opportunities and challenges in international social work and international development.
As the course is itinerant, you will not be restricted solely to a classroom. You will be on site at various child welfare organizations and meet with various local social workers.
Your travels by train through Transylvania mountains and the boat on the Danube will allow for time to do some site-seeing in beautiful Budapest, Hungary and Cluj-Napoca, Romania.

Application timetable:
  Applications should be received by April 1.
Summer (3 credits)
  late-May to mid-June

Cost (Summer 2008)
NJ residents: $2,375
non-NJ residents: $2,775
  • Tuition, fees, housing, excursions, and basic medical insurance are included in this fee.

  • Travel to Budapest, food, major medical insurance, and all personal expenses are not included in this fee.

  • For more information on program costs, please click here
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    As you tour medieval cities, small hamlets, and the Transylvanian Mountains in Hungary and Romania, you will explore these countries of the former Soviet Union. Now a member of the European Union, they have experienced economic growth, however, at the expense of increasing vulnerability for their youngest citizens. The Soviet Bloc countries depended heavily on government programs to oversee the welfare of the vulnerable such as handicap and special needs children. The communist regime did not consider the family as an integral part of an individual’s wellbeing. Moreover, social groups such as Roma (or “gypsies”) and children deprived of parental care (or commonly called “orphans”) have been increasingly marginalized. This program will explore community-based care models, including the emerging social work profession, and how they are addressing these vulnerable populations.





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