Budapest Program
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Why study in Budapest?♦ spend a semester in a foreign country
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The Justice Studies Budapest Program (INCO 657) is a study abroad program for students intending to deepen their knowledge of modern European justice systems. Each fall twelve UNH students, under the supervision of a Justice Studies faculty member, study at Corvinus University of Budapest. Situated along the Danube River, Budapest is an exciting and cosmopolitan city, close to other beautiful European cities such as Prague and Vienna.
Students participating in the Justice Studies Budapest Program in the fall of 2009 will study under the guidance of Professor Cesar Rebellon. This program automatically satisfies Group V of the general education requirements. In addition, successful completion of POL 424 will satisfy Group IV and successful completion of ART 498 will satisfy Group VIII.
Students participating in the program pay their usual tuition but are exempt from mandatory university fees for the semester. Students pay a housing fee of $2,500 for the semester and are responsible for their own food and travel expenses.
Spaces are limited and competitive so students interested in the Justice Studies Budapest Program should apply as soon as possible.
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Class Picture from Fall Semester 2008 |
Curriculum
All students participating in the Budapest Program take 16 credits of coursework. Two courses, JUST 650 and JUST 651, will be taught by Professor Cesar Rebellon at Corvinus University of Budapest. These two courses will satisfy Justice Studies Minor or Dual Major requirements. The earned grade in JUST 650 will figure into the student’s UNH cumulative grade point average. JUST 651 is a credit/fail course. Two other courses will be taught by Hungarian faculty. Students’ grades in these two courses will not figure into their UNH cumulative GPA, but will qualify for transfer credit provided students earn a grade of a C or better.
Courses
JUST 650 (4 credits; graded): Comparative Criminal Justice
This course exposes students to cross-cultural and historical perspectives concerning criminal law, criminal offending, and social responses to crime. Specific topics will be determined partly on the basis of particular student interests, but potential topics include: the social construction and meaning of crime across different cultures and time periods; cultural influences on the prevalence and incidence of crime and violence across different nations; comparative drug policy and its effects on different societies; the history of punishment in Western culture; comparative approaches to combating terrorism; and comparative policing, court, and prison systems in modern Western, Asian, and Middle eastern societies.
JUST 651 (6 credits; CR/F): Field Studies in the Hungarian Justice System
This course is designed to provide program students first-hand experience with the workings of the Hungarian justice system. Weekly field trips to agencies in law enforcement, the courts, and correctional facilities in the Budapest area will be arranged and periodic lectures by Hungarian criminal justice professionals and scholars will complement these visits.
POL 424 (3 credits; graded) Hungary in the 20th Century: A Historical and Political Overview
Hungary in the 20th century has had a turbulent history, with its political regimes changing radically. Liberal democracy, limited democracy, diverse authoritarian and totalitarian regimes alternated with one another. These general conditions may explain why introductions to 20th century Hungarian political developments are dominated by the historical approach. While the course will respond to challenge, it will also use a political science approach when providing a conceptual and political institution framework against the background of the historical context. In addition to past history, the course will deal extensively with more recent events, including the Communist heritage, the change in the system, and current issue of consolidation.
ART 498 (3 credits; transfer credit): Contemporary Cultural Trends in Central Europe
This course is intended to provide an introduction to contemporary Central European culture. Central Europe is defined here in a rather narrow sense for practical purposes: the cultural trends of the “Visegrád countries", that is, of Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Hungary are discussed. "Contemporary" is defined as post-World War II.
The course starts with a short overview of the linguistic, ethnic, and religious diversity of the region. The course centers on an analysis of the activities and certain selected works of the following authors, who might be termed as representative of their respective cultures: Czeszlav Milosz, Slawomir Mrozek, and Witold Gombrowicz from Poland; Václav Havel, Bohumil Hrabal, Milan Kindera, and Ivan Kilma from the former Czechoslovakia; and Sándor Márai, Péter Esterházy, Tibor Déry, Péter Nádas, Gyula Illyés, and György Spiró from Hungary. Aside from essays, dramas, short stories, and short novels by the authors listed above, the history of the Central European film after 1945 is also discussed briefly, with special reference to the works of Andrzej Wajda, Krzystof Kieslowski, Krzystof Zanussi, Milos Forman, Jiri Menzel, Miklós Jancsó, and István Szabó.
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