MAC Study Abroad - Summer 2009
This Study Abroad program provided the MAC Class of 2009 and 2010 students an opportunity to participate in a short-term international experience. The program was offered over a 25-day period during the summer of 2009 (May 14– June 7).
Students took three-credit hours of graduate-level coursework. The following course was offered in 2009:
ACC 530– Advanced Income Tax
This course is required of all MAC students and is taught by MAC Professor Roby Sawyers.
Classes were held in the NC State College of Design’s Prague Institute—a renovated fourteenth century building located in the heart of the historic center of Prague. Hotel accommodations are in Vinohrady--a residential section of the city a short tram or metro ride from the city center.
Cost of Program
The program fee was $3,300 for 3 credit hours, per person and included hotel accommodations with breakfast each day, the Study Abroad fee, medical insurance, a special events fee, a Prague travel pass, weekend excursions outside Prague (3 nights in Vienna, Austria and 2 nights in Cesky Krumlov, Czech Republic) and orientation materials. Airfare was not included and was approximately $1,200 per person. Students were responsible for lunch and dinner each day and budgeted between $100 and $150 a week for meals.
Please note that the program fee includes applicable tuition for these courses. MAC students completing 3 hours in residence at NC State in the summer of 2008 paid tuition and fees of $1,419 (in-state) or $2,853 (out of state). Summer 2009 tuition and fees have not yet been released (but will be higher). Please consider the incremental cost associated with the study abroad experience in making your participation decision.
Additional Information
The 2009 MAC Study Abroad in Prague utilized the NC State College of Design’s Prague Institute. The Prague Institute has facilities in the heart of the Old City where semester, summer and intersession courses and studios are offered. These activities are supported by a Resident Director, Dana Bartelt, and are led by visiting NC State faculty and local Czech faculty.
Applications for participation must be completed on the NC State Study Abroad website (click here to complete application)
More information about the Prague Institute (including photographs) is available online at the College of Design's Prague Institute website.
Professor Sawyers has established a website with details of the 2009 trip at: http://www4.ncsu.edu/~rsawyers/prague/prague_study.htm