Warsaw: Security and Society in the Information Age

The Security and Society Summer School runs courses block style over a 10-week summer. Take up to three courses or two courses + internship.

**2021 summer school courses to be confirmed/updated by July 2020**

Central Europe and Security Issues (I)

This course offers a broad overview of the challenges faced by the countries of Central Europe, NATO, and the European Union. Conflicts with Russia will be discussed while examining the complex historical roots of these conflicts. We will discuss intelligence, hybrid war, cybersecurity, resource security, and the role that traditional and new media are playing in state security. We will debate what states need to do to bolster cybersecurity within their borders. 6 ECTS (3 US semester credits)

Terrorism and Hybrid Warfare (II)

This course offers an overview of wide range of issues related to international terrorism and the challenges posed by the hybrid warfare. We will look at tools and methods of combating those phenomena, as well as on their impact on the functioning of the state and its citizens, both in the public and private sectors. We will discuss the evolution of modern terrorism, psychology of terrorism, risk assessment and analysis as well as issues related to mass media. This course is particularly recommended for participants with background in security studies and/or military (though other interested students are welcome to join as well). 6 ECTS (3 US semester credits)

CEE: The Road to Democracy (I) - CLOSED

This course offers an overview of the history of the transition from communism to democracy in Central and Eastern Europe. We will study the history and development of the Polish Solidarity (SOLIDARNOŚĆ) movement that paved the way for the “Round Table” negotiations and the first partly free election of June 4, 1989 in Poland. We will take a look at the Czech Velvet Revolution and compare it to the violent revolution in Romania. We will explore the developments leading to the fall of the Berlin Wall and the German reunification of 1990. Together with experts, historians and witnesses to history we will discuss the collapse of the Soviet Union – political, economic and social factors. 6 ECTS (3 US semester credits)

Genocide: From Radicalization to the Unthinkable (III) - CLOSED

The course provides participants with the intellectual framework for understanding the numerous, complex and often emotional issues related to genocide. An examination of several historical and current major cases of genocide provides the foundation for comparative analysis, along with the exploration of selected broad themes. This course combines both and academic and empirical approach to the phenomenon of genocide including practical policy making in the fields of radicalization and security policy in Poland and at the EU and UN level. 6 ECTS (3 US semester credits)

The Future in Science Fiction (III) - CLOSED

Explore the thin line between reality and fiction in literature, film, and gaming. We will look at science fiction from the perspectives of sociology, security, and political science. We will consider science fiction as a predictor – and ponder upon futurology and foresight. Alongside a series of discussions and workshops, we will be working on essays for publication in a course anthology. 6 ECTS (3 US semester credits)

Research Internship: Terrorism Research Center

Founded in 2006, the Terrorism Research Center is a research unit within Collegium Civitas and is one of the leading think-tanks in Poland. The main fields of activity include scientific research, analytical undertakings as well as education and raising awareness about security issues in society. Center research focuses on the wide range of issues of international terrorism and its combating, as well as on the impact of those phenomena on the functioning of the state and its citizens, both in the public and private sectors. The Center’s interests include, but are not limited to: defining terrorist threats, evolution of modern terrorism, psychology of terrorism, tools to fight terrorism, risk assessment and analysis, issues related to mass media. While working on your own supervised research project, you will conduct research and analysis, interview experts, attend events and meetings organized by TRC, and contribute, along with other interns and experts, a research paper for publication. 6 ECTS (3 US semester credits)

!!Add intensive Russian language study in Kyiv (Ukraine) to the summer school.

• Add 2/4 weeks of intensive Russian in Kyiv to one session/course in Poland for $950/$1600
• Add 2/4 weeks of intensive Russian in Kyiv to two sessions/courses in Poland for $800/$1400

Join a diverse student body for the International Security Studies Semester program and combine course work and a research internship under the auspices of the Terrorism Research Center.

**Sampling of courses offered during the 2020-2021 academic year**

• Introduction to Security Studies
• Socio-Political Geography of Terrorism
• Hybrid Conflicts and Asymmetric Threats
• Analysis of Current International Affairs
• Foundations in Peace and Conflict Studies
• Contemporary International Relations – Theory and Practice
• International Security and Conflicts in the XXI Century
• Cybersecurity
• Countering Violent Extremism and Radicalization
• Diplomatic Protocol and Savoir-Vivre
• Decolonization and Post-Colonialism
• Ethics of Foreign Policy
• War and Peace
• Terrorism and Other Security Threats
• EU Foreign Policy Perspectives
• Holocaust and Genocide
• Social and Economic Contexts of Modern Conflicts

Each semester more than 70 courses are offered in English - in areas of international relations, sociology, new media and journalism, and management.

Language study

Polish language courses are offered as part of semester programming. An additional month of intensive Polish language study (100 hours group or 60 hours individual) may also be undertaken at additional cost ($1950).

Courses in French, Spanish, and German at multiple levels are available as part of regular programming as are introductory level Arabic and Indonesian.

Russian language studies are available only as individual lessons when in Poland. We encourage students interested in earning credit for Russian language study during a semester abroad in Poland to include 4-6 weeks in Kyiv prior to studies.

Academic Calendar

The academic year at Collegium Civitas is shifted approximately 4-6 weeks later than the traditional US semester schedule. This does not affect spring semester students, but fall semester students may need to make arrangements to complete portions of courses or final exams remotely. This schedule shift does allow for those on the US academic calendar to spend a month prior to the start of classes taking intensive Polish or earning credits for Russian in our Kyiv location.