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Study Abroad Partnerships

The VMC serves as coordinating body, with the School of Music, for a wide variety of Study Abroad opportunities, both for domestic students traveling elsewhere, and for international students studying on the Lubbock campus. VMC staff are leaders in developing new paradigms for Study Abroad and international student exchange programs, as well as being key innovators in developing and administering faculty-led programs, to date including Ireland, England, Belgium, Spain, and the Czech Republic. These programs have enrolled TTU students from across the Lubbock campus and with representation from every College. We can also assist in determining course equivalencies between international campuses and Texas Tech University, and most particularly in designing maximally effective curricula for domestic Fine Arts students.

Sample Course – Dr Smith’s ‘Ireland’ Seminar

The flagship VMC Study Abroad faculty-led course is Dr Smith's seminar "Music, Folklore, and Tradition in Irish Cultural History", offered annually in the Spring semester 2006-2019, and including a two-week Maymester field-trip to Connacht in the West of Ireland.

Interactive Google Map & trip diary, 2012

The course has become a "workshop" in international study, providing many TTU students their first Study Abroad experiences and enhancing Dr Smith's international collaborations.