Dates & Deadlines

  • Application Deadline: June 26, 2026
  • Deposit Deadline: June 26, 2026
    • Early Bird Deadline: April 15, 2026 (SAVE $100!)
  • Balance of Program Fees Due: July 28, 2026
  • Tuition Due: Check your campus’ calendar
  • Pre-Departure Orientation: Saturday, August 22, 2026
  • Program Dates: September 22–November 16, 2026

Contact your WCCCSA Campus Coordinator for more information about spending the fall quarter in Dublin.

Program Documents

Budget Request will be posted once available.

Zoom Information Sessions

Please see below for our proposed information sessions (links to be added soon)

  • Tuesday, February 10, 2026 at 12:00 to 1:00 PM
  • Wednesday, March 4, 2026 at 1:00 to 2:00 PM
  • Thursday, April 16, 2026 at 3:00 to 4:00 PM
  • Wednesday, May 13, 2026 at 10:00 to 11:00 AM

About the Program

Our study abroad program in Dublin is your ticket to extraordinary adventure. Explore, learn, and grow in Dublin, the lively capital city of the Emerald Isle. Endless opportunities await you!

Location

Both your classes and housing will be in Dublin city center, making it easy to discover the city’s unique neighborhoods and famous sites on foot. Classes will most likely be held at the Goethe-Institute, which is located on the historic Merrion Square, and the student residence will most likely be on the northern side of the river Liffey, near to O’Connell Street.

Campus & Classrooms

Wi-Fi is available throughout the student residence and the classrooms.

Housing

In-city student housing in a student residence. Students will be in single bedrooms and have shared  kitchen and living space with up to 8 other students on the program.  Bed linens, towels and free Wi-Fi are included. The residence will have laundry facilities on-site (typically for an additional fee) and other communal facilities such as study and social areas, a gym and roof terrace.

Transportation

All students and faculty members will be provided with a Dublin Transport travel pass (Leap card), with pre-loaded funds for use on buses, trams, and trains in Dublin, and select services throughout Ireland. Funds will be sufficient to at least cover the first month of the program, possibly longer, depending on use. Most sites, including classrooms, will be within walking distance of the student accommodation in Dublin. Additional transit costs must be paid by the students and faculty. These passes cannot be replaced if lost.

Faculty

Jill Darley-Vanis was awarded the Clark College Exceptional Faculty Award for 2025 where she serves as a tenured faculty member in the English department. Her scholarship has been published in the journal Teaching English in the Two-Year College (TETYC) and the books Transparent Design in Higher Education Teaching and Leadership and Teaching Accelerated & Corequisite Composition. Jill holds Bachelor of Arts degrees in English and French (Oregon State University), but she also studied Spanish at Chemeketa Community College and spent one year at the Université de Poitiers in Poitiers, France. This time abroad is what inspires her to bring this same transformative experience to two-year students. Jill is Chair of the Modern Language Association’s Higher Education Practices (HEP) Board for Two-Year Colleges, and she is a member of the American Conference for Irish Studies (ACIS). She finds joy and inspiration in paddle boarding at her family cabin in southern Oregon, cheering for Oregon State Beaver athletics, and immersing herself in the music, folklore, and culture of Ireland.

Click here for a two-minute video from Professor Jill Darley-Vanis—Discover Dublin: A Life-Changing Study Abroad Experience in 2026!

Proposed Classes

ENGL&112, Intro to Fiction – Haunted Dublin: The Gothic in Irish Literature

This course asks, why have some of the greatest, most chilling gothic works come from Dublin writers? Using Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray and Bram Stoker’s Dracula, we’ll visit the haunts of these authors, both physical and creative, to understand Dublin’s haunted past. Since gothic literature, by its nature, downplays the realistic to consider the darker side of experience, showcasing a return of the repressed, we’ll look at these formal departures from realism to better understand the city and its ghosts. The gothic defies or subverts the ruling authority, and the monster is a way to think about power structures: how does this better create understanding in a place of historic violence? (This class satisfies Humanities A credit or a GE or SE credit.)

ENGL&101/102, English Composition I or II – Knowing the Song: Dublin’s Music as Gateway to Understanding

This split-level rhetoric and composition course, based on student need(s), will use the music of Dublin to understand place. The 101 course will study the rhetoric of album covers, of lyric, and of orchestral accompaniment as entrée to learning about the genre-based nature of rhetoric; later, by thinking and writing in and across genres, students learn and employ the transferable elements of written communication and the conventions writers master for academic work and professional life. 102 students, on the other hand, will choose one album and band as a way to create a research project and paper on a topic central to Irish identity. While this latter group will learn the conventions of writing in only one genre, research, both groups will visit the Irish Rock ‘N’ Roll Museum Experience and the Wall of Fame Dublin in Temple Bar to explore possibilities, from U2 to Van Morrison to Enya to Sinead O’Connor to the Cranberries or the Script and beyond, all to understand Dublin through its music. (These overlapping courses serve all students working on an AA-DTA in the communication distribution).

Irish Life and Culture

Make the most of your time in Dublin and really get emersed in your new home with this required course which will explore a different theme of Irish Life and Culture each week, from Irish history and politics to Irish language, sports, music, dance, food and drink, and much more! This course will be taught by one or more local Irish faculty, with Professor Darley-Vanis as faculty of record, and will be a combination of guest lectures and experiential learning with visits to museums and galleries, tours, workshops, scavenger hunts and more!

Excursions / Activities

  • An OPW Heritage Card which grants free admission to Kilmainham Goal, Dublin Castle, Glendalough Visitor’s Centre, Áras an Uachtaráin, Government Buildings and a host of other cultural attractions in and around Dublin and throughout Ireland.
  • A half-day Gaelic Games Experience learning to play 3 Gaelic sports on an official GAA pitch with Irish trainers
  • An “Irish For a Day” program at Causey Farm to include activities such as milking cows, cutting turf, bog jumping, learning to play an Irish drum, Ceili dancing, and making traditional Irish soda bread.
  • A full-day excursion to Galway with entrance to the Cliffs of Moher enroute.
  • And many, many more cultural and academic activities, both as part of the Irish Life and Culture Course or other courses, and as optional for your free time.

Independent Travel

You may use your free time on weekends & holidays to explore Dublin, travel throughout Ireland, or beyond to some of Europe’s great cities including London, Amsterdam, Rome, and Paris. Typically, students will have Fridays free from classes and required activities.

Costs: $7,545

After a deposit or final payment is collected, this money will not be refunded. If a student or faculty member should decide not to participate in an activity or excursion, no money will be refunded.

Included in the cost

  • Housing in central Dublin
  • 24/7 emergency contact service
  • Pre-Departure Orientation
  • Onsite Orientation
  • Public transportation pass for Dublin (with pre-loaded funds)
  • Comprehensive Health Insurance
  • All Excursions/Activities listed above

Not included in the cost

  • Airfare
  • College tuition & fees for 15 credits
  • Course books/materials
  • Passport & visa fees, if applicable
  • Meals other than those listed
  • Personal expenses
  • Additional fieldtrips and excursions to those listed
  • Anything not specified as included in the program

Scholarships

WCCCSA Dublin participants are eligible to apply for one $1,000 AIFS scholarship

Pre-Departure Orientation (Mandatory)

A team of WCCCSA Study Abroad Coordinators will provide details on logistics, health, and safety information to help you prepare for your study experience in Dublin. You are more than welcome to invite parents, guardians, or whomever you would like to attend the mandatory orientation with you. Lunch will be included.

  • Date: Saturday, August 22, 2026 (one month before the program start date)
  • Time: TBD
  • Location: TBD
  • What to bring:
    • Signed copy of the Student Guidelines
    • Copy of your passport
    • Flight itineraries
    • Notepad and pen to take notes
    • Your questions!