DUBLIN, IRELAND: FALL QUARTER 2026
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.
Program Dates: September 22, 2026 – November 16, 2026
Early Bird Deadline: Apply and pay deposit by April 15, 2026 to save $100!
Deposit Due: June 26, 2026
Application Deadline: June 26, 2026
Program Fee Deadline: July 28, 2026
Tuition Due: check academic calendar
Eligibility: Must have completed at leaset 12 college level credits, 2.5 GPA or higher. Students must be 18 to participate.
Course Prerequisites: None
Our office will review this application and let you know how to proceed.
Please note that students that have been sanctioned by the college are disqualified from applying to, or participating in, an Edmonds College study abroad program.
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!
Primary WCCCSA 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!
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.
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.
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.
Program Fee: $7,545
INCLUDED
- 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
- Airfare
- College tuition & fees for 15 credits
- Course books/materials
- Passport & visa fees, if applicable
- Meals not mentioned above
- Personal expenses
- Additional fieldtrips and excursions to those listed
- Anything not specified as included in the program
*Tuition and fees are paid to Edmonds College.
MANDATORY PRE-DEPARTURE ORIENTATION
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
- 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
- And questions