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WCU
SUMMER IN GREAT BRITAIN
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Spend eight weeks in the British Isles this summer.
Read literature in the places where it was inspired. Study
British history where it occurred. Earn six hours of college
credit.
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Sign up for the following spring semester courses:
Engl 480 and History 493. These courses will focus upon the
locations to be visited in the summer--their historical and literary
significance--and provide you with a list of readings appropriate
to the adventure.
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Then in the summer you will travel with Dr. Karl
Nicholas of the WCU English Department and Dr. Curtis Wood of the
WCU History Department. Under their guidance you will complete
your courses of instruction.
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Most of your instruction will be experiential:
that is, you will read, explore, take notes, and discuss what you
have discovered. You will find that cities make great classrooms.
Live on five university campuses
(click on location to see pictures from previous trips):
| June 8-21 |
University of Surrey,
Guildford |
England |
| June 21-July 5 |
University of Stirling,
Bridge of Allen |
Scotland |
| July 5-19 |
York
University, Heslington |
England |
| July 19-26 |
University of Warwick,
Coventry |
England |
| July 26-August 2 |
University of North London,
Islington |
England |
- WHILE IN SURREY—visit the southeast of England: Dover,
Canterbury, Hastings, and Winchester. Tour a Roman Villa, a medieval
cathedral, landscape gardens, manor houses, and ancient castles.
- WHILE IN STIRLING—explore the battleground of Bannockburn;
steep yourself in Scots heritage by visiting historic sites and
by reading selections from Scott, Stevenson, and Burns. Tour
Edinburgh, Glasgow, Culross, Dunblane—the haunts of Wallace,
Bruce, and Rob Roy. Visit Inverness, the capital of the Highlands,
motor past the lochs: Loch Ness, Loch Lochie, and Loch Linnhe, stopping
at Urquhart Castle and Glencoe.
- WHILE IN YORK—scale the walls of the medieval town; attend
evensong at the world’s second largest gothic cathedral; tour Fountain’s
Abbey, Durham, Lindisfarne, and Whitby, visit
the Haworth of the Bronte sisters and walk on their moors.
Cross the Pennines to the Lake District and follow footpaths familiar
to Wordsworth, Coleridge, deQuincey, and Southey (and even Peter
Rabbit).
- WHILE IN WARWICK—visit bustling Birmingham, with its art
museums and the Cadbury factory. Travel to Worcester and Bath, the
Shropshire of Housman and Brother Cadfael and the Chester of the
ancient Romans. See a Shakespearean play in the bard’s home of Stratford
on Avon.
- WHILE IN LONDON—live in a city with a history of two thousand
years; explore its museums, galleries, theaters, and parks.
See Buckingham Palace, St. Paul’s Cathedral, and Westminster Abbey.
Walk in the footsteps of Chaucer, Johnson, Keats, Dickens, Eliot,
Woolf and many others. See a Shakespeare play at the New Globe.
THE NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS WILL BE LIMITED TO SIXTEEN
COST OF THE TRIP
- PAY ONLY $3000. This includes round-trip airfare, lodging
and travel in the UK, and tuition. Guided tours are covered in your
fee, as are your tickets to Shakespeare plays at London and Stratford.
Included also is membership in the English Heritage Trust and the
National Trust, which will gain you free entry into
historic sites that we’ll be visiting. Meals are not included;
however, kitchen facilities are available at each location. We estimate
you’ll need about $100 a week for groceries and incidental expenses.
We have made every effort to keep costs low.
INFORMATION
For more information about the trip, contact
TO APPLY
Print and complete the application form below. Return it to the
English Department, Coulter 305 or to the History Department,
McKee 223.
Deadline for applications is November
10, 2000. You should pre-register for these Spring courses—Engl
480 and Hist 493--during the November 6-10 pre-registration period.
WCU SUMMER IN GREAT BRITAIN 2001 APPLICATION FORM
Applicant’s Name_______________________________SS#_________________________________
College or University________________________________________________________________
Applicant’s Home Address____________________________________________________________________________
Home telephone___________________________ Campus telephone___________________________
Major(s)______________________ Minor(s)________________
Age_______ Sex_______
Cumulative GPA ______ for______ semesters
Return form to : English Department, Coulter 305 or to
the History Department McKee 223, or you may bring it to the office
of Dr. Nicholas (Coulter 410) or Dr. Wood (McKee 212).
Either will be happy to talk with you about the trip.
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