Innovative Academic Courses Offer Guided Travel Abroad
March 24, 2008
Saint Leo faculty from the English, Fine Arts and Humanities
Department have developed two new courses that will allow students
to combine traditional, on-campus study with a Thanksgiving study
trip to the British Isles.
The three-credit courses will be offered for the first time in the
Fall 2008 semester.
ART 400ST, taught by
Karen Bryant, will present a general survey of the cultural
development of the British Isles as reflected in painting,
architecture and sculpture. Important works of art collected during
the imperial age of Britain and still housed by British museums,
such as Elgin’s Marbles, will be studied. ART 400ST fulfills one of
the course requirements for the IIA minor at Saint Leo.
English 400ST, taught by Elisabeth Aiken, is a survey of the
Western World in translation, focusing on works from, about, or
related to England, Wales, and Ireland, and ranging from ancient
Mesopotamia to writers of the modern period. ENG 400ST course hours
can be applied to either the English major or General Education
credits.
The courses include a joint, guided academic trip to Ireland,
Wales and England over Thanksgiving break. Students will have
opportunities to see the important works of art they have studied.
They will travel to the lands of Shakespeare and Chaucer, and of
Yeats and Joyce.
Bryant and Aiken encourage students to consider enrolling in both
classes for an in-depth understanding of British culture.
Although the trip has been specifically designed for students in
the art and English courses, SLU is making tickets for the nine-day
excursion available to all students, alumni, staff and faculty who
wish to go - whether or not they enroll in ART 400ST or ENG
400ST.
The trip will cost about $2,500 per person, not including the
tuition for the Fall Semester courses. Installment-payment plans
are available.
The excursion will be led by the instructors and coordinated
through EF Tours, a reputable educational tour company with SACs
academic accreditation.
For more information, please contact Karen Bryant at karen.bryant@saintleo.edu at (352) 588-7385 or
Elisabeth Aiken at elisabeth.aiken@saintleo.edu or (352)
588-8281.
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