London, England
Faculty: Dr. Natalie Eschenbaum, Department of English; Amanda Hart, Department of Theatre Arts; Dr. Victor Macias-Gonzalez, Department of History; Dr. Joseph Tiffany, Department of Archaeology
Dates: Spring Break, March 9–March 17, 2012
Course(s): Choose from:
ARC 200: World Archaeology (three credits)
ARC/HIS 275: Ancient Britain and Ireland (three credits)
ARC/HIS 367: Ancient Egypt (three credits)
HIS 101: Global Origins of the Modern World (three credits)
ENG: 203: English Literature I (three credits)
ENG 363: Shakespeare I (three credits)
THA 110: Theatre Appreciation (two credits)
Description: Get the best of both worlds this spring break on the London Study Program through the College of Liberal Studies. See historic London while earning college credit. Your excursion in London may include:
- Imperial War Museum
- National Gallery
- National Theatre
- Walking Tour of Old London
- Oxford
- St. Albans
- Shakespeare’s London
- Stratford-Upon-Avon
- Stonehenge
- Victoria and Albert Museum
- Westminster Abbey
Cost: The estimated cost of the trip is $3,000, which includes tuition, airfare, lodging and activities. Financial aid is available. Financial support is also available through the Office of International Education. Please see information about the Academic Initiative Stipend.
Instructions: Applications and $250 deposit are due Monday, December 5, 2011 at noon in 235 Morris Hall.
Contact: Associate Dean Julia Johnson (jjohnson2@uwlax.edu)
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Dominican Republic
Faculty: Christine Hippert, Department of Sociology and Archaeology; Peter Stovall, Educational Studies
Dates: Spring Break, March 10–18, 2012
Course(s): Choose one:
ANT 399: Anthropological Forum (one credit)
INS 360: International Service Learning (one credit)
Description: This trip focuses on working with local people to learn more about the social, cultural, environmental and economic changes to life on the island of Hispaniola from the era of colonization to the present. Students will participate in a number of excursions and service learning activities, including:
- Working on an organic farm
- Participating in a local reforesting project
- Touring historic and contemporary coffee and sugar plantations
- Visiting sights in the capital, Santo Domingo (i.e., historic home of Columbus, national anthropology museum, the national cathedral, etc.)
- Visiting national parks by land and see (including swimming in the Caribbean)
Cost: The estimated cost of the trip is $2,700, which includes transportation, lodging, guides, one credit and the cost of all but four meals. Financial aid is available.
Instructions: Applications are available at 437L Wimberly Hall. Deadline for applications is December 1, 2011. For more information about the trip, including daily itinerary and course assignments, please visit https://sites.google.com/a/uwlax.edu/dominican-republic---alternative-spring-break-2012/.
Contact: Dr. Christine Hippert (chippert@uwlax.edu)
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Frankfurt, Germany
Faculty: Dr. Jodie Rindt and Dr. Jorg Vianden, Student Affairs Administration in Higher Education
Dates: February 2–11, 2012
Course(s): SAA 720: Special Topics (one credit)
Description: The SAA Study Tour to Germany will provide SAA students with an opportunity to learn more about the history of higher education, the systems of higher education in Germany and current issues facing student-affairs professionals and higher education in Germany. Participants will meet with students and student affairs professionals. In addition to exposing the students to a different culture, this study tour would allow the students to return to the campus and disseminate their knowledge to the UW-L community via their coursework, graduate assistantships and various presentations. This international study tour personifies UW-L’s tradition of excellence in teaching and learning through meaningful and intentional experiences. The study tour includes visits to:
- The University of Bonn
- Goethe University and Fachhochschule Frankfurt am Main in Frankfurt
- Ministry of Education in Wiesbaden
Prerequisite: SAA graduate student
Cost: Approximately $2,600
Instructions: Applications and $250 deposit are due November 1, 2011.
Contact: Miranda Panzer (panzer.mira@uwlax.edu) or Richard Anderson (anderson.rich@uwlax.edu).
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Faculty: Dr. Heidi Morrison, Department of History
Dates: May 15-June 5, 2012
Description: This is a three week UW-L study tour of Egypt which includes daily classes as well as visits to Cairo, Luxor, Alexandria and The Red Sea. The content of the course will focus on learning about the Egyptian Revolution through oral history.
Cost: $3,319 (airfare not included)
Contact: Heidi Morrison (hmorrison@uwlax.edu) or call 785-8345
Alicante, Spain
Faculty: Melissa Wallace or Dr. Jean Janecki, Department of Modern Languages
Dates: J-term, 2012
Course(s): Two courses:
SPA 304: Integrated Skills Development II (four credits)
or SPA 330: Advanced Grammar and Syntax (three credits)
and SPA 306: Medical Spanish (three credits)
Description: In Alicante, on Spain’s beautiful southern-Mediterranean coast, students will be immersed in Spanish as they take on one language course and Medical Spanish at the Academic Language Institute. Homestay, regional excursions and a weekend in Granada are included.
Prerequisites: This intense immersion experience is appropriate for students who have completed at least SPA 303 and have an interest in the health professions.
Cost: Approximately $3,500
Instructions: Application deadline is October 15, 2011.
Contact: Melissa Wallace (mwallace@uwlax.edu) or Dr. Jean Janecki (jjanecki@uwlax.edu)
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Buenos Aires, Argentina
Faculty: Jean Janecki and Maria Ghiggia, Department of Modern Languages
Dates: J-term, December 28–January 20, 2012
Course(s): Two courses (taught in English):
ENG 200: Latin American Women Writers (three credits, taught by Dr. Jean Janecki)
MLG 299: Literature, Human Rights and Memory (three credits, taught by Maria Ghiggia)
Description: Study in Buenos Aires, a beautiful European-like city with historic monuments, gourmet cuisine, awesome shopping, a frenzied nightlife and top-quality activities. In addition to classroom contact hours, a significant amount of time will be spent outside of the classroom focusing on experiential learning. Program activities include:
- Guided tours of neighborhoods and famous sites
- Bicycle tour
- Cooking class
- Tango class
- Visits to art museums and Escuela Superior de Mecánica de la Armada (ESMA)
- Optional day trip to an estancia
Prerequisites: Though knowledge of the Spanish language is not required for this program, students must ensure that they have fulfilled all necessary prerequisites for the two available courses.
Cost: $4,150. Includes six credits, housing, breakfast and an overnight excursion to Iguazú Falls. Excludes roundtrip airfare, lunches and dinners.
Instructions: Applications due November 1, 2011.
Contact: Dr. Jean Janecki (jjanecki@uwlax.edu)
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Galway, Ireland
Faculty: Dr. Joseph Tiffany, Department of Archaeology; Dr. James Putz, Department of Communication Studies
Dates: Summer, 2012
Course(s): Two courses:
ARC 100: Discovering Our Past (three credits, taught by Dr. Joseph Tiffany)
or ARC 200: The Story of Our Past (three credits, taught by Dr. Joseph Tiffany)
and CST 365: Communication in Teams (three credits, taught by Dr. James Putz)
Description: With a population of 65,000, Galway is the third largest city in the Republic of Ireland and one of Europe's fastest growing urban centers. It is a vibrant, cosmopolitan city with a thriving cultural and commercial community. Because of its dynamic and pioneering role in theatre, arts and culture, Galway has earned the title of "Cultural Capital of Ireland." It is located on the west coast, giving easy access to many tourist sites, and historical and cultural features of the whole island. Excursions are organized to areas of artistic and historic interest, including visits to sites close to Galway and to the more important areas of the city. All field trips and excursions will be linked to your courses and are subject to change.
- Dublin 2-Day Tour
- Cliffs of Moher
- Aran Islands
- Famine Walls, Connemara, and Kylemore Abbey
Prerequisites: 2.5 minimum GPA
Cost: The program fee includes six credits, housing, transportation from the airport and excursions. Airfare is not included. Financial aid is applicable.
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Kingston, England
Faculty: Dr. Kelly Sultzbach
Dates: Summer, June 27–July 28, 2012
Course(s): Choose one:
ENG 200: Literature and Human Experience (three credits)
ENG 204: English Literature II (three credits)
ENG 368*: British Literature after 1900 (three credits)
*ENG 368 entails additional assignments and some critical reading related to the texts.
Description: “Street Haunting: Class, Crime and Visions of Community in 19th& 20th Century London”
In 1930, Virginia Woolf wrote an essay titled
“Street Haunting” where she relished the brief,
mysterious encounters of London’s teeming city streets:
“We are no longer quite ourselves. As we step out of the
house on a fine evening between four and six, we shed
the self our friends know us by and become part of that
vast republican army of anonymous trampers, whose
society is so agreeable after the solitude of one's own
room.”
This course will examine how the city of London is portrayed in Nineteenth and Twentieth Century literature as a place for self-transformation and change—whether through the permeation of class boundaries and industrialization in stories by Charles Dickens, the split personality of London’s ebullient gas lights and new social night-life that leads into dark alleys in Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde or the ratiocinations of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes. Is literary London a dynamic space of new freedoms for women and the middle-class or a dangerous modern threat to beauty and family life? We will follow the footsteps of Woolf’s walk in “Street Haunting” as well as visit other bridges, crossings, buildings and landscapes depicted in the texts we read. Our analysis of representations of London will also include a consideration of how the city has been rendered in visual artwork on display in London’s many museums. Sites include:
- The Tower of London
- Westminster Abbey
- Buckingham Palace
- Museum of London
- Victoria & Albert Museum
- St. Paul’s
- Festival Hall and Bond Street
- Hyde Park
- Bloomsbury
- Jack the Ripper Petticoat Lane
- Walks along the Thames
- The British Museum
- St. James’s Park
- Kew Gardens
Cost: The current estimate is $5,300, which includes tuition, housing, excursions and fees. Airline tickets and food expenses are not included.
Information: Applications are due March 1, 2012. For application instructions, visit http://www.uwlax.edu/oie/SA/Apply.htm
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Stirling, Scotland
Faculty: Dr. Bart VanVoorhis, Department of Psychology
Dates: Summer, June 16–July 14, 2012
Course(s): Six or more credits*:
ISS Block 1: [Numerous modules available]
PSY 391: The Psychology of Sleep and Dreams
* Students may also attend ISS Block 2 to earn 3–6 additional credits.
Description: During summer the University of Stirling is running the International Summer School open to international students from around the world. The International Summer School (ISS) presents a unique opportunity to sample student life at the University, while gaining credits toward your degree at your home institution. During summer 2012, UW-La Crosse students will have the unique opportunity to combine the traditional ISS with a faculty led program being offered by Dr. Bart VanVoorhis.
ISS courses have been tailored to help students get the most out of their studies in Scotland. A key component of your ISS course modules will be the class field trips that complement classroom learning. For instance, a visit to one of Scotland’s main sporting venues helps contextualize your studies in Sports Management and your Jacobite history course module comes alive with a trip to Glencoe and Eilean Donan Castle. For more details, review the International Summer School Brochure (PDF).
101 questions about sleep and dreams that have kept you awake at night...until now. We spend one-third of our lives sleeping, yet there is no consensus answer as to why. Nevertheless, research across basic and clinical domains continues to provide tantalizing clues as to the function(s) of sleep and even dreaming. Dr. Bart VanVoorhis’s course aims to bring together students with an interest in sleep and dreams on a weekly basis to present and discuss an exciting and eclectic mix of 1) new and/or interesting literature, 2) current and emerging results, 3) theoretical models and 4) designs/ideas for new studies. Students will maintain a sleep, wake and dream journal.
Information: http://www.stir.ac.uk/study-in-the-uk/international-summer-school
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