Begin the 21st century abroad, studying at the University of New Brunswick, Canada!
Contact Bill Baurecht, Department of English
Pay pay full-time tuition, room and board, and student fees at the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh and be one of the first UW Oshkosh students in the new Canada-US Studies Program. In spring 2000 stay in a semi-private room in a UNB dormitory, eat at the student commons, and have full student privileges.
In addition to this affordable opportunity to study abroad you can earn a minor in Canada-US Studies, if you are a student in the College of Letters and Science. You need not, however, be a student in the College of Letters and Science to participate in the exchange with the University of New Brunswick.
Eligibility
In fall semester 1999 the University expects the first UNB students to be on campus. You will meet and study with them a required course for all UW Oshkosh and UNB students participating in the exchange program: in 94-245 Introduction to American Studies: the Shaping of American Identities. For successfully completing the course you will earn 3 UW Oshkosh credits in General Education literature.
The purpose of the course 94-245 Introduction to American Studies is to integrate Canadian students into the UW Oshkosh campus community while studying American culture with UW Oshkosh students, some of whom will be going to Canada the following spring semester. At the University of New Brunswick you will take an Introduction to Canadian Studies course with the exchange students you meet this fall and with others who will be coming to UWO in fall 2000. The Canadian Studies course can count toward your General Education requirements.
Introduction to American Studies is an examination and interpretation of cultural forces (literature and art), social forces (gender, ethnicity and class), and historical forces and region that have shaped changing definitions and representations of American identities. Readings (primarily American Literature and two Canadian novels) and discussion will focus on definitions of how Americans think of and represent themselves. Guest lecturers will present ideas about the culture of Canada to compare with American identities, and the UNB students will give personal testimony. To enrich the appreciation and understanding of Wisconsin’s heritage students will go on field trips, for example: the Oshkosh Public Museum, Heritage Hill in Green Bay, Old World Wisconsin [perhaps], and the Milwaukee Public Museum.
Dr. William Baurecht, English Department, and Director of Canada-US Studies will teach 94-245 Introduction to American Studies on Tuesdays and Thursdays, 11:30 to 1:00, in Clow 127. This course is open to all UW Oshkosh students, not just to those who decide to go to the University of New Brunswick in spring semester 2000.
Students selected to go to the University of New Brunswick may include those who decide not to participate in the minor in Canada-US Studies. However, all students must enroll in 94-245 Introduction to American Studies during fall 1999 in order to attend the University of New Brunswick in spring 2000.
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For non-academic questions regarding the exchange, contact Christine Gemignani, Director of International Initiatives, 424-0742.
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Posted 31 August 1999 by Marguerite Helmers