Study Tours / Travel Abroad

 

Through the Department of English
University of Wisconsin Oshkosh

Also visit the Office of International Education

 

Fall Interim 2010: Travel Writing in Nicaragua

 

January 2010, join Friends of Nicragua--a non profit organization improving lives through sustainable community development and cultural exchange--in a two-week service-learning experience at the Women in Action Project in Managua, Nicaragua's capital. In addition to assisting Women in Action with education, health and food projects, immerse yourself in Nicaraguan family life and visit scenic and cultural destinations around the country while studying how to bridge cultures through travel writing. You may alternatively register for this course as English 405 (Creative Writing) or English 302 (Advanced Composition for the Humanities). If you'd like to participate in this course, you must apply through the Office of International Education. Please contact Douglas Haynes in the English Department with questions. Instructor: Douglas Haynes


Spring Interim 2010: New Mexico Trip

Students will read literature by New Mexican authors, much of which is set in the area between Albuquerque, Santa Fe, and Taos and they will examine painting and photography that takes New Mexico at its setting. While on the tour, students will travel to Albuquerque, Santa Fe, Los Alamos, and Taos. Writing assignments will connect the readings with the history, landscapes, and people that create a sense of place that is distinctly New Mexico. Sites include ancient cliff dwellings, Native pueblos, museums, and cultural centers.

Intructors: Pam Gemin and Marguerite Helmers

 

Selected Previous Tours

  • Home and the Intrepid Heroine Travel to England! Visit Winchester, Bath, London, as well as country estates and the wilds of the Yorkshire Dales! Spring 2009

  • England This interim class will study the relationship between economic and social class and the way heroes are seen and represented. We will disuss an Aurthurian Romance while sitting at the grave of Aurthur and Guinevere. We will tour Lond to get a better understanding of the setting of the Sherlock Holmes mystery we will read. Students will experience both the charms of the small English villages and the excitement of one of the greatest cities in the world. By spending two weeks in England, the students will have an opportunity to experience a foreign country and to earn three credits.
    Karl Boehler, Spring 2008

  • The Play's the Thing! Early British Drama in the United Kingdom
    Professor Jeanie Grant Moore (moorej@uwosh.edu)
    Spring Interim 2007: May 12 through June 2, 2007
    Credits for English 221, 350/550/356/556, or Theatre 404

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