Classes take place in the London Centre, a spacious, historic Georgian building in the Bloomsbury-Holborn area. The center offers a reading room, a computer room, building-wide Internet access, and a student lounge—all that you need to make a success of your studies.
WINTER QUARTER 2007 COURSE LISTING
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Crosscultural Communication and Perspectives (mandatory)
London Theater
Victorian Art and Architecture
Tudor England
The British Economy from the Dawn of the Industrial Revolution to the Present
A Sense of Place: Bloomsbury and Virginia Woolf
SPRING QUARTER 2007 COURSE LISTING
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Crosscultural Communication and Perspectives (mandatory)
London Theater
Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Novel
Twentieth-Century British Art and Architecture
In and Out of the Trenches: Representing the British WWI Experience
Anarchy in the UK: From Peter Kropotkin to Jonny Rotten
FALL QUARTER 2007 COURSE LISTING
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Crosscultural Communication and Perspectives (mandatory)
Seeking Inclusion: Realities of Culture, Race and Ethnicity in Modern Britain
Great Britons: The Social Science of Genius in the United Kingdom
Three additional courses will be offered. Check back for more information.
WINTER QUARTER 2008 COURSE LISTING
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Crosscultural Communication and Perspectives (mandatory)
Fiveadditional courses will be offered. Check back for more information.
SPRING QUARTER 2008 COURSE LISTING
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Crosscultural Communication and Perspectives (mandatory)
Fiveadditional courses will be offered. Check back for more information.
COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
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Crosscultural Communications and Perspectives (15 contact hours)
Examine both the academic and experiential nature of crosscultural communications. Analyze and process your personal intercultural experience in England.
Art and Architecture as a Mirror of Society (40 contact hours)
Discover the artistic and architectural heritage of London from the coming of the Normans in 1066 to the Great Exhibition of 1851. London’s art and architecture provides painted, sculpted, and aesthetic evidence of its history, both political and cultural, and exhibits changing attitudes towards fashions, behavior, and taste.
Modern Britain (40 contact hours)
Discover the principal institutions, parties, and ideologies of British politics in London, Britain’s political capital. Visit Parliament and other institutions of local government. Gain a unique perspective on issues of contemporary political debate, Britain’s political process, and its relationship to other aspects of national life, society, and history.
London Theater (40 contact hours)
Attend at least six productions on the London stage—the world’s most renowned. Examine key elements in the development of the British and European theater tradition. Tour theaters and gain first-hand experience from invited practitioners and guest speakers.
Victorian Art and Architecture (40 contact hours)
The reign of Queen Victoria spanned a period of industrial growth, leading to dynamic urban expansion and social change, reflected in the art and architecture of the period. Explore Victorian painting, design, and architecture set in its historical background and stylistic context through museum visits and tours of the city.
Tudor England (40 contact hours)
Throughout the sixteenth century, developments in English politics, government, and society at large transformed the country from the medieval to a more modern world. Dissect the political and social background of Tudor England: people, religion, power, and metropolitan life. Trace the tumultuous reigns of Henry VIII, Edward VI, and Mary; the gradual consolidation in the reign of Elizabeth; and the transition from the Tudors to the Stuarts
Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Novel (40 contact hours)
Immerse yourself in the literary technique of the nineteenth- and twentieth-century novel in both Britain and Ireland. Explore social conditions and the importance of class in the novels of Charles Dickens; relations between Britain and Ireland in the works of James Joyce and Roddy Doyle; women’s perspectives in the novels of Jane Austen and Virginia Woolf; and contemporary multicultural Britain through the eyes of Hanif Kureishi.
Twentieth-Century British Art and Architecture (40 contact hours)
London, like no other city in the world, provides an excellent selection of public and commercial galleries displaying works from 1900 to the present day. Discover British art and architecture in the wider context of Western Europe during the twentieth century. Examine artistic trends and the striking range of styles and media employed by contemporary British artists.
WINTER QUARTER 2007 U.S. VISITING FACULTY MEMBER COURSES
Instructors: Richard Mack, professor of economics, and Virginia Mack, assistant professor of English, Central Washington University
The British Economy from the Dawn of the Industrial Revolution to the Present
Examine the history, institutions, strengths, and problems of the British economy. Explore economic development across three major time periods and discover current issues such as Britain's role in the European Union and the transition towards a service economy.
A Sense of Place: Bloomsbury and Virginia Woolf
Explore the district in Central London known as Bloomsbury and the intllectuals known as the Bloomsbury Group, who came into prominence between 1905 and 1910. Study the writing of Virginia Woolf as representative of the group and discover the changes in English cultural history between 1900 and 1941.
SPRING QUARTER 2007 U.S. VISITING FACULTY MEMBER COURSES
Instructor: Elizabeth Dennison, associate professor of history, University of Alaska: Anchorage
In and Out of the Trenches: Representing the British WWI Experience
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Anarchy in the UK: From Peter Kropotkin to Jonny Rotten
What is anarchism? Who is an anarchist? Explore the origins, development, and significance of British anarchism, as a theory and as a movement from the nineteenth-century to the present. London has been and remains an important center of anarchist thought and activity. Examine the two dominant and conflicting images of anarchism using London as its backdrop.
FALL QUARTER 2007 U.S. VISITING FACULTY MEMBER COURSES
Instructor: Kevin Simpson, Associate Professor of Psychology, Concordia University - Portland
Seeking Inclusion: Realities of Culture, Race and Ethnicity in Modern Britain
Explore the rich history of diversity in culture, race, and ethnicity in modernLondon. Investigate the underlying causes for inequality in Britain across a number of key sociological variables such as immigration, employment, education, housing, health, criminal justice and political representation. Experience first-hand the effects of globalization, social class distinctions, nationalism, and consumerism as you visit ethnically-rich neighborhoods inLondon and attend one of the most passionate venues for English pride: the Premier league football ground.
Great Britons: The Social Science of Genius in the United Kingdom
What is “genius”? How has this oft-used term been investigated within social science? Learn how the emergence of the United Kingdom as a world force also created the cultural and intellectual conditions though which famous Britons such as Winston Churchill, Charles Darwin, Isaac Newton, Virginia Woolf, Lord Byron, among others, have demonstrated their exceptional talents and abilities. With London as a living text, explore the lives and creative products of genius-level individuals with a distinctly British heritage.
WINTER QUARTER 2008 U.S. VISITING FACULTY MEMBER COURSES
Instructor: Jean Stockard, Professor Emerita of Planning, Public Policy and Management, University of Oregon
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SPRING QUARTER 2008 U.S. VISITING FACULTY MEMBER COURSES
Instructor: Michael Toth, Professor of Sociology, Portland State University
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EXCURSIONS
England is your classroom—excursions to cultural and historical sites around the country are an integral part of your learning experience.
Past excursions include:
• Canterbury and York
• Cambridge and Oxford
Tower of London and the Houses of Parliament
• Windsor Castle and Hampton Court
Not all courses listed are offered every term. Course offerings are subject to change depending on enrollment and availability.
ACADEMIC CREDIT
All courses offered in London are recognized and approved for academic credit by various NCSA member institutions. Actual credit awarded is determined by the relevant department at your university in consultation with the study abroad office. Check with your study abroad adviser for more information.
INTERNSHIPS
The London Centre offers internships to qualified students wishing to add a practical dimension to their study abroad experience. The internship option is a combination of hands-on experience and academic coursework. While spending approximately twenty hours per week in an internship placement, students carry a half-time academic load at the London Centre.
Internships vary by term. Past internships include:
• Public relations and marketing
• Education
• Publishing and journalism
• Arts management and museum administration
• Fashion and design
• Sciences and healthcare
Eligibility requirements apply. For more information, consult your study abroad adviser or contact AHA International.
