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Short Term Trips Information

DEADLINE DATES FOR DEPOSITS AND FINAL PAYMENTS FOR 2012 OUSA TRIPS

Please note that all final payments are non-refundable.

  • May 26th - June 4th, 2013                 London/Paris

This trip will explore both London and Paris in all of their historical layers:  Medieval, Renaissance, 19th century, Modern.  We will examine the cities as the setting for many artistic and architectural revolutions, and examine most of the major artistic sites and works:  Gothic cathedrals, Tate Galleries, Louvre, Musee d’ Orsay, all major museums in both cities, and an engaging analysis of architecture, as well as attending a play at West End London. Students will examine and analyze Paris through segway excursions. 

For credit:  COR 104 or Special Topics in Art History.

500.00 Deposit due: March 15th, 2013

Total cost of the trip:  3,700.00  (includes airfare, hotels, tickets, some dinners)

Final amount due after deposit: April 15th, 2013

Professors directing:  Dr. Collins and Professor Loehle

 

  • May 21st—June 4th, 2013     China

This 14 day trip concentrates on the exploration of South East Asia's superpower nation. Exciting excursions varying from the Great Wall to sky scrappers, Confucian temples to modern companies, Tiananmen Square to a tea plantation, China old and new will be featured. Major cities that we will visit include Beijing, Shanghai, Xian, Nanjing, and Hangzhou.

 For credit:  COR 104 or Special Topics in History. 

500.00 deposit due: February 18th, 2013

Total cost of the trip:  3,950.00 (does not include visa fee)

Final amount after deposit due:  March 1st, 2013

Professors directing:    Dr. Stephen B. Herschler

 

  • June 6th—24th, 2013  Greece

This trip will include explorations in Athens—the Parthenon, the archaeological museums, and the city itself.  In addition, we will embark on an odyssey to the major islands for explorations in art, architecture, ancient runs, and Greek island life:  Mykonos, Delos, Hydra, Paros, Crete, Santorini, Rhodes, and others, and then return to the mainland for an excursion to the Peloponnese, and there examine the ruins of Mycenae, Sparta, Eleusis, and end our trip at Delphi, site of the ancient oracle.   

For credit:  Special Topics in Art History, or COR 104.

500.00 deposit due:  March 15th, 2013

Total cost of the trip:  4,000.00  (includes airfare, boats, hotels, tickets, and some dinners)

Final amount after deposit due:  April 15th, 2013

Professors directing:  Dr. Collins and Professor Loehle

 

  • July 24th—August 7th, 2013   Shakespeare at Oxford/Modernist London

This trip will focus London as a center of the theatrical world, and students will tour London, visit major museums like the Tate Modern and the British Museum, and attend several plays.  In addition, students will also stay at Oxford, explore Stonehenge and Salisbury Cathedral, and journey to Glastonbury Tor and discuss the legends of King Arthur and the Holy Grail. Finally, student will take the Eurostar and visit Paris for the last three days, and examine the major sites, cathedrals, and museums from the Louvre to the Pompidou.

For credit:  Special Topics in English Literature

500.00 deposit due:  March 15th, 2013

Total cost of the trip:  3,900.00 (includes airfare, hotels, trains, tickets, and some dinners)

Final amount after deposit due:  April 15th, 2013

Professors directing: Dr. Hornback and Dr. Terry

 

*Please make deposits to the business office located on the first floor of Lupton Hall. Deposits are non-refundable 14 days after receipt. (Deposits are used to secure airline tickets and hotels, thus we cannot return the deposits based on their regulations and policies.)

*Payment arrangements and loans are available to qualifying students
who take these trips for credit.

Space is limited! For more information, see Dr. Jeffrey Collins,
Director of International Programs
 404.504.3452 (office) 404.573.2173 (cell) - Library 2nd Floor

 

     
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