European Cultural History Program
Location
-Multi-Country Locations: Europe Region
Austria: Salzburg, Vienna
Czech Republic: Prague
England: London
France: Paris
Germany: Munich (Munchen)
Netherlands: Amsterdam
Description
The European Cultural History Program is a completely unique approach to university study abroad. It combines a thorough tour of major cultural and historical sites throughout Europe and the Mediterranean with intense academic study of the culture and history being experienced. It's an ideal learning environment because it integrates reading and writing with direct involvement to give a richer understanding of the subject than book learning alone could possibly provide. The European Cultural History Program is a 35-day program traveling to London, Paris, Munich, Venice, Florence, Rome and Istanbul.
Highlights
The Cultural History Programs are first and foremost academic travel programs. Students are required to enroll in and complete academic courses for credit. Because we follow an extensive travel itinerary, instructional delivery is very different from the pattern of fixed class time and standard contact hours of campus courses. On the Cultural History Programs, class sessions are usually scheduled around or during the program activities that take up most of the day: visits to museums, monuments, cathedrals and temples, historic sites, governmental institutions, etc. Thus in a sense most of the waking hours of each day are contact hours because students are actively engaged in some aspect of history, art, culture and politics.
The emphasis is on culture..
Our tours are designed to involve you in varied cultural experiences in key cultural centers. We allow time in major cultural capitals such as London, Paris, Munich, Venice, Florence, Rome and Istanbul to enable you to explore for yourself the cultural environment of these great cities. Theater, opera, concert performances and guided museum tours are included in the tour price.
You get college credit..
The European Cultural History Program carries six semester hours of EMU credit. Non-EMU students may transfer credit to their home institution. Non-EMU students should consult with their advisor in order to comply with their institution's policies and procedures regarding transfer credit.
Our staff is top quality..
All faculty members on the tour hold Ph.D.s or MFAs from leading universities. The faculty consists of widely traveled university professors of history and art.
We're experienced..
During the last 30 years, our staff has conducted more than 140 successful tours to Western and Eastern Europe, the Mediterranean, Russia, Israel, Egypt and Asia. In planning its itineraries, we rely on our staff's thorough knowledge of European history and culture acquired through extensive travel and study.