Description

Choose one:
English 220 - 3 units (crs.)
Native American Literature (ES) (HU)
Prerequisite: Any Writing-Based Inquiry Seminar (WBIS 188) or English 101 or English 110.

English 370 - 3 units (crs.)
Native American Literature II (ES)
Prerequisite: English 281 or consent of instructor.

English 570 - 3 units (crs.)
Native American Literature II
This is a graduate level course.

Highlights

Join a group of UW Oshkosh students and experience Creole and Louisiana bayou country culture while exploring the relationship between history, culture and disaster response. Participate in five full days of service work while you learn from a Native American community in Louisiana that has been devastated by hurricanes. Process your experience through journaling, discussion, field visits, literary productions of Native American and African American authors from the Gulf Coast and a reflection paper. Develop a personal connection with communities outside of Wisconsin and a sense of citizenship in the world as you begin to appreciate regional and ethnic cultures and heritages and understand race, ethnicity, class and culture in the U.S. and in your own community.

Service learning activities are assigned on the first day of service during orientation; participants will not have further information related to the actual service activity in advance. The work will take place outside and may include painting, gutting, demolishing or rebuilding houses and is supervised by professional construction managers. Please remember that you are responding to needs in other peoples' lives - you'll learn more about these needs after arrival on site.

This is an alcohol- and drug-free program. Any participants found using or under the influence are sent home immediately at their own expense.

Degree Level

Bachelors Degree (Undergraduate)

Subject Areas

• American Studies
• English
• English Literature

Cost in US$:

1,800 USD Total Estimated Expenses

Program Fees Include:

Program Fee Estimate
* 1,230 USD The program fee estimate is 1,130 USD - 1,230 USD plus air based on 10-12 participants. The more who sign up for this program, the lower the cost per participant will be. You can help lower your cost to study abroad by recruiting friends and classmates to join you in this experience!

Estimates for Additional Costs
100 USD Application Fee (200 USD for out-of-state applicants)
250 USD Airfare (this will fluctuate) If taking Amtrak, use an estimate of 350 USD instead
120 USD Meals in New Orleans and on travel days
Local Transportation in New Orleans (add to estimate if you will be using taxis for personal travel)
100 USD Personal Spending Money (100 USD-500 USD)
-- Subtotal of estimates for additional costs

1,800 USD Total Estimated Expenses

* Indicates the expense will appear on your UW Oshkosh student account.

Program fees cover transportation between UW Oshkosh and the U.S. airport by school bus; accommodations as listed on the finalized itinerary; food for meals at Dulac Community Center (participants prepare their own meals using the food provided); tours/visits (including transportation and entrance fees) listed on the finalized itinerary; and pre-travel orientation. The program itinerary may be tentative and will not be finalized until approximately two weeks before departure.

Program fees do not cover items not specifically mentioned above such as trip cancellation and baggage insurance; airfare; meals while on field trips or otherwise off campus; local transportation costs not associated with the finalized itinerary; health insurance; tuition when the participant has exceeded the 18-credit tuition plateau during the 14-week UW Oshkosh semester; and all expenses of a purely personal nature. Estimates for some of these expenses have been included. Fees for a single room are available upon request.

Experience Required

no

This Program is open to

Worldwide Participants.

Typically Participants Work

in Groups of 10-12 participants