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Britain Today: Issues and Perspectives (mandatory)
SOCIOLOGY 395 / POLITICAL SCIENCE 356 / HISTORY 395 (4 credits)
Examine contemporary Britain in this interdisciplinary approach to history, politics, and the study of social trends. This mandatory course is excursion intensive and makes use of London’s resources as a world capital and center of government. *Each student enrolling in the London Center program is required to participate in the Britain Today course.
London: Biography of a City
HISTORY 397 (4 credits)
Discover the history of London from its Roman origins to 1945. Explore how royalty, trade, religion, and social conditions have shaped the city's growth. This course is divided equally between in-class lectures, discussions, and specially created walks through city neighborhoods.
Modernism and Contemporary Art
ART 392 (4 credits)
Study the trends in contemporary art collectively known as Modernism. Examine how each challenged the artistic idea of earlier centuries. Encounter British, European, and American examples in London's magnificent galleries.
The Play's the Thing: Writing for the Stage
THEATER 480 (4 credits)
Experience new plays on the London stage as a stimulus for personal creative writing. Learn to build a critique of contemporary stage work, examine inspiration and individual creativity, evolve plot, develop character, understand structure, and develop your own writing style.
Shakespeare the Dramatist
ENGLISH 330 (4 credits)
Discover Shakespeare’s plays in production. Study six of his plays as scripts from the practical perspective of the actor and director. See up to six Shakespeare productions in London or Stratford-upon-Avon.
Economic Integration of the European Union
(4 credits)
Examine the economic integration within the European Union and the relationship between Great Britain and the EU within a global economic context.
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Britain Today: Issues and Perspectives (mandatory)
SOCIOLOGY 395 / POLITICAL SCIENCE 356 / HISTORY 395 (4 credits)
Examine contemporary Britain in this interdisciplinary approach to history, politics, and the study of social trends. This mandatory course is excursion intensive and makes use of London’s resources as a world capital and center of government. *Each student enrolling in the London Center program is required to participate in the Britain Today course.
British Masters
ART 393 (4 credits)
Study the evolution of the British school from the foundation of the Royal Academy in the eighteenth century to today's "Brit Pack." Examine contemporary artists and their work, patrons, and treatment by public opinion and the media.
Empire: The British Experience, 1500-1960
HISTORY 395 (4 credits)
Explore the way Britain's imperial experience shaped the world and reformed the country using the abundant primary historical sources available in London. Discover how the growth of the city and the country was dependant at each stage on human, material, and financial resources of the Empire. Examine the impact that growth had on the changing national consciousness.
Nineteenth-and Twentieth-Century English Novel
ENGLISH 450L Century English Novel (4 credits)
Analyze the nineteenth- and twentieth-century English novel in terms of historical content and literary technique. Examine the development of the genre; compare and contrast various fictional techniques and styles; and explore the nature of narrative and the changes that the novel has undergone in the past century.
Shakespeare the Dramatist
ENGLISH 330 (4 credits)
Discover Shakespeare’s plays in production. Study six of his plays as scripts from the practical perspective of the actor and director. See up to six Shakespeare productions in London or Stratford-upon-Avon.
Theater: Audience and Society
THEATER 481 (4 credits)
Study a substantial series of texts and attend at least six plays. Explore theater and its ability to shape the thinking of its audience. Examine various theatrical theories including tragedy and catharsis, social theater, political theater, the avant-garde, and the theater of gender, race, and sexual orientation.
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