Morning: Leave Oshkosh for Chicago O’Hare

Meet in UW Oshkosh Parking Lot 6 to load luggage on bus.

Loading: 10:45 a.m.

Have passports / travel documents ready to show to John Minniear, faculty leader.

Leaving: 11:00 a.m.

Check in: approx. 2:30 p.m. Chicago O'Hare Airport

Evening flight to Paris: United Air Lines (non stop)
Flight No. 942 (economy) Multi meals
Leave: 5:55 p.m. (terminal 1)

Paris:

Arrive: 9:20 a.m. (aerogare 1) at Charles De Gaulle Airport

Pick up: Coach - Autocars Chambon-Gros

tel +33 [0]1 47 47 47 30

Mid day Guided Coach tour of Paris (until accommodation is ready)

Coach transfer to CISP Kellerman (student accommodation)

CISP Kellerman
17, boulevard Kellerman
75013 Paris
tel +33 (0)1 44 16 37 38
fax +33 (0)1 44 16 37 39

(accommodations: 11 twin bedrooms + 1 triple bedroom)

afternoon: possible orientation to Paris Metro
Evening free to explore

*Tip: try to stay up to recover from jet lag more quickly

Dr. Kimberly Rivers: History 305 Late Middle Ages

Classroom: CISP Kellerman

Class: Introduction / Economic Development

Day trip to Royaumont Abbey

On site class: Religious Life – monasticism and Cistercians

Visit to Chartres Cathedral

On site class: Religious Life

Visit Louvre Museum

Class: Political Development: France and England

Visit Sainte-Chapelle

Class: Political Development: Germany , Louis IX

Trip to the medieval town of Provins

On site class: Medieval Urban Life

Walking tour of Quartier Latin and Sorbonne / St-Germain–des-Pres / Notre Dame Cathedral

Class: Intellectual Development

Visit Cluny Musée (Roman Baths and Hotel de Cluny)

Class: Chivalry, Midieval art

Class: Late Middle Ages: Philip IV, Black Death, Hundred Years’ War

Visit Musée Louvre

Class:

End of Course: History of the Late Middle Ages

Dr. John Minniear: Classes begin: Liberal Studies 200 Culture and Values-Introduction to the Humanities; Music 219 Music and Culture

Afternoon visits: Sacre Coeur Basilica and Montmartre (suggested)

Class:

Visit to the Musée d'Orsay

Class:

Visit the Arena de Lutece (the Roman amphitheatre)

Visit to the Musée Rodin (morning) & Musée Picasso (afternoon) with a walk about through the Marais district (Place des Vosges), Bastille area.

On site class

Morning / afternoon transfer from Paris to Oxford, UK (train via Chunnel to London Waterloo, continue to Oxford by coach (Tappins Coaches ) to student accommodation:

Oxford Central Backpackers
13 Park End Street
Oxford, OX1 1HH
tel: +44 (0) 1865 24 22 88

Tappins Coaches +44(0)1235 819 393

Classroom: Mansfield College, East Seminar Room

Oxford OX1 3 TF, tel +44(0)1865 270 999

Class:

Afternoon: Free

Day trip to British Museum & British Library (London)

On site class

Class: Exam No. 1 (Culture and Values)

On site class:

Visit to Stratford-upon-Avon / two Shakespeare Properties: Birthplace and Anne Hathaway's Cottege / Trinity Church (burial)

Class:

Afternon visit: Bodleian Library (exhibition, if appropriate) / Duke Humphries Library (if open) / Sheldonian Theatre (if open)

On site class:

Day trip to Greenwich (Maritime Museum / Royal Observatory / Old Royal Naval College)

Class: Exam No. 1

An afternoon walking tour of several Oxford Colleges/ and tour of Christ Church (college)

Class:

Afternoon: Visit to the Ashmolean Museum (Oxford)

Transfer to Edinburgh (coach): Fitzcharles Coaches

Pick up: 9:00 a.m. and drop off at student accommodation:

SYHA Eglinton Hostel
18 Eglinton Crescent
Edinburgh, EH12 5DD
tel: +44 [0] 870 004 1116

Classroom at SYHA Eglinton Hostel

Walking tour of Edinburgh:
Edinburgh Castle, Holyrood Palace and the Royal Mile (possibly Scottish Parliament)

Class:

Visit to the National Museum of Scotland

Class: Exam No. 1 in Music and Culture

Visit to the National Gallery of Scotland

Class:

Walking tour of the New Town (Edinburgh) OR
optional tour of Rosslyn Chapel ($)

Transfer to Berlin, Germany

Coach pick up at 6:00 a.m. drop off at Edinburgh airport

Flight 5051 Air France Leave Edinburgh: 9:05 a.m.
Arrive Paris: 12:05
Flight 2334 Air France Leave Paris: 15:35
arrive Berlin: 17:20

Coach pick up at airport and drop off at student accommodation: Coach Co. : Bayern Express & P. Kuhn Berlin tel: +49 [0] 30 860 960

WH Siegmunds Hof
Siegmonds Hof 2-4
10555 Berlin
WEN 62.01.02.16
Germany

Classroom at (to be arranged)

Class:

Class: Exam no. 2 in Culture and Values

End of Part I of Music and Culture / Culture and Values

Dr. Monika Hohbein-Deegen: International Studies

Class:

Day trip to Potsdam: Cecilienhof and Sans Souci

On site class:

Class:

Day trip to Leipzig:

Nikolaikirche and Zeitgeschichtliches Forum

On site class:

Class:

End of course: International Studies

Dr. Heike Alberts: European Geography 331

Class:

- Topics: Introduction, The Changing Political Map, Languages in Europe, Education System
- Readings: Murphy, Alexander B. (1998): “European Languages,” in: A European Geography, Tim Unwin, ed. Longman, Harlow, 34-50
- Fieldtrip: Walking tour of the campus of the Free University Berlin

Class:

- Topics: Population Issues, Religious Patterns, Ethnic Conflict in Europe
- Readings: Djilas, Aleksa (1995): “Fear Thy Neighbor: The Breakup of Yugoslavia,” in: Kupchan, Charles, ed. Nationalism and Nationalities in the New Europe, Cornell University Press, Ithaca, 85-106

Class:

- Topic: Migration
- Readings: Leitner, Helga (1995): “International Migration and The Politics of Admission and Exclusion in Postwar Europe,” in: Political Geography, 14(3), 259-278
- Fieldtrip and exercise: Kreuzberg (immigrant neighborhood); exercise due on Thursday, March 23

Class:

- Topics: Physiographic regions, Climate, Agriculture, Energy, Resources, Environment and Economy
- Readings: Saiko, Tatyana (1998): Environmental Challenges in the New Democracies,” in: The New Europe. Economy, Society and Environment, David Pinder, ed., John Wiley and Sons, New York, 381-399

Class:

- Exam I
- Topic: Urban Geography I

- Readings: Danta, Darrick and William H. Berentsen (1997): “Urban Geography,” in: Contemporary Europe. A Geographic Analysis, William H. Berentsen (ed.), John Wiley and Sons, New York, 195-227
- Fieldtrip and exercise: Pergamon Museum, Downtown East Berlin; exercise due Saturday, March 25

Class:

- Topic: Urban Geography II
- Fieldtrip: Transect through different neighborhoods in Berlin, Egyptian Museum

Class:

- Topic: The New Berlin
- Fieldtrip: Government Neighborhood and Potsdamer Platz, Television Tower
- Hand in discussion/opinion paper I

Class:

- Topics: The Cold War and the Revolutions in the 1980s
- Readings: TBA

Class:

- Topics: Transportation Issues
- Readings: Ross, John F. (1995): “When Co-operation Divides: Øresund, the Channel Tunnel and the New Politics of European Transport,” in: Journal of European Public Policy 2(1), 115-146
- Fieldtrip and exercise: Leehrter Stadtbahnhof, exercise due Thursday, March 30

Class:

- Topics: The European Union
- Readings: European Union (2002): “What is the European Union,” “How Is the EU Run?,” “Building the New Europe: The EU and Its Neighbors, “The Euro: Completing Economic Unity in: The European Union. A Guide for Americans, http://www.eurunion.org/infores/euguide

- Exam II
- Hand in opinion/discussion paper II and book review

End of course: European Geography

Transfer to Bologna, Italy

Flight 1735 (Air France) / Berlin to Paris
leave Berlin: 12:55 p.m.
arrive: Paris: 14:40
Flight 2128 (Air France) / Paris to Bologna
arrive Bologna: 17:40

Pick up: Bayern Express &P.Kuhn Berlin
+49 30 860 960)

Pick up: 10:30 a.m. at Siegsmund Hof

Albergo Pallone
Via del Pallone, 4
40126 Bologna
tel +39 051 421 0533
fax +39 051 639 0781

(9 twin + 2 triple rooms)

Classroom: Albergo Pallone

Dr. John Minniear: Classes continue: Liberal Studies 200 Culture and Values-Introduction to the Humanities and Music 219 Music and Culture

Class:

Visit the Archaeological Museum visit (Museo Civico Archeologico)

Class:

Visit the National Picture Gallery (Pinacoteca Nazionale di Bologna)

Class:

Visit the University Museums

Day trip to Florence:

Walking tour to Ponte Vecchio and visits to the Cathedral, Dome and Baptistry and the Uffizi Gallery
Pick up: 9 am at Albergo Pallone
Return: 7pm at Albergo Pallone

Coach Co.: SACA (+39 051 634 94 00)

Class:

Visits to the Ghetto Ebraico (Jewish Ghetto) and to Santo Stefano

Visit the Basilica of San Petronio

Class:

Day trip to Ravenna:

Walking tour of old city, Visit to the Byzantine Church of San Vitale and other sites

Pick up: 9 am at Albergo Pallone
Return: 7pm at Albergo Pallone

Coach Co.: SACA (+39 051 634 94 00)

Transfer to Rome / Eurostar train: Bologna to Rome
leave Bologna: 12:52
arrive Rome: 3:35

Purchase Weekly travel pass at newsagent: 16 euro each (one week)

Walk to student accommodations:

YWCA
Via Cesare Balbo, 4
00184 Roma

tel +39 06 488 0460
fax +39 06 487 1028

3 single + 5 twin + 1 triple + 1 quad

Additional Accommodation for five students at:

Hotel Santa Prassede
Via de Santa Prassede, 25
00184 Roma

(one single and one quad)

tel +39 06 481 4850
fax +39 06 474 6859

Faculty Accommodation:

Mercure Roma Corso Trieste
Via Gradisca 29
Rome 00198
Italy

Metro stop: Bologna (B line)

+33 06 85 20 21

Classroom at the YWCA

Class:

Afternoon: Coliseum visit (11 euros each)

Class:

Afternoon: Roman Forum (free)

On site class: Day visit to Vatican City: St. Peter’s Basilica, Sistine Chapel, Vatican Library and Museums

12 euros (try for student rate: 8:00)

Class:

Afternoon: Free

On site class: Day trip to Pompeii

Coach pick up: 9:00 a.m. at YWCA
Entrance and audio guide fee:
Return by 7:00 p.m.

Class:

Afternoon: The Pantheon and Piazza Navonne

Class:

Afternoon: Catacombs of San Callisto (Appian Way)

Class: Final Exam (Music and Culture)

Afternoon:

Class: Final Exam (Culture and Values)

European Odyssey Farewell dinner:

Al Grappolo d'Oro
Via Palestro 4/10
Tele: 06 445 23 50

Departure: Rome to Chicago (O'Hare)

Pick up at YWCA: (6:00 a.m.) Mocci Coaches (+39 06 214 7189)

Morning flight to Munich (from Rome Fiumicino airport)
Flight 3867 Lufthansa Air Lines (economy)
Leave (Rome): 8:40 a.m.
Arrive Munich: 10:15 a.m. - Dom-Schengen (terminal B)
Flight 907 United Air Lines
Leave (Munich): 12:20 p.m.
Arrive (Chicago-Ohare): 3:13 p.m. (terminal 5)

Pick up: Mini van to Oshkosh

For additional program itinerary details, visit:

www.uwosh.edu/oie/LEURO.html

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Costs

Program Costs:

The current cost of the 2006 European Odyssey program, based on 25 students, is $8,970 (25 students) to $9,860 (20 students). The more students who sign up for this trip, the lower the cost per student will be. Help us lower your cost to study abroad by recruiting friends and classmates to join you in this experience!

Program fees cover the following course-related expenses:

1. Surface and air transportation costs from UW Oshkosh / Chicago O'Hare / Paris / Oxford / Edinburgh / Berlin / Bologna / Rome / Chicago O'Hare / UW Oshkosh.

2. Accommodations as listed on the finalized itinerary.

3. Meals: breakfasts in all cities / Bologna also includes dinner.

4. Tours / visits (including transportation and entrance fees) listed on the finalized itinerary.

5. Pre-travel orientation and international health insurance.

Program fees do not cover the following items:

1. Passport fees

2. Lunch and dinner meals (except in Bologna). Some of the accommodations are equipped with kitchens allowing for the option to prepare your own meals.

3. Meals while on day trips and on days when changing destinations.

4. baggage insurance and baggage handling when changing destinations.

5. Local transportation costs not associated with the itinerary.

6. Personal expenses (i.e. laundry, etc.).

Cost review:

$8,970 Program Fees(based on 25 students) This figures will appear on your UW Oshkosh student account
$100.00 Application Fee
$100.00 Passport & Passport Pictures
$1,000-1,500 Meals not covered by program fees
$...transportation not associated with program itinerary
$...fee for non-residents of Wisconsin/Minnesota is $100.
$500-1,000 plus to cover personal expenses (additional travel, etc.)
-$50.00 Refund to participants who meet all OIE deadlines.
$10, 570 to $11,670 (plus) Total Estimated Expenses

The prices quoted here are based on the group rate for services and travel dates outlined in the itinerary, as well as current exchange rates, where applicable. Changes to this plan or a large exchange rate fluctuation may cause adjustments to the final cost.

Click here for today's rates of exchange for the British Pound and the Euro.

Financial Aid & Grants

Click here for more information on 2006 financial aid & grants for study abroad and off-campus programs.

John E. Kerrigan Scholarship:

This scholarship can be applied toward study abroad program fees during the spring semester. For more information on this scholarship, please contact the financial aid office. For an application, go to:
http://www.uwosh.edu/fin_aids/scholarship_apps/kerrigan_application.doc

Overview:

This scholarship was established in 2000 in recognition of John E. Kerrigan at the time of his retirement as ninth Chancellor of the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh. Kerrigan's 10-year term as Chancellor (1990-2000) was characterized by his dedication to providing students with resources to help them succeed. This scholarship fund continues his commitment to the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh and its students.

Award Amount: $1,000

Number of Awards: 8

Criteria:

1. Applicants must be full-time undergraduate students at the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh.

2. Applicants must have earned at least 24 and no more than 45 credits at the time of application. (This includes all college-level credits: CLEP, CAPP, retro, transfer, etc.)

3. At least 24 of the credits must have been earned in residence at the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh.

4. Applicants must have a cumulative grade point average of at least 3.25 (on a four-point scale).

5. Applicants must submit a 1-2 page personal statement describing why they are qualified for the award; *any activities in which they have been involved during their years at UW Oshkosh, particularly in a leadership role (excluding athletics); and how their education will help them meet their goals.

6. Applicants must submit a current reference letter, commenting on activities since enrolled at UW Oshkosh (excluding athletics).

7. Applicants must submit an unofficial transcript (available on TitanWeb).

8. Applicants must submit four copies of all application materials.

The Award:

1.The initial award amount will be $1,000.

2. Students will apply during the fall semester, with award payout in the subsequent spring semester.

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Application:

Applications are available at the OIE, Dempsey 146. To review the application process and to download an application (PDF) go to "Application Process" on the OIE Faculty-Led Study Abroad Program FAQ's page. There is a $100 application fee which must accompany your application. By meeting all of the program deadlines, you are entitled to a $50 reduction in fees.

Applicants who meet the minimum eligibility requirements for the European Odyssey program will meet with faculty leaders for an interview. Interview dates/times will be arranged with applicants once the study abroad application has been completed and reviewed by the OIE.

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2006 Program contacts:

For questions related to this program not covered in this web site, contact the faculty leaders for this program:

Faculty Leaders:

Dr. John Minniear, Polk Library 50, 233-4142

Dr. Heike Alberts, Halsey Science 312, 424-7109

Dr. Monika Hohbein-Deegen, Radford Hall 304, 424-7278

Dr. Kimberly Rivers: Clow Faculty 305, 424-2451

For questions related to program administration and logistics, contact the OIE (Dempsey 146; 920-424-0775; oie@uwosh.edu).

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Paris:

Student accommodation:

CISP Kellerman
The Centre International de Séjour de Paris, or Paris International Accommodation Centre offers rooms of 2, 3, 4 and 8 beds with showers and toilets on each floor. The building is located in the heart of Paris a few minutes from the Latin Quarter, Hotel de Ville and Pompidou Centre. The nearest metro/sub station is Porte d'Italie and the nearest bus station is P.C. (Petite Ceinture). The CISP offers restaurants on-site; meal rates are given on the CISP web page (when looking at meal prices, please note that a "," is often used in place of a "." in Europe). Breakfasts are included with your stay.

Hotel du Parc Montsouris
4, Rue du Parc Montsouris
75014 Paris

+33 (0) 1 45 89 09 72

Faculty accommodation: John Minniear

Hotel Ibis (Room 108)
25 Avenue Stephen Pichon (just off Place d'Italie)
75013 Paris

+33 (0) 1 44 24 94 85

Class room: CISP Kellerman

Oxford:

Student accommodation:

Oxford Central Backpackers,
13 Park End Street
Oxford
OX1 1HH

+44 (0) 1865 24 22 88

Faculty accommodation: John Minniear

Burlington House
374 Banbury Road
Oxford
OX2 7PP

+44 (0) 1865 311785

Class room:

Mansfield College
Mansfield Road
Seminar Room A
Oxford
OX1 3TF

+44 (0) 1865 270 999

Albergo Pallone
Via del Pallone, 4
40126 Bologna

+39 051 421 0533

Hotel Pallone is within walking distance from the Montagnola Park, Piazza VIII Agosto, the railway station and bus stations, and near the historical centre of the city (Piazza Maggiore and the surroundings). Rooms do not have attached bathrooms. There is a restaurant in the hotel.

Hotel Astoria Bologna
Via F.lli Rosselli 14,
Bologna BO 40121,
Italy

Tel. 051 52.14.10
Fax 051 52.47.39
info@astoria.bo.it

Pre-travel Orientation and Classes

(Information for the 2007 European Odyssey Program will be forthcoming)

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