European Odyssey
2010
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(Most recent update:(5/17/10) Program Introduction Overview: The 2010 European Odyssey study abroad program will provide 12 students the opportunity to spend an entire semester residing in Europe while progressing through five areas of academic study. Each class, taught by UW Oshkosh professors, is a balanced blend of classroom and on site lectures, discussions, site visitations, written assignments and exams. On occasional free days or weekends, students will be able to explore their environments on their own. The spring 2010 program is currently offering mini-residencies in Rome, Florence, London, Paris and Berlin. From 1 to 2 weeks each, these "short stays" will allow students time to "settle in" and savor the sights and sounds of their various settings. Numerous day trips to selected locations and sites are planned to augment and enhance the program's academic emphasis. A "Spring Break" is being offer to students in Edinburgh, Scotland between our London and Paris residencies. All travel and accommodations will be arranged for those wishing to spend their spring break week in Edinburgh. The Program Course Schedule: Our 2010 European Odyssey academic schedule consists of five courses, taught one at a time in short term formats 2 weeks each). Students will earn a total of 15-16 academic credits during their participation in the 2010 European Odyssey program. Program Narrative: Students currently participating in the spring 2010 European Odyssey program will begin their journey of learning and discovery in mid March by travelling to Rome, Italy, where they will commence their study of "Culture and Values" taught by Professor John Minniear. Upon our arrival in Florence, Italy, Professor Jeanie Grant Moore will join the Odyssey Program to begin teaching Medieval and Early British Literature in Florence and London starting with its Italian Renaissance roots.before moving on to London for another week of study. During the second week in London, students will begin their next course, Encountering the Arts taugth by Professor John Minniear. The week-long "Spring Break" follows which will allow students to travel as a group to Edinburgh, Scotland, where travel and and accommodations will be arranged for them. The fees for the "Spring Break" are in addition to the Odyssey program fee. If students choose, they may travel during that week to places of their choice, again, at their own expense. The Odyssey will then regroup in Paris for the conclusion of the course Encountering the Arts during the first week. The second week in Paris is the setting for the beginning of Professor Heike Alberts' course European Geography. The following week, we will travel to Berlin, Germany for the conclusion of European Geography. For the final two weeks of the Odyssey Program, Professor Monika Deegen will join the Odyssey program in Berlin for an intensive, two-week interdisciplinary course entitled "Modern Germany: From Division to Reunification." Visits to numerous sites are planned which will include a day each in nearby Potsdam as well as one to the historical cities of Leipzig and Wittenberg. back to menu |
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| Departure: | Fri 19 | Gather at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport for departure at 12:00 NOON United Airline flight # 944 / 3:34 p.m.
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| Rome | Sat 20 | Afternoon arrival and transfer to student accommodations - Hotel Tizi Evening: FREE |
| Sun 21 | Walking Tour of historic city (Highlights: Trevi Fountain, The Pantheon and Piazza Navona | |
Week 1 |
Mon 22 | Culture and Values Liberal Studies 200 (Dr. John Minniear - UW Oshkosh Professor) Morning Class: 9:00 - 12:00 (or when breakfast room is available) Topic: Ancient Civilizations - Mesopotamia and Egypt
Afternoon: Visit the Coliseum (1:30) Palatine Hill and the Roman Forum, Trajan's Column and Monument to Vittorio Emmanuel II |
| Tues 23 | Morning: class: 9:00 - 12:00 Topic: Ancient Civilizations – Greece
Topic: Ancient Civilizations – Rome
Afternoon: Free |
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| Wed 24 | Morning: class: 9:00 - 12:00 Topic: Judaism and the Rise of Christianity
Topic: Byzantium and the Rise of Islam
Afternoon: Visit to Mausoleum of Augustus, Ara Pacis and Castle Sant' Angelo |
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| Thurs 25 | Morning: class: 9:00 - 12:00 Opinion Paper No. 1 due Topic: The Middle Ages – Western Europe
Afternoon: Afternoon Free |
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| Fri 26 | Morning: class: 9:00 - 12:00 Topic: Renaissance Italy, France and Northern Europe
Exam No. 1 Afternoon: Visit Antico Ostia (ancient port city outside Rome) |
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| Sat 27 | Free Day (suggestions: visit to the Cappuchin crypt) | |
| Sun 28 | Free Day / Suggestion? (Mass at St. Peter's Basilica - Psalm Sunday) | |
| Week 2 | Mon 29 | Morning: class: 9:00 - 12:00 Topic: The Grandeur and Chaos of Eighteenth Century Europe
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| Tues 30 | Morning: class: 9:00 - 12:00 Topic: Europe Disintegrates Afternoon: Visit the Vatican Museum (includes the Sistine Chapel) |
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| Wed 31 | Morning: class: 9:00 - 12:00 Topic: Another Century of War
Afternoon: Visit the Catacombe of Priscilla |
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| April | Thurs 1 | Morning: class 9:00 - 12:00 Opinion Paper No. 2 due Topic: European Reorganization and International Terrorism
Afternoon: Visit |
| Fri 2 | Morning: class 9:00 - 12:00 Topic: Going Global
Exam No. 2 - END OF COURSE - Afternoon: Free |
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| Florence | Sat 3 | Train Transfer from Rome to Florence Rome Termini departure: 12:45 (reserved seating - car no. 7) |
| Sun 4 | (Easter Sunday) Activities may include:AM Festival: Scoppi del Carro (The Explosion of the Cart) in the Piazza Duomo / Ponte Vecchio /Santa Maria Novella / Boboli Gardens and/or Piazalle Michelangelo |
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| Week 3 | Mon 5 |
Morning: class Afternoon: Visit the Duomo (Church of Santa Maria del Fiore) / Baptistry / Campanile / Museum Nazionale del Bargello |
| Tues 6 | Morning: class Afternoon: Visit to Casa di Dante Alighieri / Church of Santa Margherita Dei Cerchi / Piazza della Signoria / Palazzio Medici-Riccardi / |
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| Wed 7 | Morning: class Afternoon: Visit to The Academy of Ar / San Lorenzo Basilica (Laurentian Library and Medici tombs) / Medici Chapel |
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| Thurs 8 | Morning: class Afternoon: Visit to Sante Trinita (Sassetti Chapel) / Sante Croce / Casa Buonarrroti |
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| Fri 9 | Morning: class Afternoon: Visit to Santo Stefano al Ponte / Uffizi Gallery |
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| Sat 10 | Free Day | |
London |
Sun 11 | Air Transfer to London Brief walking tour and tube orientation of London |
| Week 4 | Mon 12 | Morning class:Reformation history, Sir Thomas More, and A Man for All SeasonsI (film); Utopia Afternoon: Train to Hampton Court |
| Tues 13 | Morning:class: Finish Utopia discussion. Sonnets by Wyatt and Surrey, Sidney and Shakespeare. Poems by Marlowe, Raleigh, and QE. Begin Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra Afternoon: Inns of Court, Tour of Lincoln’s Inn; Visit to Middle Temple Hall. |
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Wed 14 | Morning class: Antony and Cleopatra Afternoon: Tour of Globe Theatre and workshop |
| Thurs 15 | Day trip toKenilworth Castle / Anne Hathaway's Cottage / and Stratford-upon Avon: Shakespeare’s birthplace and Museum Evening: Performance of Antony and Cleopatra |
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| Fri 16 | Morning class: Finish Shakespeare / Exam Afternoon: National Gallery of Art / British Library - END OF COURSE - |
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| Sat 17 | Free Day | |
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Sun 18 | Free Day (Day trip to Cambridge will be optional) |
| Week 5 | Mon 19 | Encountering the Arts Liberal Studies 307: (Dr. John Minniear - UW Oshkosh Professor) Morning: class Afternoon: Visit to the British Museum |
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Tues 20 | Morning: class Afternoon: Visit to London Monument / The Tate Modern Gallery |
| Wed 21 | Morning: class Afternoon: Visit to Greenwich / Royal Obsservatory / National Maritime Museum / Old Royal Naval College |
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| Thurs 22 | Morning: class Afternoon: Free time |
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| Fri 23 | Morning: class Afternoon: Free time |
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| Spring Break | Sat 24 | Spring Break (Transfer to Spring Break locations) |
| Sun 25 | Spring Break |
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| Week 6 | Mon 26 | Spring Break |
| Tues 27 | Spring Break |
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| Wed 28 | Spring Break |
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| Thurs 29 | Spring Break |
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| Fri 30 | Spring Break |
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May |
Sat 1 | (Transfer to Paris from Spring Break locations) (Edinburgh group: morning train to London / afternoon train [EuroStar Chunnel train] to Paris / transfer to BVJ Latin Quartier Hostel) |
| Paris | Sun 2 | Paris Afternoon: Walking tour (and Metro orientation) / Notre Dame and the Louvre Museum / Tuilleries Gardens |
| Week 7 | Mon 3 |
Morning class: Afternoon: visit to Montmartre and Sacre Coeur |
| Tues 4 | Morning: class: Afternoon: Visit to the Père Lachaise Cemetery |
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| Wed 5 | Morning: class: Afternoon: Visit to the Musée d'Orsay |
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| Thurs 6 | Morning Class: Afternoon:Visit to the Musée de Louvre (open until 10:00 p.m.)(Louvre Museum res. no. 531678, if needed) |
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| Fri 7 | Morning Class: Exam no. 2 - END OF COURSE - Afternoon: |
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| Sat 8 | Free Day | |
| Sun 9 | Free Day | |
Week 8 |
Mon 10 |
Morning Class:
9:00 - 1:00 Introduction to Europe: / The Changing Political Map / Afternoon: Walking Tour: Ile de la Cité, Marais and Beaubourg, Notre Dame (towers) |
| Tues 11 | Morning Class: 9:00 - 1:00 Linguistic Issues / Population Issues / International Migration Afternoon: Walking Tour: Opéra, Tuileries, Invalides / Optional visit to the Musée de L’Orangerie |
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| Wed 12 | Morning Class: 9:00 - 1:00 Religious Issues / Ethnic Conflict Afternoon: Walking Tour: Quartier Latin, Jardin des Plantes / Mosquée de Paris |
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Thurs 13 | Morning Class: 9:00 - 12:30 Religious Issues / Ethnic Conflict Afternoon: Walking Tour: Champs Elysées, La Défense / Optional visit: La Grande Arche |
| Fri 14 | Morning Class: 9:00 - 10:30 Exam 1 Afternoon: Visit to Versailles (Palace and Gardens) |
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| Sat 15 | Mid day Air Transfer to Berlin from Paris | |
Berlin |
Sun 16 | Morning Free / afternoon: walking tour and Handball game |
| Week 9 | Mon 17 | Morning Class: 9:00 - 1:00 Physiographic Regions /Climate and Vegetation /Agriculture and Economy Afternoon: Walking Tour of Historic Berlin |
| Tues 18 | Morning Class: 9:00 - 1:00 Resources, Energy and Environment Afternoon: Walking Tour of Modern Berlin |
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| Wed 19 | Morning Class: 9:00 - 11:00 Transportation Issues Afternoon: Visit of the Olympic Stadium and the U-Bahn Museum |
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| Thurs 20 | Morning Class: 9:00 - 1:00 The Cold War and the European Union Afternoon: Visit to the Pergamon or Egyptian Museum |
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| Fri 21 | Morning Class: 9:00 - 12:00 Exam 2 Afternoon: Optional visit\ to the Transportation Museum
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| Sat 22 | Free Day | |
| Sun 23 | Free Day | |
| Week 10 | Mon 24 |
Topic: Post WW II life in Berlin/Occupation of Berlin and Germany/Berlin Airlift/Foundation of two German States Morning Class: Beginning of topic Afternoon Class: Continuation of topic |
| Tue 25 | Morning class: 8:00 - 8:30 Continuation of topic / 9:30 Allied Museum Berlin Zehlendorf Afternoon: Visit to German-Russian Museum Berlin Karlshorst | |
| Wed 26 | Day Trip: 8:00 a.m. Visit Potsdam (outside Berlin - former East Germany) Visits to Cecilienhof Castle / the Russian Colony / Sanssouci Castle
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| Thurs 27 | Topic: Events leading up to the building of the Berlin Wall, Life in divided Germany and Berlin Late Morning/Early afternoon: Walk along the former Wall & Checkpoint Charlie Museum / Late Afternoon / early evening: Movie The Tunnel | |
| Fri 28 | Topic: Continued: The Wall, Site Visit Documentation Center Berlin Wall & Discussion with Hartmut Richter about his experience fleeing the East and being active in underground escape activities Morning: 8:00 am in front of Hostell | |
| Sat 29 | Free Day | |
| Sun 30 | Free Day | |
| Week 11 | Mon 31 | Topic: Life in East Geramny and the State Security Police Stasi, Site Visit to the former Stasi Prison Morning: Class |
| June | Tue 1 | Topic: Life in the East, Site Visit DDR-Museum, Events leading up to the fall of the wall, protest movements in 1989) Morning: Class & DDR-Museum |
| Wed 2 | Day Trip: Meet coach at 8:00 a.m. Visits to Leipzig (Nicolai Kirche / St. Thomas Kirche) Visit to Wittenberg( Schlosskirche (Castle Church) & Lutherhaus (Luther House) | |
| Thur 3 | Topic: The Fall of the Wall, Reunification of Germany, Contemporary Germany, Germany’s dealing with it’s Nazi Past and the Holocaust, Site Visits Bundestag (German Parliament) & Holocaust Memorial) Morning Class: (8.00am):
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| Fri 4 | Final Exam 9:00-11:00 am (Journals due, Article Reviews due)
Afternoon: Free Evening: Celebration !! | |
| Sat 5 | Transfer to airport Departure: Berlin to Chicago (O'Hare) Transportation provided to Oshkosh ? | |
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Students applying for financial aid are advised to apply for the program and secure a place even if they are waiting to learn about their financial aid awards (usually October, 2009). If you withdraw from the program, your "seat" will be made available to a student on the "waiting list." back to menu |
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Application Process for 2010 European Odyssey Program All applicants must submit their application to the Office of International Education (OIE), Dempsey 146. Even though the deadline for applications has past, there are still seats available in the Odyssey program. Email minniear@uwosh.edu to enquire about availability Application: Applications are available on line
at: http://www.uwosh.edu/oie/abroad/odyssey.php#apply Applicants who meet the eligibility requirements for the European Odyssey program will meet with faculty leaders for a personal interview. Interview dates/times will be arranged with applicants once their study abroad application has been completed and reviewed by the OIE staff and the European Odyssey 2010 faculty. "Wait list": On the application, students are asked to indicate "Hold" or "Process." If "process" is indicated and the student is accepted to participate in the program, then a seat is assigned by the Office of International Education. If "hold" is indicated on the application, then the student is placed on the "wait list" pending the removal of the hold. When the "hold" has been removed and if seats in the program are still available, the student is assigned a place based on the date their completed application was received in the OIE. If no places are available, the student will remain on the "wait list" until their is a cancellation by someone holding a seat or until additional seats have been added back to menu |
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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. Jeanie Grant Moore, (info, t.b.a.)For questions related to program administration and logistics, contact the Office of International Education (Dempsey 146; tele: 920-424-0775; oie@uwosh.edu ). back to menu |
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Program participants are housed in hostels, youth hotels and bed and breakfast facilities to keep program costs low. Faculty leaders are housed in accommodations nearby (when possible). 1 Rome: (Mar. 20 through Apr.3)
2) Florence (Firenze): (Apr. 4 through Apr. 10)
3) London: (Apr. 11 through Apr. 24) (includes overnight in Stratford)
4) Spring Break: (Sat, Apr. 24th - Sat. April 30th )
5) Paris: (May 2 to May 15)
6) Berlin: (May 16 to June 5)
1) Rome: (Mar. 20 to Apr.3)
2) Florence (Firenza): (Apr 3 to 11)
3) London: (Apr 11 to 24)
4) York
5) Edinburgh
6) Paris
7) Berlin
(Additional Information regarding accommodations will be forthcoming) back to menu |
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Resources for 2010 European Odyssey ProgramCity Maps (Information for the 2010 European Odyssey Program will be forthcoming) back to menu |
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Pre-travel Orientation and Classes 1. European Odyssey Pizza Party : Monday, Dec. 6 (around 6:00 - 6:30 - until?)
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Information MeetingsWatch for dates relating to the European Odyssey 2010 back to menu |