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The Department of English & Modern Languages Shepherd University
Travel-Study Opportunities The Department of English and Modern Languages offers a travel-study course in English every spring semester and also offers travel-study opportunities to support modern language courses.
West Coast Study Tour: San Francisco and Monterey , California , March 15 – 21, 2008. Take part in ENGL 447: American Literature Travel Practicum in the spring and t ravel with Professor Tim Nixon to San Francisco , Monterey , and Salinas , California . This travel experience will complement the ENGL 446: American Literature and the Prominence of Place course that Professor Nixon will be teaching in the spring semester. On the trip, we will be visiting sites in San Francisco and Monterey that are highlighted in works by writers like Richard Henry Dana, Isabel Allende, Mark Twain, Jack London, Frank Norris, John Steinbeck, Allen Ginsberg, Armistead Maupin, and Amy Tan. Travel expenses include round-trip airfare between Washington , DC and San Francisco , hotel accommodations, and all dinners and breakfasts. Contact Dr. Nixon ( tnixon@shepherd.edu or 304 876-5365) for more information.
English Travel-Study Opportunities During even-numbered years, the tour is connected with ENGL 446, American Literature and the Prominence of Place, and features tours of important American literary sites. In odd-numbered years, the travel-study course is connected to ENGL 430, British Literature and the Prominence of Place, and features tours of literary sites in the United Kingdom and Europe. Both travel courses consist of a three-hour, semester-long course and a three-hour travel practicum that awards credit for the travel experience. All travel-study trips are scheduled to correspond to Shepherd's Spring Break.
You can explore past travel-study trips at these websites developed by Shepherd University faculty and students: Spring 2004: The Ethnic Literature of New York City: A Travel WebGuide (hosted by Dr. Patricia Dwyer and Dr. Linda Tate) Spring 2002: American Transcendentalism: An Online Travel Guide Modern Language Travel-Study Opportunities Travel with Dr. Denis Berenschott to Peru in May 2007. |
