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<\/a>Dr. Jennifer Snyder, APSU assistant professor of art, Tina Rousselot de St. Ceran, coordinator of International Education at APSU and Dr. Daniel Shea, associate professor of Languages and Literature, visit the Tower of London on a recent study abroad trip.<\/p><\/div>\n
To remedy this problem, Tanner and his classmates boarded a plane earlier this spring and flew to London to see first-hand the settings they were reading about in class.<\/p>\n
\u201c\u2018Oliver Twist\u2019 is very London-based, there\u2019s a lot of moving about,\u201d he said. \u201cBeing in London, it kind of gives you some perspective on where these things are happening, what\u2019s going on.\u201d<\/p>\n
The trip was part of an innovative new study abroad program offered by APSU\u2019s Office of International Education, taking students in Dr. Daniel Shea\u2019s world literature class and Dr. Jennifer Snyder\u2019s art appreciation class to London for only a week during the spring break holiday.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis study-abroad model provides an affordable and convenient introduction to study abroad and exchange opportunities,\u201d Tina Rousselot de St. Ceran, coordinator of international education at APSU, said. \u201cMany of the student participants returned from the trip and immediately began working on applications for their next study abroad or exchange program.\u201d<\/p>\n
The two courses offering this imbedded travel component were typical, three-credit-hour classes that met twice a week on campus. The world literature students spent the semester reading works such as \u201cThe Canterbury Tales\u201d and \u201cMrs. Dalloway,\u201d while the art appreciation students studied paintings by Raphael and other noted artists on display in London museums.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe did a lot of prep work,\u201d Shea, an APSU associate professor of English, said about his World Literature class. \u201cBefore we left, we did a lot of mapping of our character\u2019s journeys through London.\u201d<\/p>\n
Shea\u2019s students went everywhere from Bath, a site important to \u201cThe Canterbury Tales,\u201d to the building Charles Dickens lived in while he wrote \u201cOliver Twist.\u201d Shea also took his students to places mentioned in Virginia Woolf\u2019s \u201cMrs. Dalloway,\u201d a book they didn\u2019t read until they returned from the spring break trip.<\/p>\n
\u201cNow that they\u2019ve been there, as they\u2019re reading more literature based in London, they\u2019re able to picture things much more vividly,\u201d Shea said. \u201cAs we\u2019ve been reading \u2018Mrs. Dalloway,\u2019 I\u2019ve had them pick one character and plot on a map that character\u2019s course through London. And I ask them, \u2018what did we learn about the characters from where they went in London?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n
Snyder, an assistant professor of art at APSU, took her art appreciation students to the major galleries in London, such as such as the Tate Museum and the Victoria and Albert Museum. They also made a day trip to Stonehenge.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe students were all well behaved and enthusiastic,\u201d she said. \u201cTo do it again, I would spend more time in the British Museum. Everyone seemed disappointed in not seeing everything in the museum. We watched a video on it before we left, showing highlights of it. Several took notes and were able to see what they wanted to see.\u201d<\/p>\n
What was truly unique about the program was that many of the participants were either freshmen or sophomores, or nontraditional students with children at home. That meant several of them didn\u2019t have either the experience or the time to take a long study abroad trip.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was compact, but I think it was the right length for our students, whether they had family or work obligations and needed to get back for that reason, or because it was their first time abroad,\u201d Shea said. \u201cFor all of my students, it was their first time abroad. For more than one, it was their first time on an airplane. We\u2019re really opening doors.\u201d<\/p>\n
The program cost was also low due to the short amount of time spent abroad, and students were able to use financial aid and apply for a Global Learning travel grant to cover 25 percent of the program cost.<\/p>\n
\u201cI always wanted to travel abroad, and this was really the most affordable way to go,\u201d Tanner said.<\/p>\n
\u201cDue to the success of the model with students and faculty alike,\u201d Rousselot de St. Ceran said, \u201cAPSU will expand the travel-imbedded course options across the general education core. It is our goal to send as many students abroad as possible and allow them to stay on track with their degree program requirements.\u201d<\/p>\n
For more information on these courses, contact the APSU Office of International Education at 931.221.6851.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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