Sorry if you've seen this on another network....
I will very probably be teaching a course in England from July 10-
August 10 and invite members of this list to solicit applications from
among their students. The program is sponsored by Purdue University and
will be held on the campus of Oxford-Brookes College in Oxford (about an
hour via easy transportation to London.) The students are all from the U.S.,
mostly from Purdue. There are currently eight courses offered in two
time slots: 9 a.m. and 11:15 a.m. Monday-Thursday for five weeks, although
every Wednesday will be taken up with a field trip for the whole program.
The four 9 a.m. classes are Sociology (mine) New Europe in the New World
Order; Shakespeare; History: A Generation at War (Europe, especially England
from 1914-1945) and Art & Design (British Modernism)==the four 11:15 classes
are Music Appreciation; The Literature of Oxford and London; Political
Science (The U.S. and Europe after the Cold War); and Introduction to
Ancient History. Students will have a great deal of free time to explore
Britain or even other parts of Europe (after 1 p.m. daily, and from 1 p.m.
Thursday until Monday morning). Oxford is very lively in the summer and
of course London would be a terrific experience for most U.S. students.
There are no pre-requisites for any of the courses, except that the student
must have completed a year of college and not be on academic probation. The
instructors were chosen on the basis of teaching orientation and the students
will have a work load that is reasonable, and in the context of using the
experience as part of the course experience.
There are currently about 47 students in the program. They are aiming
for 60. (I'm also aiming for a few more in my course; because I'm on a working
class commuter campus with lower income students, AND am on sabbatical this
semester, I'm at a bit of a disadvantage, although my class has attracted some
interest as well.) Besides, this is a social science list and presumably we would
want our students to pick up a sociology course over the summer.....
I'm sure that the course credits will be accepted at virtually any
college or university in the U.S., at least as regular literature, or
sociology, or History, or Political Science, Music or Art & Design.
The cost, including 6 credit hours tuition, a program fee, insurance,
and housing in a modern dormitory: $2228 for Indiana residents and $3896
for non-Indiana residents. That is, of course, out of reach for many
students. However, it does include six credit hours and housing for
five weeks. Furthermore, STUDENTS WHO ARE ELIGIBLE FOR FINANCIAL AID
DURING THE SUMMER MAY BE ABLE TO HAVE A MAJOR PART OF THE COST COVERED BY
THAT AID. For Indiana residents, the tuition and program fees total about
$1568 and for non-residents, the tution and program fees total about $3236,
which may be covered by various financial aid packages, leaving the students
with the housing costs, ($610), and food and entertainment costs. Purdue
has also arranged an inexpensive flight (550 from Chicago) for those who want
to fly with the group.
Furthermore, students at private colleges and students that attend
public universities as non-residents might not find these costs out of reach,
especially considering that it does include the experience of being in
England for five weeks, as well as 6 credits of tuition).
In any case, I thought I would post this on WSN. I realize that most
students would not have the money for a program such as this. On the other
hand, there are over 300 people on WSN, and I would estimate that the
teachers on this network probably have between 10,000 and 20,000 students.
With numbers like that, it is possible that a few might be interested in the
program. A few even signed up from my campus. The deadline is approaching
within about 7 days. I would appreciate it if as many as you that can would
announce this to your classes, to advisees, etc.
To really speed things along--if you find anyone that is interested,
please e-mail their phone numbers to me: SPECTOAJ@vaxb.calumet.purdue.edu
and ALSO have them call my office/machine at 219-989-2387 leaving their
name and phone number. I would be happy to discuss this with them.
Keep in mind that while the cost is high, there are certain groups of students,
Indiana residents, or students who pay out of state tuition anyhow, or
students at private universities, or students on financial aid---or students
that come from families where these expenses might be within reach=====that
might result in a few more students taking advantage of this opportunity.
They can also directly call the main Purdue campus to sign up--317-494-2383
and say that it is in reference to the Oxford-Brookes Summer School; a note
to me would be helpful too, though.
Thanks for any help you can give.
Alan Spector
BHS Dept.
Purdue Calumet
Hammond, IN 46323
219-989-2387
email: spectoaj@vaxb.calumet.purdue.edu
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Purdue University Calumet E-Mail: SPECTOAJ@VAXB.CALUMET.PURDUE.EDU
Hammond, IN 46323 USA
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