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WebTychoScotland: Culture, Literature, and History
| St. Andrews and Edinburgh, Scotland | 22 - 30 May 2010; (Summer 2010 Session I) |
| ENGL 288I / 388I | 3 credits |
Through classroom lectures and site visits in Scotland, this course teaches the student to appreciate the culture of Europe's northernmost Celtic peoples. Students will visit historic locales, monuments, museums, and battlefields to analyze the development and significance of the Scottish heritage. The course, which begins and ends in Edinburgh, will give students a sense of the nation's achievements in the arts and sciences as well as in politics, history, architecture, and social and military matters. The course will also deal specifically with Scottish literature and its major figures (Burns, Scott, Stevenson, et al.). Topics to be covered include:
Prehistoric Scotland, conversion of Scotland, Union of Picts and Scots
Vikings and Scots, the House of Canmore, and St. Margaret (1057-1286)
Wars of Independence with England (1286-1371)
Late Medieval and Renaissance Scotland, the Stuarts as kings, literature of the period
Reform and Counterreform in Scotland, Union of the crowns of Scotland and England under James I & VI
The Kirk and the Stuarts
The failure of the Jacobite rebellions - Culloden (1746)
Union of Parliaments (1707), Edinburgh as the "Athens of the North," Ramsay and Fergusson
Scotland in the 18th century: the innovators
Romantic Scotland: Burns, Scott and Stevenson
Instructor: Dr. Tom Tulloss
Requirements
ENGL 288I - Students will attend lectures and field trips, submit a four- to five-page analytical essay no later than three weeks after the course has ended, and take a final exam. This course is open to all students who have successfully completed at least nine semester hours of university study.
ENGL 388I - In addition to the lectures, field trips, and exam requirements, students will submit a paper of six to nine typewritten pages no later than three weeks after the course has ended.
This Field Study course is applicable to an upper- or lower-level course for English (literature only), humanities, or elective credit.
Registration
Tuition for a three-semester-hour course must be paid to the UMUC Europe field representative at your education center. Tuition Assistance and Financial Aid are applicable toward tuition.
Textbooks
Textbooks can be ordered through webText Europe -- a secure, online textbook service designed to make your textbook ordering easier and more convenient. Enjoy quick and convenient online service with on-site assistance from your local field representive.
Texts will include:
Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde, Robert Louis Stevenson
The Oxford Book of Scottish Short Stories, Douglas Dunn, Ed.
The New Penguin Book of Scottish Verse
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, Muriel Spark
Before the course begins, please read the novels by Stevenson and Spark, and the short stories by Scott and Hogg.
Accommodations and Transportation
A fee of approximately $500 will include all bus excursions and accommodations in an Edinburgh hotel for seven overnights. The $500 fee will be posted to your MyUMUC student account after the registration deadline and once the course has ben determined a "Go." Once the fee has been posted, you can pay the fee through your MyUMUC student portal or you can pay the fee to a UMUC Europe field representative. UMUC Europe reserves the right to adjust costs according to the fluctuation of the dollar exchange rate. If the course is cancelled by UMUC Europe, all payments will be refunded. Students with any questions concerning accommodation are requested to contact the instructor by email: ttulloss@faculty.ed.umuc.edu
Schedule
First class meeting: 12: 00 hours Saturday, 22 May 2010 in the Avenue Hotel in Edinburgh.
Final class meeting: 19:00 hours Sunday, 30 May 2010
Important!
Before completing travel plans, it is the student's responsibility to verify with the field representative that the course will be offered on the dates indicated. A fee of $100 will be charged to students who cancel from the Field Study course after the registration deadline.
Registration Deadline: 1 May 2010
On related pages: Sample Syllabus | Field Study Home | Field Study FAQ
Updated 19 October 2010
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