ENGL 201 Masterpieces of World Lit. ENGL 201 fulfils general education literature requirement in Area 4: Humanities. 

ENGL 314 Topics in Literature. ENGL 314 may be used to meet the optional Area 4 requirement if you wish to take nine instead of six hours in Humanities.  It should also be of interest to you if you are an English major and minor, IDSE with an English concentration, or if you are Art, Design, History (etc.) major and take elective courses in English.  ENGL 314 may be taken twice for credit when the topics differ; you can, therefore, enroll in the course again, even if you have already received credit for ENGL 314.

•  ENGL 470, ENGL 498, ENGL 680, & ENGL 698 can also be arranged (see Courses).

Attention Honors Academy students: you can CONTRACT either ENGL 201 or ENGL 314 and receive Honors credit.

Course Description (see Course Calendar for schedule of activities):

	In Ireland students travel to Dublin, Sligo, and Galway, the literary sites associated with James Joyce, G. B. Shaw, W. B. Yeats, J. M. Synge, Lady Gregory and the Irish Revival.  Students also visit Glendalough, the site of the 6th-Century Celtic monastery of St. Kevin. Readings: Dubliners  by James Joyce; poems by W. B. Yeats (poetry is downloaded from iTunesU by registered  participants each Spring semester); Course Pack on Ireland and on "Irish Revival."
	In Italy students travel to Florence (Tuscany), the cradle of the Renaissance. Students trace the steps of Dante Alighieri (Divine Comedy) and visit the Uffizi, the Academy, the Duomo & Baptisery, and many other museums and cultural sites. Possible side trips to Siena and San Gimignano offer invaluable insights into Tuscan history.  Readings: Course Pack on art and literature:, on Italian Renaissance, on Florence and on Tuscany.
	In England (last traveled--2002), students stayed in London's Bloomsbury area near the British Museum, where British Modernism—fostered by Virginia Woolf—was born.  Among London’s many other literary-historical sites, they visited the Westminster Abbey’s Poets’ Corner, St. Paul Cathedral, the Tower of London, and the Globe Theatre to see a play by William Shakespeare. Readings: Course Pack on Woolf and Bloomsbury.
	In France (last traveled--2002), students stayed primarily in Paris on the Left Bank and visited literary sites associated with James Joyce, Ernest Hemingway, Gertrude Stein, and many other Modernist writers. Notre Dame, the Louvre, D’Orsay, and the Eiffel Tower provided additional attractions, as did a field trip to the Palace of Versailles. Readings: Course Pack on Paris and the Literary Left Bank.

Final Projects:  Students are invited to treat this program as a sophisticated field trip. For final project they compile an interdisciplinary electronic Travel Portfolio, i.e., a web site, that presents their journey and that logs-on their literary/cultural experiences. The projects are due at the end of RU Summer III and they are evaluated on the following bases:

	in ENGL 201: a web site with travel photographs and descriptions of places visited, all in the context of reading/writing assignments that anchor students' personal and cultural experiences abroad.
	in ENGL 314: a website that presents reading/writing assignments, photographs, and personal literary logs, as well as a research component (i. e., additional information about literary/cultural places, with links to those sites). All other courses are customized according to students' interests (see Directed and Independent Study courses).

Course-Related Activities: Prior to departure, each Spring semester, students attend mandatory pre-departure sessions.  Individual sessions are arranged for those who wish to contract a course for honors credit. During mandatory workshops (November through April, every 3-4 weeks, as needed), students hear content lectures and receive Course Pack materials for study prior to departure.  Participation in pre-departure sessions is reflected in final grade (missing all or most of them will result in removal from the Program). 

Duration of Study Abroad Program: the program starts around mid-May each year and ends in the first week of June.  The final deadline for submitting your final projects coincides with the end of Summer III, though an "Incomplete" option allows students to submit project any time during the Fall semester.

APPLICATION FORMS for the program are available on line: http://intlprog.asp.radford.edu/studyabroadforms.htm

The DEADLINE for deposits is December 1.

Cost:  It varies from year to year, depending on the Euro/Dollar exchange rate. The current cost estimate for 3 weeks in 2 countries is about $4,800.00 -- $5,000.00 and it includes tuition (3 credit hours), all accommodations, most meals, round trip airfare to Ireland, round trip airfare from Dublin to Rome (or Pisa), all ground transfers and transportation, and all admissions. Because students purchase their own transatlantic ticket to and from Dublin, they are likely to save additional $$$ (which makes the estimated cost smaller). When reservations are being made in January & February; the total cost may need to be adjusted by additional $100-150.00 by February 15 due to dollar/euro exchange fluctuation. Financial Aid is available to all qualifying students.

Eligibility: open to all RU students and all Academic Levels, though there are the following prerequisites:

	for students enrolling in ENGL 201, demonstrated completion of Core 101 and 102;
	for students enrolling in ENGL 314, demonstrated completion of English Core requirements.
	"Statement of Purpose" (fulfilled by answering questions on the Application Form).
	Personal Interview with the Program Director (pending clean record with respect to conduct and academic performance).

Materials:

	James Joyce's Dubliners and poetry by W. B. Yeats
	Course Pack with reading materials and an iTunesU poetry download available to registered and pre-paid participants each Spring.
	Notebook for your journal.
	Travel guides.