During the summer most, if not all, of us start working full time. We all hate it, and we wish for something better to do. I mean anything is better than cleaning the grease trap at that Godforsaken establishment.
You would sell your left kidney not to have to scrub another toilet. You’re so freaking bored you would run naked through the quad. Well, what about study abroad? What in tarnation is study abroad? In short you go to another country and study the culture by actually living there for a short term. Got your attention yet?
June 10- July 5, UC Blue Ash’s Study Abroad program is taking its students across miles of ocean to see the vast landscapes of Great Britain and France for two courses in media and literature. The program leaders are professors Eric Anderson and Sue Sipple. Under Anderson, students in the electronic media class will get an up close feel for changes in media, their global impact, and even the future of digital media by taking field trips to such places as the BBC Television Studios and 2012 Summer Olympic Facilities, among other places.
Students in the literature course with Sue Sipple will study 20th Century American expatriate writers, like Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald, in London and Paris. Field trips will include Paris’ walking tours, historic museums, the Palace of Versailles, and many other adventures. You may even get to check out that big historic structure known as the Eiffel Tower and perhaps visit the Louvre Museum. The cost is estimated at $3,500 (plus UCBA tuition).
And that’s not the only study abroad offering from the College in 2012. June 18-29, UC Blue Ash students in French will take a trip to Quebec City, Canada, with program leader and Professor Jody Ballah, to study French in the largest Francophone city outside of France.
For about $2,000 (plus UCBA tuition), students will capture French Canadian culture with a tour of the Chateau Frontenac, a Cirqu de Soleil demonstration, St. Jean Baptiste Day celebrations, as well as La Citadelle, Musee du Fort, and walking tours of old Quebec. All this and plenty of optional excursions might just fill anyone’s typical boring summer routine with more than enough excitement.
If you would like more information about either programs, email Professor Mike Roos at michael.roos@uc.edu for the British Study program or Professor Jody Ballah at jody.ballah@uc.edu for the Quebec program.