Spring 2012 with travel dates in May

Travel Dates:
May 14, 2012: Departure from DFW International Airport
May 23, 2012: Return to DFW International Airport

Program Overview
Bella Italia: Music Travel & Enrichment is a course designed to introduce students to Italian arts, history, geography, and language. In preparation for travel, students will study Italian music (including individual and ensemble performance), art, and architecture from ancient to modern times. Students will also learn to employ basic Italian phrases for travelers. The course will culminate with a 9-day study-tour to Venice, Florence, and Rome. Highlights will include: Venice – St. Mark's Basilica, Murano Glass Factory; Florence – Galleria dell' Academia/Michaelangelo's David, Uffizzi Gallery, Ponte Vecchio; Rome – Vatican Museum, St. Peter's Basilica, sites of Ancient Rome; Italian food! [Please be aware that portions of the itinerary include boarding trains and small boats as well as walking distances on rough streets (in Venice, for example)

Academic Courses: (students select all courses)
MUS 4102 Music Travel and Enrichment - Dr. McCoy & Dr. Beason
Jan 16 & Feb 13 4-4:50pm
Mar 8, Mar 22, Apr 12, Apr 19, & Apr 26 12:10-1pm

MAP 3201S Special Studies in Applied Music Performance - Dr. McCoy & Dr. Beason
Jan 16 & Feb 13 4-4:50pm
Mar 8, Mar 22, Apr 12, Apr 19, & Apr 26 12:10-1pm

MUS 0182 Chamber Music – Brass - Dr. McCoy & Dr. Beason
Jan 20, Feb 3, Feb 17, Mar 2, Mar 23, Apr 13, & Apr 27 2pm

Instructors

Julie McCoy
Associate Professor
Voice, Opera, Diction
Ann Waggoner 205
817.531.4977
jmccoy@txwes.edu

Christine Beason
Director of Instrumental Studies
Arranging & Horn
Ann Waggoner 204
817.531.4971
cbeason@txwes.edu

Spring 2012 with travel dates in March

Travel Dates:
Wednesday, March 7, 2012: Departure from DFW International Airport
Sunday, March 18: Return to DFW International Airport

Program Overview
The objective for the Scotland Heritage Study Tour is to offer the courses listed above in a setting which will maximize the educational value of the courses for students and to do it at a time which will minimize the cost to you. The courses will enable you to learn about the history of the Scottish people and nation, focusing especially on their religious and political heritage. We will also consider their interaction with politics and economics in the development of the modern nation of the United Kingdom. And much of the study will be done in the place where most of the events happened--the United Kingdom, Scotland in particular. You will be able to visit many of those places you read about in their textbooks and in other writings. You will also gain the experience of meeting persons from another contemporary culture while studying an earlier period of the history of that culture. While the Humanities course will address the same ideas, expressions and events as the those sections of the course taught on campus, special attention will be given to Scottish writers, philosophers, artists and scientists who were leaders this period of history.

Academic Courses: (students select one course)
REL/HIS 4366-70 & REL 4366H-70 Religious History of Scotland - Dr. Sowell
Jan 12, Jan 17 - Feb 28 Tuesdays, April 21

HUM 2341-70 The Human Prospect - Dr. Sowell
Jan 12 - Mar 1 Thursdays, April 21

Instructors

Dr. Jesse Sowell Dr. Jesse Sowell, Professor of Religion and Christian Education, joined the faculty of Texas Wesleyan in 1975. He received his B.S. from Mississippi State University, his B.D. from Emory University and his PhD from Northwestern University in Religious Education. Prior to coming to Wesleyan he served pastorates in Mississippi, Georgia and Illinois; and he served as chaplain and taught religion, philosophy and psychology at Wood Junior College in Mississippi. He is an ordained minister in the United Methodist Church and former president of the United Methodist Association of Scholars in Christian Education.

Maymester 2012

Travel Dates:
May 13, 2012: Departure from DFW International Airport
May 30, 2012: Return to DFW International Airport

Program Overview
Our modern life has a past that is still present in France and Spain. As students of the humanities, art, and photography we will walk through history inside the medieval walls of Avignon, taste life in multi-cultural Barcelona on the Mediterranean, and then rush forward via the über-tech bullet train into modern Paris. For 8 days we will take walk medieval streets of Avignon where the Popes took refuge and artists sought perfect light, taking daytrips to the Pont du Gard and the Roman arena at Nimes, the city of Arles, where Van Gogh painted, and bicycling through in countryside that inspired painter Cezanne. With four days in Barcelona, we will explore our cultural heritage through unique architecture (including Gaudi's Sagrada Familia), art (Picasso, Miro, and Dali) and the Flamenco dance. Our last four days are in Paris where we will see the Eiffel Tour, Louvre, Notre Dame cathedral, and take a night cruise on the Seine.

Time has been reserved for students to explore and discover sites of personal interest. Coupled with class discussions, journaling and art-making in our atelier, we will synthesize the ancient and the modern.

Academic Courses: (students selece 2 courses)
HUM/INS 2399-70 France and Spain: Along the Wesleyan Way - Dr. Colley, Dr. Cummings
ART/FAR 1311-70 France/Spain Travel Course - Dr. Colley
MCO/ART/FAR 2322-70 Digital Photography Travel - Dr. Cummings

Instructors

Dr. Peter Colley Associate Professor of Art, Department of Humanities
Office Phone: (817) 531- 4973
Email: pcolley@txwes.edu

Dr. Terri Cummings Associate Professor of Humanities
Office Phone: 817-531-5841
Email: tcummings@txwes.edu

Travel Dates: June 30 - July 11

On campus meeting dates:June 13 & June 20

Classes offered:

UG Courses (students must choose 2):

EDU 4317.70 ESL Methodology
EDU 4371.70 ESL Literacy

EDU 4328H

Graduate Courses (must choose 2)

EDU 6305.70 Comparative Education

EDU 6320.70 ESL Methodology

EDU 6358.70 Improving Practice Internship

Dates class will be in London:
June 17 - July 1, 2011

Overall course dates (non-practicum): 
June 13- July 18; 

Practicum dates:

One hour supervision sessions held each week from June 6-August 1, 2011, except for the time abroad, between June 17-June 30.

Courses (students must select 2):

COU 6308-70 Advanced Counseling and Crisis Skills (3 hours) Dr. Linda Metcalf

COU 6312-70 Group Counseling (3 hours) Dr. Linda Metcalf

COU  6399-70  Special Topics- (Postmodern Therapy Techniques) (3 hours) Dr. Linda Metcalf

COU 6315-70, 6316-70, 6424-70- Practicum (3 hours)

Dr. Linda Metcalf

PROGRAM COMPLETED

Travel Dates:

June 30 - July 11, 2011
(this is during the break between Summer I and Summer II)

On campus meeting dates:

June 7, 4:00 - 6:00pm & June 21 4:00 - 6:00pm

Course: EDU 7609.71 Culture and Communities Summer Travel Program (6 hours)

Dr. Twyla Miranda

Students may participate in study abroad experiences sponsored by organizations affiliated with or recommended by Texas Wesleyan University.  Some affiliated organizations offering programs in different countries are:

Council on International Educational Exchange  CIEE

Centers for Academic Programs Abroad  CAPA

Cultural Experiences Abroad CEA

International Studies Abroad  ISA, and

Institute for the International Education of Students   IES

Also, unique study programs are offered by SIT Study Abroad.

These organizations take care of your study plans and needs.  A fixed fee is paid to the organization. 

Check with the Texas Wesleyan University Financial Aid office to see which scholarships and loans will apply to study abroad.

The primary goal of the Gilman Scholarship is to serve students traditionally underrepresented in US Study Abroad. A key eligibility requirement is that the applicant must be receiving a Pell Grant at the time of application. Applications are due December 15 and April 15 for the following semester.
See website for more details: www.iie.org/gilman/

The primary goal of the Freeman-Asia Scholarship is to serve students wanting to study in Asia. A key eligibility requirement is that the applicant must not have spent more than 4 weeks in the proposed country of study within the last 5 years. See website for more details: http://www.iie.org/freeman-asia

The primary goal of the NSEP Scholarship is to serve students who want to learn a language in a meaningful context and to study in countries whose languages are less commonly taught at U.S. institutions and countries in areas of the world that are critical to the future security of our nation.
See website for more details: http://www.iie.org/nsep

The primary goal of the Marshall Scholarship is to serve students wanting to pursue a degree or third year at a university in the UK. See website for more details: www.marshallscholarship.org

Search for other scholarships at: http://www.iefa.org