Upcoming Info Sessions

1/12/2010
12-1 p.m. at the Education Abroad Center (corner of 3rd and A streets). Meet the instructor and learn more about the program!

Announcements

Program Status: Scheduled Create your Summer Abroad account to receive updates for this program including information about the Summer 2010 dates and enrollment process.

The enrollment period is January 4 - April 2, 2010. However, you can start completing some enrollment materials now!

Program Highlights

The housing for this program is located in close to many of Edinburgh’s most famous attractions—the castle, the Royal Mile, and the New Town.
Edinburgh is very easy to get around in and has lots of great museums, galleries, restaurants, and cafes.
The reading and film for this course are fun; you’ll also really like the various guest speakers
Field trips include an all-day outing to the Scottish Highlands and a trip to Glasgow, Scotland's other great city.

Scottish Tales

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Arrive Date: 6/26/2010 End Date: 7/24/2010

Program Overview

The supernatural figures largely in Scotland’s literature and culture. Scottish ballads are filled with stories of strange creatures and weird doings. Scottish castles are filled with ghosts and spirits. Witches wander through Shakespeare’s Macbeth and the poetry of Robert Burns. There’s a Scottish Frankenstein. Jekyll becomes Hyde. And the devil lurks everywhere. “Scottish Tales” will study the literature, films, and culture of Scotland, examining its supernatural component from the earliest ballads to contemporary cinema. Set in Edinburgh, one of Europe’s most beautiful cities, the program will include visits to castles, tours of the city, and field trips to the Scottish Highlands and Glasgow.

What Students Have to Say about Summer Abroad in Scotland

Going to Scotland was one of the greatest experiences of my life. It was incredibly liberating to travel across the world alone and to land in such a beautiful city was like a dream. Edinburgh is one of the most beautiful cities in the world and the Scottish people are so warm and inviting. I have never met such wonderful people as the Scots. [...] Not only did I get to spend a month in the most beautiful nation in the world, I had amazing adventures and earned 8 units in the process. - Tamara Thompson

I will never forget my experience in Scotland with Summer Abroad. Scotland is the most beautiful country imaginable and the program is designed so that we were able to experience all of its beauty and unique culture.... - Whitney Tiedemann

Instructor: Eric Schroeder

Taught in English

Max Enrollment: 24

Program Coordinator: Erin Schlemmer

Courses

English 163S: Topics in British Literature and Culture (4 units)
Study of writers, playwrights and novelists who worked in Great Britain. Examination of Elizabethan, Restoration, Augustan, Romantic/Victorian, and the Modernist/Post-Modernist periods. GE credit: ArtHum, Wrt.

AND

English 198: Directed Group Study (4 units)
P/NP grading only.
Find full course descriptions in the UC Davis General Catalog. Note: in many cases prerequisites are waived by consent of instructor. For more information on prerequisites for UC Davis courses, visit the Academics section of the Summer Abroad website.