Classes Get Underway

Students in Southwestern's 2008 London study abroad program choose between 4 and 5 courses from the following:

• British Life and Culture (everyone takes this),
  
• Business in Society (a social science course from a business perspective),
  
• Commodities and International Conflicts (a cross-listed history and economics course),
  
• Contemporary Issues in Business (a seminar for business majors)
  
• Foundations of Business (a foundational business principles course for business majors)
  
• Global Powers: The Rise and Fall and Rise of Empires: China, Great Britain, and the U.S. (and China Again?) (a cross-listed history and political science course),
  
• Theater Arts in London (everyone can elect to attend theater performances on Wednesday nights regardless of their enrollment in the course), and
  
• World Civilizations to 1500 (a history course).

Some students are also doing an internship as one of their 4 to 5 courses.

Faculty have arranged field trips, walking tours, and theater performances as part of various courses. Already, students are finding overlaps in the course content (while that does not surprise the faculty, Captain Ruter was surprised!). Students also have projects that relate to learning more about their London experiences such as independent museum trips for history or creating and maintaining a budget of their expenses for business class. On many Fridays, students go together on field trips to towns and sites within London (including the Globe Theater, Kew Gardens, and the Tower of London) and beyond London (including Stone Henge, Bath, Brighton, Edinburgh, and Oxford).

The semester promises to be packed with adventure.