Course: ENGL 388Q (3 Credits)
Location: Madrid, Spain
When: To be announced
Register By: To be announced
Highlights:
Plazas de Santa Ana, Mayor, and del Sol
Retiro Park
Plaza de Callao and the former Hotel Florida
Cervezeria Alemania
Prado and Reina Sofia Museums
Pamplona
Café Iruna
Running of the Bulls Path
Tuition and Fees:
$714.00 Undergraduate 3-credit hour tuition cost
$650.00 Field Study Additional Fee (Lodging, museum/ticket fees, excursions)
Not included: Meals, transportation to and from the location
Explore the streets of Madrid that haunt the pages of some of Hemingway’s greatest works. Learn about Hemingway's time in Madrid and his passion for bullfighting, sensuous delights, and man's capacity for dignity in danger and defeat. You will visit the cafes, bars, hotels, and restaurants that he used as settings in novels such as The Sun Also Rises and For Whom the Bell Tolls. Madrid’s unique atmosphere permeates Hemingway’s stories and literary masterpieces.
Topics include:
May apply toward upper-level credit for the English major, humanities major, arts and humanities general education requirements, or electives.
Faculty member: joe.naas@faculty.umgc.edu
You will gain access to the online LEO classroom approximately 1 week prior to the start of the course. The official course start date is 1 March 2020. Once you gain access to the classroom, take a virtual walk-through of the course and begin reading assignments.
* All times are approximate
For your convenience, UMGC coordinates the hotel and excursion arrangements for a flat fee of $650 per student per field study course. This fee will be charged to your student account and covers seven nights of lodging (double occupancy room), as well as local transportation costs and entry to all excursions.
The $650 fee does not include travel to and from the city where the course is held. You must make your own travel arrangements to the course. The fee also does not include meals.
Please refer to the current course syllabus found on the schedule for details about course materials.
You may register for the 3 credit field study course with your local program coordinator or online at MyUMGC. Tuition assistance or financial aid can be applied toward tuition costs. For more information, contact the UMGC Field Study Office at CIV +49-(0)631-534-800, or e-mail fieldstudies-europe@umgc.edu.
Before completing your travel plans, please verify with your local program coordinator or the Field Study Office at UMGC Europe Headquarters that the course will be held as scheduled. If you drop/withdraw from a field study course after the registration deadline, you will be charged a fee of $100.