Study Tour: The Geography and Literature of London and Paris

Eiffel Tower and Big Ben

 

Dr. Teresa Reed (English) and Dr. Mark Sciuchetti (Geography), in the College of Arts, Humanities, and Sciences, will be co-leading this trip, which is part of a course they will be team-teaching in spring semester 2024 providing students with the opportunity to consider relationships between their lives, literature, and space and place. Students will read and analyze works of literature from various genres focused on London and Paris while simultaneously learning about geographic principles and the ways that geography inflects our perception of ourselves and our worlds. Travel will take place in early May after the spring 2024 semester is over; all students will receive an Incomplete for the course until they complete their final project based on their experiences in London and Paris.

Location: London, UK, and Paris, France

Contact Information:

Dr. Teresa Reed: treed@jsu.edu
Dr. Mark Sciuchetti: msciuchetti@jsu.edu

Class Credit

Students who enroll in one of the spring 2024 course sections identified below will be eligible to earn 3 hours of credit for successful completion of the course.

Enrollment

Students must enroll in ONE of the following class sections in order to participate:

  • EH 399 (Study Tour) CRN 22362
  • GY 399 (Study Tour)
  • UH 399 (Honors Study Abroad)
  • EH 569 (Study Away)—Graduate—CRN 22430

Students must also have a passport in order to participate. You can find more information on obtaining a passport on the United States Department of State's website: https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/passports.html

If you wish to enroll, you must notify the Study Abroad Office: studyabroad@jsu.edu 

Estimated Cost

Program cost via travel agency (EF): includes accommodation, airfare, all breakfasts, most dinners, in-country transportation, entrance fees to scheduled tours, travel & health insurance

$3699 (for triple or quadruple room)

Incidentals: includes remaining meals, souvenirs, tips, travel and entrance fees for free days, spending money

$550

Passport and Visa (where required)

$200

Estimated total

$4449

 

Dates

This 8-day trip may start as early as May 5, 2024, and may end as late as May 15, 2024. Closer to our departure, the travel agency will look for the best tickets for this trip; at that point the dates will be set.

Final Review by International Travel Risk Committee is Jan. 15, 2024.

JSU's International Travel Risk Committee will need to review the destinations designated as Level 3 and Level 4 by the Department of State and/or CDC. As of September 19, 2023, both London and Paris are designated as Level 2 by the US Department of State. Participating students and faculty leaders are responsible for understanding the cancellation and refund policies of the providers. In the event the program gets canceled for the safety and health of the participants, the participants will be responsible for any financial losses.