Study Abroad

Stirling Summer Program

Some university housing

      

SUMMER PROGRAM – UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING

 

The summer academic program is an accelerated program for full-time, part-time, and visiting students, delivered during the summer months of July and August. Summer program units have the same content, contact hours and assessment arrangements as in a normal 15-week semester but by means of a more intensive timetable are delivered over a shorter period.  The program is designed to incorporate a range of social and cultural activities and will give you the opportunity to travel and experience more of Scotland.

 

Courses in the summer program are equivalent to 3 semester hour credits in the US system.    

 

2008 PROGRAM DATES: Block 1: June 16 – July 11 and / or Block 2: July 14 - August 8 (2 courses maximum per block).  These courses will be offered: 

 

Block 1:

 

Scotland on Screen

Scottish History: The Covenanters

Green Politics: Theoryand Practice

Creative Writing 1: Giving Voice

Environmental Policy and Management: Scotland's History

Issues in Moral Philosophy

Scottish Environmental History

Block 2:

 

International Relations

Witchcraft in Early Modern Scotland

Classics of World Cinema

Creative Writing 2: Human Spaces

Sports Management & Culture: A European Perspective

Scottish History: The Jacobites

Religion and Conflict

   

APPROXIMATE COST: $4500 for 2 courses (includes room) or $7700 for 3 courses (includes room) or $8700 for 4 courses.  Books +  food + miscellaneous + travel are not included in these figures.

 

APPLICATION DEADLINE:  GPA of 3.0 required.  Application and $200 deposit by April 15, 2008

 

UNIVERSITY WEBSITE: www.stirling.ac.uk

 

SUMMER PROGRAM WEBSITE: http://www.stir.ac.uk/study-abroad/students_visiting/iss

 

Additional information is available from Dr. DeWitt Stone, Director of Study Abroad, telephone (864)993-7866, email studyabroad@lander.edu

 

 

 

The Wallace Monument behind the campus