Good Academic Standing
Good Judicial Standing
ENG 1001G & ENG 1002G

This course is an opportunity for students of all majors to read and discuss some of England’s most admired writers while resident in the British Midlands at Harlaxton Manor, a 100-room nineteenth-century manor house owned and operated by the University of Evansville as its British campus. Regular class meetings will be devoted to close reading of the assigned material and placement of it in socio-historical context. Supplementary weekly visits to literary sites will give students the opportunity to experience firsthand the landscapes that the assigned writers have made famous. Writers include Jane Austen, William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Emily Bronte, Thomas Hardy, and Virginia Woolf. Students will see a Shakespeare play at London’s new Globe Theatre, as well as visit sites of cultural importance, such as the National Portrait Gallery, the Tate Gallery, Poet’s Corner at Westminster Abbey, and St. Paul’s. Students will also have ample opportunity to travel on weekends to sites of their own choice.

Tentative Itinerary

Week 1 (June 1-8)
Su June 1: Depart Chicago O’Hare for London Heathrow
M June 2: Arrive Heathrow; charter coach to Harlaxton Manor; Manor Orientation/Class
Tu June 3: Class – Austen, Pride and Prejudice
W June 4: Class –Austen, Pride and Prejudice
Th June 5: Charter coach to Bakewell, Derbyshire, and walk to Chatsworth House
F-Su  June 6-8: Free time / Independent travel

Week 2 (June 9-15)
M June 9: Class – Milton, “Lycidas”
Tu June 10: Charter coach to Cambridge, walking tour
W June 11: Class – York Mystery Plays
Th June 12: Class – York Mystery Plays
F June 13: Charter coach to York
Sa-Su June 14-15: Free time / Independent travel

Week 3 (June 16-24)
M June 16:  Research & independent study
Tu June 17: Class – Bronte, Wuthering Heights
W June 18: Class – Bronte, Wuthering Heights
Th June 19: Class – Wordsworth, selected poetry
F June 20: Class – Wordsworth, selected poetry
Sa-Tu  June 21-24: Charter coach to Lake District (visits to Dove Cottage, Rydal Mount, Wordsworth Museum, Windermere, Grasmere), outbound via Fountains Abbey, return via Haworth (Bronte walk)

Week 4 (June 25-29)
W June 25: Class –  Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Th June 26: Charter coach to Gawain Country (southwest Peak District)
F-Su  June 27-29:  Free time / Independent travel & study

Week 5 (June 30-July 4)
M June 30: Class – Woolf, Mrs. Dalloway
Tu July 1: Class – Woolf, Mrs. Dalloway
W-Th  July 2-3: Coach to London accommodations; visits to various city sites, including the British Museum, the National Gallery, a walking tour of Mrs. Dalloway’s London, and a performance at the Globe Theater
F July 5: Depart from Heathrow (trans. by London Underground) for flight to Chicago O’Hare

Make course/substitution selections on your EIU Program Application. The credit hours associated with your selections may not exceed the credit hours allocated for this program: 6

Below are the choices available for this program:

Approved Substitute: ENG 3010G (SubID 361)

Approved Substitute: None (SubID 362)

Harlaxton College and its staff provide room & board for the entire stay in England, and the staff arranges accommodations for all class trips and travel.

At least two pre-departure orientations will be provided and are required for all participants.

Your faculty leader will hold one of these orientations, where he/she will cover information on safety, health, legal, environmental, political, cultural, and religious conditions in the host country(ies), as well as planning logistics.

The Office of Study Aborad (OSA) will hold the other orientation. They will cover general information about traveling abroad to different areas of the world and facilitate a panel discussion composed of students who have already participated in faculty-led study abroad programs.

Harlaxton College is wonderfully equipped for the foreign student—especially those new to travel abroad—to keep students informed about health and safety risks involved in foreign travel.  Travel warnings by the US and British governments are routinely published at Harlaxton and related to students there.  Harlaxton’s orientation sessions for new students are well-crafted to help students minimize risks. Orientation sessions will occur on campus prior to students leaving, and once there, students will take a mandatory orientation session provided by Harlaxton.

You are strongly encouraged to read the U.S. State Department's Consular Information Sheet on your host countries. It will provide you with a great deal of information to help you prepare for your trip.

**Please be aware that you are responsible for obtaining the most up-to-date information on foreign entry requirements. The Office of Study Abroad only provides general information, as regulations and procedures are always changing. Please consult the Consulate for more information. **