HIST 490: CULTURES IN CONTACT
SOC 299/HUM 399: SOCIAL LIFE IN GLOBAL CITIES
Credits: 2 courses - 6 credits
Faculty Leaders
Dr. Jeffrey Meriwether
jmeriwether@rwu.edu
Department of History
Dr. Jason Patch
jpatch@rwu.edu
Department of Anthropology/Socialogy
Program Dates: May 25 - June 5, 2009
Program Fees: $2740 plus airfare
Course Prerequisites:
- Junior status for HIST 490
- SOC 100 for SOC299
- 2.8 GPA
- faculty consent
To Apply
Students who wish to enroll may contact Dr. Jeffrey Meriwether.
Students can obtain an application at the Spiegel Center for Global and International Programs in NIKE HALL or download from our website.
RWU Short Term Program Application
Submit application along with $350 non-refundable application fee (applied toward the program fee) to Dr. Jeffrey Meriwether.
A Roger Williams University Scholarship is also available:
"Bridging the World" Scholarship Application
Program Description
This program is designed as a Core Curriculum companions course for off-campus study programs offered in other RWU majors. Students learn how to focus their observations of other cultures in order to deepen and expand their appreciation of the nations visited. Students shall also be asked to reflect critically upon their own cultural biases.
Itinerary includes:
Great Britain
- Tour of London
- British Museum,British Library, National Gallery
- London Theatre
- Visits to the Houses of Parliament
- Gherkin Building
- English Seaside
- Imperial War Museum
France
- Visits to Louvre, Notre Dame, Place de La Concorde, Ministry of Justice
- City Morgue
- Musee Grevin Wax Museum
- La Marais
- La Ville vs. Les Banlieues
- Cafe Culture
Course Descriptions
HIST 490 Cultures in Contact
Students shall visit historical and cultural venues in Paris and London, analyzing the nature of the cultures under observation, and considering these cities impact as both historical and global capitals.
SOC 299/HUM 399 Social Life in Global Cities
In this course students will experience and contrast the urban social life of London and Paris. Attention is given to each city's important "third places", changing social geography, urban restructuring, and contemporary cultural manifestations. Students will engage in research projects incorporating introductory field research and visual sociology.