Study Abroad in Britain

Classes offered through the British Studies Program often focus on different themes each year. The titles of the classes, therefore, are thematic and do not necessarily correspond precisely with the course titles depicted in the Southern Miss Undergraduate Bulletin or Graduate Bulletin. The course numbers for which credit will be awarded, however, are shown, and precise titles and descriptions of courses are depicted in the Southern Miss bulletins.

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ART The London Eye
BUSINESS International Accounting/Finance Seminar & International Accounting/Finance Research||International Management/Marketing Seminar & International Management/Marketing Research
COMMUNICATION STUDIES To Speaker’s Corner and Beyond…
ECONOMICS The Empire of Luxury…
ENGLISH Love, Sex, and Desire in Shakespeare||Classics of Children’s British Literature||Literary London and Dublin
HEALTH Medical Practice: Past, Present, and Future
HISTORY Crime, Sex, and Scandal…||World War II
HUMAN PERFORMANCE & RECREATION Sports in Society
INTERIOR DESIGN If Buildings Could Talk…
JOURNALISM Read All About It…
LIBRARY SCIENCE Textural Treasures and Royal Repositories…
MUSIC INDUSTRY International Music Industry Studies…
POLITICAL SCIENCE Global Issues and Institutions…
PSYCHOLOGY The Ripper and More…
SOCIOLOGY British Culture and Society
SPORT MANAGEMENT Global Sport and the Drive Toward 2012…
THEATRE Much Ado About London

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Art
The London Eye: Developing Your Photograhic Vision
6 semester hours in ART 499 or 599
Ms. Joni Noble, University of Louisiana-Monroe

Students, this is the class you’ve been waiting for.  Last year’s class reported a phenomenal experience, so don’t miss signing up for Summer 2010.  Bring your cameras and be prepared to see all of the sites you’ve ever dreamed of seeing in London.  In addition to photographing all of the well-known architectural masterpieces in the London area, daily field trips will feature walking tours through quaint neighborhoods, palace gardens, and Dickens-like villages.  Numerous tours will be taken of London’s major art museums including the Tate Modern, the National Gallery of Art, and the National Portrait Gallery.   The class will focus on developing each student’s personal artistic vision through the medium of photography.  The professor will encourage students to learn to apply compositional techniques and design skills utilized by master artists, to their own work.  Emphasis will be placed on developing the student’s appreciation of the great architectural, historical, and artistic aspects of the city.  Both individual and small-group shooting assignments will be given to students, with instructor-led group critiques conducted on a weekly basis.  Opportunities will also be available for students to make independent excursions to neighboring areas and/or countries.  At mid-semester, one four-day trip to Paris will be taken by the class.  Students will be required to present a complete portfolio of works for their final critique, along with various written and oral assignments.  In addition to the final presentation, students will return to their prospective programs with a large body of photographic imagery which can be used for future graphic design, photographic, art education, art history, journalistic, marketing or studio applications.      Computer labs are available on the London campus.  Students are required to have a camera with which they are comfortable and knowledgeable.  Participants must receive instructor approval before enrolling in this course.

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Business
Eligibility to enroll in courses offered by the College of Business is determined by the college’s coordinator of study-abroad programs and the director of the British Studies Program. All courses have the following prerequisites: Principles of Accounting, Principles of Economics I and II, and specific fundamental courses in the area of intended study.

Undergraduate applicants must have completed at least 54 semester hours and must have an overall grade point average of at least 2.0 (on a 4.0 scale) with a 2.0 average or better in all business courses. Graduate applicants for these courses must already be enrolled in a graduate program and be in good academic standing or must meet the admission requirements for the graduate program at The University of Southern Mississippi.

Students may enroll in two 3-hour courses. One is an international business course that includes presentations by eminent scholars and practitioners from the United Kingdom as well as field excursions to various organizations. The other offering is an international research course in the student’s discipline; the research must be completed using British libraries and sources under the direction of the professor of record.

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International ACCOUNTING/Finance Seminar Abroad and International ACCOUNTING/Finance Research Abroad
6 semester hours: 3 hours each in FIN 498 & 499 or FIN 598 & 699,
or 3 hours each in ACC 498 & 499 or ACC 598 & 699
Dr. Lance Nail, The University of Southern Mississippi

Students may enroll for either accounting or finance credit (indicate on application). Topics covered include an overview of Britain and the European Union, including economic conditions, fiscal/monetary policy, international accounting regulations, financial institutions, and governmental structure.  Additional topics relate to globalization and the role of multinationals and international trade and finance. A new topic this year will be the ‘greening’ of accounting and finance, and the relationship between a company’s environmental performance and financial performance. We will also examine the European approach to market based solutions to reducing emissions (i.e. cap and trade). Planned field trips allow students to observe the British and European systems at work with visits to places such as the Bank of England, UBS, Lloyd’s of London, and the British Parliament. A trip to visit the European Union in Brussels is also planned.  Supervised research will involve analysis of a current globalization issue or a comprehensive international business case study. Specific course prerequisite: Managerial Accounting or Principles of Finance.

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International Management/ Marketing Seminar Abroad and International Management/ Marketing Research Abroad
6 semester hours: 3 hours each in MGT 498 & 499 or MGT 598 & 699
or 3 hours each in MKT 498 & 499 or MKT 598 & 699.
Dr. Dave Duhon, The University of Southern Mississippi

Students may enroll in the course for either management or marketing credit (indicate on application). Topics covered include an overview of Britain and the European Union, including economic conditions; the nature and framework of international business transactions; the impact of social and cultural factors in international management and marketing; methods of analyzing the impact of international market demand on planning, production, and marketing; and methods of managing human resources. Field excursions to businesses, such as Jaguar cars, Lloyd’s of London, and Charlton Soccer Club, enable students to witness the practical application of the theory of international management and marketing. A trip to visit the European Union Commission in Brussels is also planned. Specific course prerequisites: Fundamentals of Management or  Principles of Marketing.

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Communication Studies
To Speaker's Corner and Beyond: Understanding Intercultural Communication in the UK Today
6 semester hours in SCM 499 or 599
Dr. Charles Tardy, The University of Southern Mississippi

This course examines the verbal and nonverbal communication of social, cultural, and ethnic groups of Great Britain. Field trips to observe social interaction, public discourse, and language variations have taken students to Parliament, the criminal courts, ethnic communities, Speakers’ Corner, the British Museum, the British Library, the Museum of Welsh Folk Life, art museums, outdoor markets, public parks and plazas, a senior citizen daycare facility, and a comedy club. During past years students have also visited sites in Oxford, Cambridge, Bath, Portsmouth, Norwich, Bristol, Cardiff, Glasgow, and Edinburgh. Similar activities are being planned for 2010.

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Economics
The Empire of Luxury In Our World Has A Capital and That Place Is London
6 semester hours in ECO 498 & 499 or ECO 598 & 699
Dr. Sami Dakhlia, The University of Southern Mississippi

With stiff-upper lip apologies offered to nobody, the city has lived large since the 1960s as a site where shopping, buying and displaying the greatest wealth in the world have been a veritable blood sport.

Until it was grounded in the last decade, the famous Concorde would fly its sumptuously wealthy day-trippers over from New York City to select custom shirts, impossibly costly couture and the sundry, showy accoutrements of affluence that only London’s bespoke boutiques, department stores and fashion houses had on offer.  Importing from Paris when needed to make available what the continent has christened as “deluxe,” London has become an uncompromising storehouse of the special, where the finest masterpieces from Bentley, Saville Row, Harrods, Dior, Hermès, LVMH and Courvoisier define the highest terms of luxury consumption.

Our course will explore the international market for luxury goods by studying consumer behavior on one hand and the creative processes of high-end production on the other.  Our focus will fix on a niche economy where heads are turned and money—at least for those whose wealth is real and not fleeting or faked—almost ceases to matter as consuming correctly becomes itself the buyer’s greatest prize. We will find our buyers touching fabrics and eying designs whose features and forms they understand as part of their own plans for social promotion.

As we observe a marketplace in which coveted goods are appealing for their ability to convey social status by signaling wealth, we will also explore--with rare art, historic manor homes, antique goods and jewelry and collector vehicles—how the luxury markets are “played” by buyers and sellers alike as sometimes lucrative investments.  While our course stares down London’s luxury markets, we will ask how conspicuous consumption affects both economic growth and income distribution, while we also assess questions related to intellectual property rights and counterfeiting/fakers within the luxury sector.

Our London Away trip will take us to Paris and the sacred caves of Champagne, where we will look closely indeed at jewelry, perfumes, fashion design, wines and spirits, automobiles, gastronomy, and, of course, the arts.

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English
Love, Sex, and Desire in Shakespeare
6 semester hours in ENG 498 or 598
Dr. Catherine Thomas, College of Charleston

This course will explore the many ways in which Shakespeare defines and /or reflects ideas about love, sex, and desire in the English Renaissance. We will examine how these representations figure gender, sexuality, race, and class, among other social categories.  In addition, we will attend a series of lectures and workshops withy British scholars, actors, and directors to better understand the literary themes, cultural allusions, and theatrical conventions that Shakespeare incorporated into his writings.  Field trips will provide an exciting backdrop for our conversations about these works and enrich our contextual knowledge of the Renaissance.

Together, we will discover the wonder of attending a play under the stars as Renaissance audiences did in the magnificent reconstructed Globe Theater. We will take trips to famous sites like the Museum of London, the National Portrait Gallery, and Westminster Abbey to investigate what life was like in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. During our visit to Scotland, we will learn more about the influence of one of Shakespeare’s patrons, King James VI and I, and talk with experts about the real King Macbeth. We will also pay a visit to the Bard’s birthplace, Stratford-upon-Avon, and attend a show at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, home of one of the most renowned acting companies in the world.  These experiences, just to name a few, will illuminate Shakespeare’s works as complex texts, captivating performances, critical subjects, and aesthetic marvels.

By the end of this course, you should have a solid understanding of Shakespearean stylistic; be familiar with the plots, characters, genre conventions, and some major critical issues of the five plays we will study; and have a working knowledge of Elizabethan and early Jacobean history and culture.  From cross-dressed heroines, to adulterous princesses, from jealous generals to dubious dukes, from friendly bonding to racy liaisons, Shakespeare provides a range of characters and experiences for us to consider. 

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Classics of Children’s British Literature
6 semester hours in ENG 497 or 597
Dr. Jameela Lares, The University of Southern Mississippi

This course will explore British children’s literature in its rich historical and geographical context. Course activities will combine the reading of literary classics with visits to the actual places which generated them and with presentations on various aspects of literature by noted British specialists.  Speakers in former years have included such well-known figures as Brian Alderson, Mary Cadogan, Jenni Calder, Pat Pinsent, Brian Sibley, Gillian Spraggs, Ann Thwaite, and Nigel Wood.  We will visit fantasy sites in Oxford associated with Lewis Carroll, C. S. Lewis, J. R. R. Tolkien, and more recently with Harry Potter; cross Pooh Bridge in Milne’s Ashdown Forest; find traces of Long John Silver in Stevenson’s Edinburgh; and look for Peter Rabbit in Potter’s Lake District.  In London, we will explore the appeal of Dick Whittington to city apprentices four hundred years earlier; walk about the maritime world of Greenwich Village and think of Jim Hawkins sailing to Treasure Island, visit the Old Royal Observatory and experience a child’s wonder of having a foot in each hemisphere at the Greenwich Meridian, and see Kensington Garden to understand how J. M. Barrie could find Peter Pan in the magical park across the street.  Throughout, we will look at how various texts are constructed as literature and how they reflect historical, cultural and psychological realities.  Although the course will be organized around a literary understanding of the texts, we will also look some to the fields of education, bibliography, and entertainment.

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Literary London and Dublin
6 semester hours in ENG 499 or 599
Dr. Mike Mays, The University of Southern Mississippi

“When a man is tired of London,” Samuel Johnson remarked, famously, “he is tired of life. For there is in London all that life can afford.” Throughout the ages—both long before Johnson and long since—it is this sense of London as a compendium of human life that has fascinated and charmed writers as diverse as Chaucer and Shakespeare, Blake and Dickens, Conrad and Woolf. For these writers and scores of others, London has served as both subject and seemingly limitless fount of literary creativity. Through works such as Woolf’s Mrs. Dalloway, Conrad’s The Secret Agent, H.G. Wells’s Tono-Bungay, and Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes stories, this class will explore literary representations of London as the world center of arts, commerce, politics, and finance that it has been now for many centuries. From 7 Baker Street, to the Dickens Pub, to Greenwich, and Shakespeare’s recreated Globe Theatre, we will canvass the nooks and crannies, the boulevards and alleyways that constitute one of the great cosmopolitan world cities. Just as London has served as a magnet for writers from across the globe, however, it has just as often served as foil for writers closer to home. And in this regard, a second focus of the course will be on the love/hate relationship towards the great city as experienced by numerous Irish writers, including Oscar Wilde, George Bernard Shaw, and W.B. Yeats. In addition to field trips, lectures, and site-visits around London and its environs, the course will include four days in Dublin, following the trail of Joyce’s Ulysses, the Georgian squares of Yeats’s poetry, and the still-vital Irish National Theatre, the Abbey.


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Health
Medical Practice: Past, Present, and Future
6 semester hours in NFS 467L or NFS 694
Dr. Denise Brown, The University of Southern Mississippi

Learn about medical practice spanning nine centuries of history and practice in London and Edinburgh, Scotland.  Explore the origins of medieval and modern medicine learning from Joseph Lister, John Hunter, Hans Sloan, and Florence Nightingale. Do you know the origins of Worchester sauce, Milk Chocolate, and the cotton seed that migrated to the Americas? What did health care look like before the study of anatomy and physiology? Where were medical schools and nursing schools first established?  The course begins with the earliest medical theory of the four humors which persisted in medical practice until the Renaissance.  We will explore how physicians, surgeons, cooks, and apothecaries use food, medicinal plants and diet to promote health and wellness as we visit London’s oldest hospitals and museums.  Explore the development of modern day pharmacy practice, surgery, alternative medicine, dentistry, nursing and dietetic practice.  At the Foundling Hospital see how George Frederic Handel used music to teach and support the health and well-being of children. See artist renditions of human anatomy and physiology and explore collections of medical specimens collected in the 1700’s that train modern day surgeons in London and Edinburgh. Walk the streets of London to learn the rich history of medical practice, the development of medical specialties, care for the poor, and the beginning of epidemiology. We will explore modern interactive museums to understand current medical practice in Great Britain. See how science in general and medical science in particular emerged into the 21st century, using a health care delivery system that evolves to meet the needs of all UK citizens.

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History
Crime, Sex, and Disorder
6 semester hours in HIS 499 or 599 & 799
Dr. Amy Milne-Smith, The University of Southern Mississippi

This course focuses on the dark underside of a proper age to the values and tensions of their world. From sex scandals, to protests, to shoplifting, to the infamous Jack the Ripper, exploring the underworld will help us examine the anxieties of mainstream nineteenth-century society. This was the moment when London was at the height of its power, and yet its inhabitants were increasingly filled with rebellion and despair. 

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World War II
6 semester hours in HIS 499 or HIS 599 & 799
Dr. Ruth Percy, The University of Southern Mississippi

“They were the soldiers of democracy.  They were the men of D-Day, and to them we owe our freedom." – Stephen Ambrose

World War II was the pivotal event of the twentieth century – laying waste to two continents and changing the world forever.  Participants in this course will have a unique chance to learn about the events of World War II from a European perspective.  The course combines classroom and experiential learning – allowing students to learn about and experience the war in a myriad of ways.  Distinguished British historians, including professors from the Royal Military Academy at Sandhurst, present lectures.  Areas of concentration include the fall of France, the Battle of Britain, the Russian Front, women at war, and the Holocaust.  Considerable attention is given to Operation Overlord, the D-Day invasion of Normandy.  The class then crosses the English Channel to Normandy for a four-day tour of the battle area.  Much like the events depicted in the movie Saving Private Ryan, we splash ashore at Omaha Beach and trace the footsteps of American soldiers inland to ultimate victory at the Falaise Pocket.  You will stand in the crosshairs of the German defenses on “Bloody Omaha.”  You will stand where the paratroopers dropped from the sky at St. Mere Eglise.  You will stand among the countless white crosses of the cemeteries and learn of the price of war.  You will follow in the footsteps of America’s “greatest generation.”

The course is also enriched by its home location in central London.  We make a number of trips to London sites including Cabinet War Rooms, the underground bunker from which Winston Churchill directed British efforts in the war and the leading military museum in the world, the Imperial War Museum, which houses everything from a Soviet T-34 tank to an atom bomb.  The class also takes a day-long trip out of the city to walk through the British history of warfare. We start with a climb to the Celtic hillfort at Cisbury Ring, then move on to the Roman fort at Portchester, and finally we tour the Victory, Admiral Nelson’s flagship at the Battle of Trafalgar.  We also visit. 

Finally each student will have the opportunity to conduct primary research in the Public Record Office or the Imperial War Museum.  This research allows students to experience World War II through the eyes of the participants themselves:  Investigate the war by using Churchill’s papers.  Experience the Blitz through the diaries of a Londoner.  Live through the heat of battle by immersion into the diaries of the soldiers themselves.

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Human Performance & Recreation
Sports in Society
6 semester hours in HPR 499 or 599
(can be used to replace HPR 405)
Dr. Melissa Murray, The University of Southern Mississippi

What sports are considered ‘high class’ in the world? How have we come to associate beer with sports? What is ‘Hooliganism’? Why don’t women attend football (soccer) games or go into the clubhouse at St. Andrews?  How does a city as densely populated as London prepare for the massive tourism that will result from hosting the summer Olympics in 2012? What does college football look like in the UK? The answers to these questions might surprise you!
The Sport in Society class will consist of a series of lectures, case studies, venue trips, and applied research to address several issues in sport that are made reality when studying in Britain. Topics of interest including sport as a function of the class system, the role of gender in sport, ethical decision-making in sport, and how participation in sport is shaped by society and culture. We will discuss cultural and historical elements that influenced the development of the sport class system in Europe. We will travel to popular venues (Twickenham Stadium, Wimbledon, Lord’s Cricket) to get an inside look at how sport functions at the highest level. Let’s also take a look at the development of collegiate football in the UK. Finally, we will go to the pub for a game to discuss the development of fan loyalty with the true fans! Join us in London for the summer of 2010 to get a real look at Sport in Society!

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Interior Design
If Buildings Could Talk...
6 semester hours in ID 497
Ms Miranda Grieder, The Univesity of Southern Mississippi

This course begins with dissecting the larger context of London to examine its parts, and then zooms to street scale to ask the question: If buildings could talk, what would they say? Each student chooses one of the twelve boroughs of inner London and identifies it’s cultural hot-spots, eventually focusing on a single building, interior space, or urban setting that supports and reflects the local cultural identity. With site visits and lectures by local design experts, the class will look at how each building manifests its own unique, complex web of physical and cultural relationships. Creators of interior and exterior environments that function not unlike theatrical back-drops, or expressive participants in the frenetic ebb and flow of urban life, consciously and subconsciously, buildings have a way of talking to us about the life they expect to unfold within and around them. Students will be trained in how to listen to what building are saying by field testing basic design principles and common events in the experiencing of a space. Components of function/circulation, space/boundaries and place/phenomenology will be examined. Why do some places attract more people than others? Through a research paper and presentation about their chosen place due after their return, this is one of the questions students will have to answer. Upon instructor’s approval, architecture and interior design students will also have the option of completing a design project that evolves directly from the conditions of their chosen place. In addition to site visits and lectures, group activities will include visits to important architectural and interior design museum exhibits as well as to little-known special places of interest. The third week will be spent in Paris to draw important comparisons between the architectural environments and cultural hot-spots of the two cities.

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Journalism
Read All About It: An Introduction to British Journalism
6 semester hours in JOU 499 or 599
Dr. David Davies, The University of Southern Mississippi

One way to understand Britain is to understand its journalism. From racy tabloids that splash pictures of topless women across their pages, to raucous commentary that often sparks litigation, the British print and broadcast media differ substantially in practice and content from their American counterparts. Students learn the who, what, and why of these differences through compelling tours and lectures that touch on the entire spectrum of journalism practice, including public relations and advertising. Students get a look behind the scenes of British journalism through a walking tour of its history on Fleet Street as well as guided tours of radio stations, national newspapers and BBC television. Experts in British media law, advertising regulation and press mediation help students understand the difference in handling such issues. This class also offers students the chance to read, discuss and study the way news is handled in Great Britain by immersing themselves in the newspaper of the day throughout the program. And students have the chance to meet and talk with British journalists, public relations professionals and others at the top of their field in both formal and informal settings. The London Away portion of this class takes students to Paris to add another dimension to their studies by looking at how French culture views and gets its news. In Paris, the class visits prominent French journals (Le Figaro) and journalists to get a feel for continental journalism. All in all, students complete this course with a good perspective in how news in today’s global market is handled at home, in the U.K. and on the European continent.

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Library Science
Textural Treasures and Royal Repositories; British Libraries and Information Centers
6 semester hours in LIS 480/487 or 580/587
Dr. Teresa Welsh, The University of Southern Mississippi

“This royal throne of kings, this sceptred isle …
This blessed plot, this earth, this realm, this England.”
Shakespeare, “King Richard II”, Act 2 scene 1
Have you ever dreamed of being in the ‘sceptred isle’ of Chaucer, Shakespeare, Kipling, Lewis Carroll, C.S. Lewis, Jane Austin, and J.K. Rowling – of strolling along the Thames or through the verdant British countryside? Spend a month in the United Kingdom earning credit while learning about famous and interesting libraries, archives, and collections. Distinguished British scholars and lecturers will provide instruction as well as guided tours of a variety of British libraries, museums, and archives. Students will have the opportunity to accompany instructors to sites such as Oxford and Stratford - and time to explore sites of interest on their own. An historic recreation of the Globe Theatre is within walking distance on the south bank of the Thames and you may purchase tickets to a Shakespeare production. The King’s College dorm is a short distance from Waterloo Station, where you may catch the tube to the theatre district in the evening or to Paddington Station or King’s Cross Station, site of Harry Potter’s “Platform 9¾”. Students will complete a reflective journal about the sites we visit as a group as well as relevant sites visited on their own. Additional requirements include an annotated bibliography and research paper on an approved topic related to British children’s literature or collection(s), adult literature or collection(s), museum(s) or archive(s), library service(s) or program(s).

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Music Industry
International Music Industry Studies in the UK and Amsterdam*
6 semester hours/any two of the following 3 hour courses: MUS 492, MUS 405, MUS 105, EI 303, EI 419, EI 430
Mr. Darko Velichkovski, The University of Southern Mississippi

London is the epicenter of the European music industry and, as such, is the fitting base for this unique course of study. The course examines inner workings of international music industry and offers an unprecedented insight into London’s diverse music scene and business. From the study of music merchandising, technology, marketing and promotion, international music copyright, live venues and broadcasting, students have hands-on experiences with London’s concert life (music festivals across London and venues of Camden Town and Soho), recording industry (British Phonographic Industry Organization, EMI), radio industry (BBC and British Radio Academy), publishing industry (British Music Rights Society, British Music Academy, BMI), manufacturing (Soundcraft, Solid State Logic), and music theatre production (London’s West End theaters and Cameron Mackintosh Ltd).

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Political Science
Global Issues and Institutions at the Crossroads
6 semester hours in PS 499 or 599 & 799
Dr. Robert Sterken, University of Texas-Tyler

Politics on the twenty-first century world stage involves actors grappling with a series of complex and interconnected global issues. These global challenges, ranging from war to the environment, transcend national borders and thus efforts to manage them have required increased cooperation through international institutions.

This course examines major contemporary issues facing the world community and the activities undertaken by international organizations to address them. Through a series of lectures and site visits in London and a field trip to Brussels and Paris, the course explores global topics such as armed conflict, terrorism, poverty, human rights, economic development, international trade, and climate change. The important and unique role played by Great Britain in the international community makes London a hub for global politics and an ideal location to examine these critical issues. The course includes guest lectures from scholars, policy experts, government officials, diplomats, and representatives from international organizations such as the European Union, Amnesty International, NATO, Greenpeace, Oxfam, and the World Bank. Excursions in and around London include visits to the offices of international organizations, British government institutions, embassies, and research institutes. The course also includes a planned academic field trip to Brussels and Paris. Brussels, recognized as the capital of the European Union, is the headquarters for most EU institutions and NATO. Paris, a center of global political and economic power, is home to numerous international organizations including Doctors Without Borders and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.“Global Issues and Institutions at the Crossroads” offers students an exciting opportunity to learn about important global issues while interacting with prominent policy makers and representatives from
leading international organizations.

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Psychology
The Ripper and More: Psychopathology in the UK
6 semester hours in PSY 499 or 599
Dr. Rik Seefeldt, University of Wisconsin-River Falls

This class investigates three topics of psychopathology that are of particular interest to study in the UK: Criminal Profiling, Addictive Behaviors, and the History of Psychiatry and Medicine. The Criminal Profiling section focuses on the work of the Center of Investigative Psychology at the University of Huddersfield. Historic cases like Jack the Ripper and Burke & Hare will be discussed, as will more recent murder and rape cases in the UK and the United States. The Addictive Behaviors unit will focus on the research of the National Addiction Research Centre at King’s College in London. This unit will contrast the traditional American 12-step treatment models with other models (like Harm Reduction) which are more popular in the UK. Finally, the History of Psychiatry and Medicine will involve learning about and visiting historic psychiatric institutions such as Bethlem Royal Hospital (Bedlam), and the York Retreat. Visits will also be made to psychiatric and medical museums including the Wellcome Institute and the Freud Museum.

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Sociology
British Culture and Society
6 semester hours in SOC (Culture) 499 or 599
Dr. Kenneth Clinton, Texas A&M University-Commerce  

A series of lectures by British experts in London and a number of exciting field trips provide the student with an opportunity to develop an overall appreciation of British culture and society.  The London lectures cover such crucial aspects of British society as government, education, family, religion, social class, population trends, the military, the monarchy, sports, and economics.  Field trips include the Houses of Parliament, old London’s east side and the Docklands, the historical cities of Canterbury or Cambridge, the National Gallery, the British Museum, and Stratford-on-Avon, allowing each student a personal insight into the diversity of United Kingdom of Great Britain’s and Northern Ireland’s, historical, social and cultural environment. 

Finally the Sociology class will join the World War II class and venture to France and visit the battlefields in Normandy and explore French culture.

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Sport Management
Global Sport and the Drive Toward 2012, How Britian Will Host the Summer Olympics
6 semester hours in HPR 499 or 599
Dr. Dennis Phillips, The University of Southern Mississippi

The growing global sport industry requires that the future sport management professional keep abreast of new and proven managerial techniques. Major sport events present a series of immensely complex planning, management, operational, logistical, and technological challenges to the individuals, agencies and authorities responsible for their management. Athletes, officials, spectators, and the media demand excellence in facilities and organization in every aspect of an event - from transportation and timing, to catering and in-stadium facilities, to marketing and promotions, and security and safety. In order to better understand the unique characteristics of management within the realm of international sport and culture; physical education, recreation, coaching, sport management, nad business administration students will explore the facility development and planning of the London 2012 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games. They will tour some of the newest and most modern sport stadia in the world, as well as some of the most historical and storied venues of athletic competition. Students will visit sport governing agency headquarters, interact with international sport leaders, discuss current trends and issues in amateur and professional sport, view international sporting events, tour sport halls of fame and museums, conduct survey research at events, and hear presentations from sport finance, marketing, facility, security, political, media, and socio-ethical experts in the sport industry.

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Theatre
Much Ado About London
6 semester hours in THE 499 or 599
Dr. Robin Carr, The University of Southern Mississippi

“All the world’s a stage and all the men, merely players.” This course gives the student an exciting hands-on opportunity to experience theatre in London. Students will meet and work with British practitioners including actors, directors, designers and playwrights to learn about all aspects of the craft. The class will get to be on the stage and behind the scenes working with and learning from professionals. This energizing program also includes all of what London theatre has to offer: Tony award winning musicals, modern dramas and contemporary playwrights. Students will also get the opportunity to visit nationally subsidized companies and fringe festival events. The course includes trips to British theatre museums, galleries, historic landmarks and Stratford-upon-Avon. Also offered is a four day extended trip to Edinburgh to delve into the theatre of Scotland! Finally, the class will showcase their work and talents in the final days of the course.

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Note: Planned program activities and course excursions are subject to change.

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