Location:

Durham, United Kingdom; York, United Kingdom

Program Type:

Study Abroad

Degree Level:

Undergraduate

Term:

Summer

Program Overview

Program Description:

We will stay in Chester (University Student Housing), York (Headley House Hotel) and Durham (University Student Housing), with lectures in the mornings and site walks or excursions in the afternoons. Museums include the National Railway Museum (home of the Hogwarts Express), Castle Museum, Yorkshire Museum, Jorvik exhibit in York, Beamish Living Museum, the Silk Museum in Macclesfield, the Cheshire Military Museum. We will also visit Hadrian’s Wall, tour the castle in Durham, visit cathedrals in Chester, York and Durham, hear Evensong at York Minster, take a 24 mile ride on a vintage steam locomotive on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway, have a picnic on the Yorkshire Dales, enjoy group dinners in the Mansion House in York and 1539 restaurant in Chester, overlooking the oldest racecourse in England, amongst other restaurants.

The programme requires students to enroll in two 3 credit history and humanities classes. We will stay in Chester (University Student Housing), York (Headley House Hotel) and Durham (University Student Housing), with lectures in the mornings and site walks or excursions in the afternoons.

Setting Description:

The locations are the historic cities of Chester, York and Durham, the most important cities of the north until the industrial revolution. Chester and York were Roman towns and housed two of the three legions in the province of Britannia. All three cities were very important medieval cities with powerful guilds and bishops/archbishops. In the industrial revolution, York became a major railway centre. All three cities are located in beautiful countryside with many museums and historic buildings. The cathedrals in York and Durham are the most impressive in the north. Chester and York both include fully intact medieval city walls.

Cost:

Program Fee: $3,150 Plus Tuition: VA Resident: $1,938 Out-of-State Resident: $5,040