Study Abroad for the English Major

Study plays and/or travel writing in London, learn from workshops with London theatre professionals and site visits to important points of literary history.

Start with one week of class time on campus and then travel to London for two weeks of workshops, plays, tours, and excursions. Students live in a single location in London for the duration of their stay, and have some free time to explore the city on their own.

Programs in 2013, 2015, and 2017 have featured workshops with actors at The Globe and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, and directors from The National and The Donmar Warehouse; have workshopped Neil D’Souza’s Coming Up and Gary Lagden’s Fly Half while the plays were works-in-progress; have toured The Old Vic, Theatre Royal – Drury Lane, and The Globe; have seen world debut productions at major theatres like The National and fringe theatres like The Old Red Lion; have seen West End blockbusters starring Helen Mirren and David Tennant (and met them afterwards); have made literary pilgrimages to the London homes of writers like Sylvia Plath, John Keats, Charles Dickens, and Dante and Christina Rossetti; and have learned their way around London and enjoyed the best of what that great city has to offer.

Program includes: airfare and lodging, city transportation pass, workshops and tours, theatre tickets to 5 plays, 4 group dinners, excursions and tours to enjoy London’s major historical and theatrical landmarks, and a daytrip by riverboat to the Royal Botanical Gardens at Kew. Students may register for both classes for 6 credit hours, or just one for 3 credit hours. Graduate students who wish to participate in the program may propose an independent study project which incorporates the workshops, excursions, and 25 research hours at the British Library or other archive. The courses may count for English or Gen Ed electives. Students who take both courses are able to complete 1/3 of the English minor with this program.