History and Art
in Prague and Munich
Winter Break
February 26-March 7, 2010
Earn
3 credits in History or Art on this Winter Break tour. Travel
with Gordon Knutson and Benita Goldman while studying European
history and fine arts in Prague, The Czech Republic and Munich,
Germany.
Program Fee: $1,299
Program fee includes:
• Lodging
• Museum and site admissions
• Lectures and guided tours
• International Student ID Card (EMU students)
• Health insurance (EMU students)
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Program fee does not include:
• Round-trip international airfare
• Baggage
fees
• EMU tuition and fees
• Most meals and beverages
• Personal expenses
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Accommodations: In centrally-located pensions or youth
hostels.
*Plus EMU tuition and fees
Program:
In
historic PRAGUE we will visit the Old City with its famous square
dominated by the Old Town Hall and the astronomical clock. We'll
see the Jan Huss Monument and the Tyn Church, once a center of
the Hussite movement. Then we will explore the Jewish Quarter,
the oldest Jewish settlement in Central Europe, with its 700 year
old Synagogue. We will also visit the magnificent Charles Bridge,
named after one of the Czech Republic's most important rulers, with its
wonderful view of the Prague Castle.
At
the Prazsky Hrad, Prague's castle, we will see the St. Vitus'
Cathedral, with its tombs of the most important Czech rulers;
the Old Royal Palace, site of the "defenestration of Prague;"
and the Golden Lane where Franz Kafka lived for a short time.
At the Castle our art professor will guide us through the Art
Museum at the Sternberg Palace.
We
will also explore the Communist period of Czech history visiting
the Museum of Communism and Vaclavske Namesti, one of the sites
of Velvet Revolution of Vaclav Havel. Evenings will be spent attending
musical events or at leisure. There will also be time to review
our experiences and to catch up on course assignments. We will
leave for MUNICH by train.
MUNICH,
the capital of Bavaria, is a cultural center of Germany. We will visit some of the wonderful art museums of this city.
Meanwhile,
our historian will take us on a walking tour of sites from the
Munich Beer Hall Putsch, Hitler's first attempt to take power;
and to Dachau on the outskirts of Munich, to visit the concentration
camp which was established there by Nazi Germany. Students will
also have time to visit optional sites such as the Nymphenburg
Palace, the summer palace of the kings of Bavaria; the Residence,
their palace in the city; the Olympic Park, site of the massacre
of the 1972 Olympics, or the Deutsches Museum of science and technology.
Evenings will be spent attending musical events or at leisure.
Of course, we will preserve time for a final review, to finish
course work, and to prepare for the return home.
Students
must take 3 credits in history or art.
Apply for this
program.
If you do not have a passport,
apply for one today!
For further information:
Office of Academic Programs Abroad
103 Boone Hall
734.487.2424 or
800.777.3541
E-mail: gordon_knutson@yahoo.com
E-mail : bgoldman@emich.edu
Academic Programs Abroad
Eastern Michigan University
103 Boone Hall
Ypsilanti, MI 48197
Voice: 734.487.2424 or toll free 800.777.3541
FAX: 734.487.4377
E-mail : Programs Abroad
