Harlaxton Semester Brochure
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All majors are welcome. The Faculty and Staff at Harlaxton were truly superb ... so welcoming and caring towards all S T U D Y A B R O A D Since Harlaxton o!ers a full complement of courses of us. "" """ in a variety of disciplines each semester, you can —Elizabeth Hood, student ENGLAND easily construct a course schedule that will push your SEMESTER PROGRAM degree plan forward. For a list of course descriptions It was the best semester of my life and the for upcoming semesters#including o!erings in temptation to go back is killing me. —Doug Graham, student Literature, Marketing, Psychology, History, Biology, Theater, Art, Exercise Science, and other disciplines Harlaxton is a unique experience because you #visit www.ueharlax.ac.uk/academics/curriculum/ live, dine, and study with your professors. This gives it a great community feeling because you get to interact and know your faculty outside of the classroom. "" "" —Kayla Blue, student An immersive experience. All students at Harlaxton meet the British world around them: getting to know the English people HARLAXTON STUDY ABROAD they meet; traveling on field trips and college- sponsored trips; through independent travel; and For more information contact: H A R L A X T O N through the rich environs of Harlaxton itself. Office of Study Abroad Eastern Illinois University Through a course in British Studies, students explore 217.581.7267 C O L L E G E / the who, the when, the why, and the what of British history. Many local families take part in the Meet-a- Harlaxton College website: E A S T E R N www.ueharlax.ac.uk Family program, which allows participating students the chance to form personal relationships with area I L L I N O I S More information on financial aid available at the Office of Study Britons. Abroad: www.eiu.edu/~edabroad/ UNIVERSITY FOUR MONTHS OF LIFE AND STUDY IN AN ENGLISH MANOR Harlaxton Manor is one of the most beautiful residences in England. However many pictures we show you in advance, your first sight of it in person with literally make you gasp. But the gorgeousness of this place is the least of what awaits students who study at Harlaxton for the semester. Join us for four life-changing months as we explore Britain, Europe, and ourselves. Harlaxton students can take co&ege-sponsored weekend trips to Paris, Rome, Ireland, Scotland, and to several sites of interest within England. And only an hour away, London o)ers a world unto itself, and through Heathrow Airport and the Chunnel, a LIFE IN AN ENGLISH MANOR gateway to inexpensive travels through Europe and beyond. Completely reconstructed in the 1830s and 40s, but with elements reaching back to the fifteenth century, Harlaxton is a residence to which Join us for a full semester as we take up residence virtually no other study abroad program anywhere can compare itself. Living and learning in a place like this is truly a once-in-a-lifetime in the English Midlands at Harlaxton Manor. In opportunity. Harlaxton’s opulent nineteenth-century classrooms YOUR HOME BASE FOR EXPLORING #and as the season warms, on the lawns and in the BRITAIN & THE CONTINENT! Our home and classroom for Musicians, actors, and other four months, the spectacular creative types tend to thrive in gardens of the manor#you’ll advance your degree Harlaxton is so beautiful and extensive that it’s possible you won’t often Harlaxton Manor. Harlaxton’s culture of creativity want to leave. But ten minutes down the road, you’ll find local culture, and performance. program through courses in a variety of disciplines nightlife, shopping, and entertainment in the city of Grantham, birthplace taught by Harlaxton’s British faculty as well as of Sir Isaac Newton and Margaret Thatcher. An hour away by train, London beckons. And from there, the world is your oyster. Harlaxton’s visiting professors from America. Spend weekends Travel Office can assist you in arrangements to explore Ireland, either at Harlaxton itself, exploring nearby London Scotland, or the continent from Paris to Prague and beyond. (one hour by train), roaming Europe, or walking A WORLD-CLASS CURRICULUM! the English countryside from Harlaxton’s main All Harlaxton students take British Studies, where they lay the Classes convene in lavish Countryside like this starts foundation of a meaningful experience by studying the history and settings%former state dining right #om your door. Set in one gate. culture of their temporary home. But a wide range of course offerings rooms, ga&eries, and salons.. of the prettiest spots in England, by British and American faculty fit with almost any major, providing Harlaxton is surrounded with How much will it cost? Total costs for the Spring unparalleled access to extremely accomplished teachers and scholars. 117 acres of park and woods. 2013 semester at Harlaxton'airfare, books, tuition, FINANCIAL AID room and board'will be (14,033 (less than (1900 Most sources of financial aid available to Eastern students may also apply to study abroad. In addition, the Office of Study Abroad offers more than estimated costs to live and study at financial assistance through Study Abroad Grants (from $500 to Eastern that semester).* So for approximately the $2000), the William V. Weber Study Abroad Scholarship (up to $500), the Charles Austin Scholarship for Honors Students ($1000), and other, same cost, where would you rather live next discipline-specific scholarships. The Office of Study Abroad can also Harlaxton features intramural The #iendships you form in assist students in applying for national sources of funding such as the semester? athletics and exercise facilities. places like this tend to last a Rotary Cultural Ambassador Scholarship ($10,000) or the Gilman Join the cricket team and learn lifetime. International Scholarship (up to $5000 for recipients of Pell Grants). *Based on EIU projections: http://www.eiu.edu/~finaid/ what a sticky wicket is..