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A Semester in Canterbury

A Semester in Canterbury. The Canterbury programme at Canterbury Christ Church University John Lea. The University. Canterbury Christ Church University 15,000 + students Located in the historic centre of Canterbury Thriving international student community. The City.

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A Semester in Canterbury

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  1. A Semester in Canterbury The Canterbury programme at Canterbury Christ Church University John Lea

  2. The University • Canterbury Christ Church University • 15,000 + students • Located in the historic centre of Canterbury • Thriving international student community

  3. The City • Britain’s first cathedral city - 597AD • World famous tourist centre • 2 universities, Art and Community Colleges • 60 miles from London, 180 miles from Paris

  4. The Location

  5. The Programme 4 course programme: • Modern Britain • British Literature and/or British History + 2 courses to be chosen from approved list of undergraduate courses

  6. The Opportunities • To demonstrate growing self-confidence through experience of independent living abroad; • To develop an enhanced global perspective; • To gain a first hand cultural understanding of Britain and Europe through study and travel; • To gain an understanding of how Europeans view the United States; • To expand personal networking, and make new friends.

  7. Day trips in England • Stonehenge and Roman Bath • Shakespeare’s Globe theatre in London and Stratford-on-Avon • Oxford and Cambridge – universities and towns • Dover – the castle, the White Cliffs, and secret tunnels

  8. A day in London On the trail of revolutionary thinkers: • The home of Charles Darwin - Down House http://williamcalvin.com/bookshelf/down_hse.htm • The home of Sigmund Freud – Hampstead http://www.freud.org.uk/ • The tomb of Karl Marx – Highgate http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highgate_Cemetery

  9. A weekend in Rome On the trail of the gods Feb 27th 06: • The Roman Forum – Imperial Rome and the burial mound of Julius Caesar • The Stadio Olimpico – FS Roma beat SS Lazio 2-0 in the Rome soccer derby • The Vatican museums – The Sistine Chapel and the Raphael rooms http://www.ryanair.com/site/EN/

  10. The Roman Forum

  11. Lo Stadio Olimpico

  12. The Vatican Museums School of Athens, (1503-1513), Raphael Sanzioã Vatican Museums, 2003

  13. A weekend in Paris On the trail of the enigmatic: • The Louvre and the Mona Lisa - http://www.louvre.fr/llv/commun/home_flash.jsp?bmLocale=en • The Pompidou Centre and (post) modern art – http://www.centrepompidou.fr/Pompidou/Accueil.nsf/tunnel?OpenForm • Pere Lachaise – Jim Morrison, Oscar Wilde and company - http://www.pere-lachaise.com/ http://www.eurostar.com

  14. The Louvre

  15. The Pompidou Centre

  16. Pere Lachaise Cemetery

  17. Any questions? • Talk to your International Office and Study Abroad Coordinator; • Hunt out students who’ve studied abroad; • Find out about scholarships and endowments – you might be eligible.

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