Whitby abbey in North Yorkshire.

England Semester 2014

Are you the sort of person enjoys traveling, reading literature and seeing plays for a semester?

The England Semester program is directed by English department faculty and combines travel to literary and cultural centers with residential study in the British Isles. Students earn between 12 and 16 units of credit in English from Westmont while studying English literature in the land of its origin, witnessing firsthand the birthplaces of major writers and the settings of their works. In past years, students have attended theatre performances in Edinburgh, London, Stratford-upon-Avon, and Dublin, and have visited sites throughout the UK and Ireland including Oxford, Cambridge, the Lake District of the Romantic poets, and Hardy’s country in southern England. Upper- division English and Theatre credit is offered.

The opportunity to go on England Semester with faculty and students who are fellow believers and are excited by learning is surely one worth pursuing.

Faculty Leaders, Fall 2012:

  • Dr. Cheri Larsen Hoeckley
  • Dr. Chris Hoeckley 

QUESTIONS: Contact Dr. Cheri Larsen Hoeckley or Dr. Chris Hoeckley

Fall 2012 Itinerary

England Semester 2012 is scheduled to stay in Edinburgh, the Lake District, York, London, Birmingham, Stratford-upon-Avon, Oxford, Canterbury, Belsey Bridge in Suffolk, and the Northern Irish countryside, along with day visits to other sites, towns and cities.

COST: TBA

Course Offerings England Semester 2012

Victorian Studies (4 units)--team taught; fulfills post-1800 historicla requirement for English majors

21st Century British and Irish Theater (4 units)--team taught; 4 units toward English major

Major Authors (4 units)--Dr. Larsen Hoeckley; fulfills major requirement for the English major

Literature, Pilgrims and Literary Pilgrims (2 units)--team taught; required for all students

British and Irish Culture and Politics (2 units)--Dr. Chris Hoeckley; required for all students; fulfills Communicating Cross Culturally (IVB2)

Sixteen units will be offered, but not all of them will be required.