This course will introduce students to a variety of aspects of life in Greece over the five millennia from the Bronze Age to our own time. Topics include history, literature, geology, religion, philosophy, ethnography, marine biology, archaeology, and cultural resources management. Sailing and hiking, lectures and readings, snorkeling and diving, visits to sites and museums, conversations with faculty and fellow students, student reports, encounters with our Greek hosts, and travel diaries will provide opportunities for students to acquire information and reflect on their experiences. In particular, the nautical life will give students a sense of the Greek islands as the Greeks saw them in an age before mechanized travel: from the sea in sailing vessels. Students will learn to sail and to live aboard a sailboat.
Here is the prospectus with complete information about applying for and participating in the program. Apply by 30 November 2009.
You can find Mr Lehmann's PowerPoint Overview of Greek History here and Mr Jordan's PowerPoint of Greek Geology here.
| This program encourages students to be aware of the principle of sustainability as they travel and study abroad. |
You can read about previous tours, look at pictures, and read student
comments by following these links:
The Isles of Greece!
2005: The Cyclades
The Isles of Greece!
2006: The Dodecanese
The Isles of Greece! 2007: The Ionian Islands
The Isles of Greece! 2008: The Southern
Cyclades
The Isles of Greece! 2009: The Saronic and
Argolic Gulfs