Study Abroad

England, Scotland & Ireland

GEO 2420 Cultural GeographyLIT 1000 Introduction to Literature or ENG 2930 Special Topics: English

Summer 2016

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Landscape of Ireland, Scotland, &

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Course Number Course Title Credits

GEO 2420 Cultural Geography 3

LIT 1000 Introduction to Literature 3

ENG 2930 Special Topics: English 1-3

Course Offerings

When May 11-20, 2016

How much? $3,500

Trip Highlights

• Learn about the Cultural Geography of the British Isles traveling by boat, train and airplane• Learning the relationships between place and myth and literature• Enjoy the countryside from the train traveling from Edinburgh, Scotland to London, England• Visit the cities of Dublin, Belfast, Edinburgh and London• Discover the haunts of writers like Joyce, Yeats, McCourt, Conan Doyle, Burns, Rowling, and Dickens• Learn the relationships between locale and accent--learn to speak like the Scots and Irish• Take a ferry across the Irish Sea from Belfast to Scotland• Experience 4 UNESCO World Heritage Sites - Giants Causeway, Old and New Edinburgh, Westminster Abbey, the Tower of London• Learn about the history of Irish leaders in the Dublin City Walk• Link the folklore of the Celtic Giant Finn McCool to the basalt columns of the Antrim Coast• Understand the relevance of Belfast murals in the peace process in Northern Ireland• Enjoy the traditional and non-traditional London - culture, history, architecture, diversity and nightlife

Financial Resources

Student Life Study Abroad Grant

1/3 trip ( up to $1,200)

Stuart McRae Scholarship$2,500 (45 college credits, GPA 3.5, financial need)

Fundraising Financial aidWorld Travelers Club

Faculty Leaders

Heidi Lannon

Susan MillerSusan Miller has been in the English department at Santa Fe since 1987, and for the last nine years has been department chair.

She is a past president of the Florida College English Association. She has traveled extensively in both Ireland and England in the past. At Santa Fe, she has taught Honors classes in Detective Fiction and Victorian Literature, both of which connect to the course she will offer in conjunction with the study abroad trip. Contact Information352-395-5372P146susan.miller@sfcollege.edu

Brittany, France, and Malaga, Spain. She has a Bachelors degree in Environmental Science, Masters in Coastal Management and Pubic Administration and a Ph. D. in Geography. She spent 20 years working in industry and government prior to joining the faculty at Santa Fe College in 2008. Dr. Lannon has taught Cultural, Physical and World Regional Geography and Introduction to Meteorology at Santa Fe College. She has taken students in the field as a component of teaching Physical Geography. Heidi has travelled with students to Costa Rica and Europe (Paris Florence and Rome) and led study abroad trips to Ghana, West Africa and Ecuador. She was the recipient of a Title VI travel award in 2013 and travelled to Japan and the Philippines to Asianize her curriculum.

Contact Information352-395-7082A-037heidi.lannon@sfcollege.edu

Heidi Lannon is an Associate Professor of Geography at Santa Fe College. She was raised in Northwest Europe and the Mediterranean, and is a citizen of Great Britain. She has travelled extensively and has family in Scotland & France, Singapore, South Africa, Malta, Dubai, and the Philippines. Heidi graduated from the University of Ulster in Northern Ireland, and participated in field work in Donegal and the Arran Islands in Ireland, and study abroad research in

She spent the last year as president of the Association of Departments of English, an organization of college English department chairs from all levels of higher education and one of two standing sub-organizations of the Modern Language Association.