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Study Abroad - Programs
Summer 2006
Ireland ENGL
June 26, 2006 - July 24, 2006


Program Overview

Visit the land of blarney. See Irish plays performed in the Abbey Theatre. Walk the streets of Yeats, Joyce, and Synge. Explore the beauties of Killarney, Kilkenny, and Wexford. Study Irish history and culture at the University College Dublin International Summer School. Experience the rugged West Coast beaches and the Arts Festival in Galway. See the Ring of Kerry and the Cliffs of Moher. Enjoy some of the world’s greatest plays, poems, and short stories. Come with us to Ireland in the summer of ’06.

We will fly into Dublin Airport and spend 17 days in the city of story and legend, based at the world renowned University College Dublin. Then we’ll travel down the coast to Wexford, Kilkenny, and Killarney, spending a few nights along the way. We will end our program with three nights in Galway, on the rugged West Coast, during the internationally famous Arts Festival. Enjoy a wide range of musical, dramatic and street performances.

In Dublin, students will reside in dormitory rooms at UCD, with cooking privileges and access to a cafeteria and many restaurants and pubs. On the road trip outside of Dublin, students will stay in double rooms in hotels with breakfasts and dinners provided in the Program Fee.

At the end of our trip, we will fly out of Shannon Airport in County Clare.
Courses
Students must enroll in all courses for credit and a grade; pass/fail and audit registration is not permitted.

Honors credit may be available. Check with the faculty director and the Honors program for prior approval (before departure).

All students must enroll in 6 credits, as well as the 0-credit UNIV course.

ENGL372 - Studies in Drama: Irish Plays, Short Stories and Poems (3 cr.)
This course will cover a wide range of plays, including several we will see in production in Dublin and Galway. Playwrights will include Synge, Shaw, O’Casey, Behan, Beckett, or Friel. We will also read short stories by James Joyce and poetry by W. B. Yeats and others. To satisfy course requirements students will write several one-page papers on the literature we read and the plays we see. There will also be one 6-8 page paper, which will be written in several drafts. One-on-one conferences with the instructor will also be held.
Prerequisite:ENGL 110 or permission of the instructor.
Satisfies the following requirements:
Arts & Sciences Group A
Restrictions:May be repeated for credit when topics vary.

ENGL480 - Seminar: Irish Literature and Culture (3 cr.)
Organized around a lecture series and field trips sponsored by University College, Dublin, this course will include topics in Irish History, politics, music, and literature. This class will be in residence at UCD for 17 days. During this time, we will supplement UCD’s program by learning about the history of Ireland and its literary legacy. At the conclusion of the program, the group will embark on a western tour culminating at the Galway Arts Festival.
Satisfies the following requirements:
Second Writing
Requirements
Applicants should have a G.P.A. of at least 2.0 (on a 4.00 scale). We encourage freshmen to apply! For all participants, a formal application is necessary, including a deposit, one transcript (non-University of Delaware students only), and one recommendation. An interview may be conducted in person or by telephone.

Study abroad at the University of Delaware is highly competitive. See here for an overview of the acceptance process. If you are not selected for your first choice program, we recommend moving your application and deposit to another program (by emailing your request to studyabroad@udel.edu).

Ireland ENGL Program Costs
Participants in the Ireland ENGL program will be charged University of Delaware tuition for one Summer Session and the program fee. The program fee usually covers round-trip airfare, housing, and all excursions but does not include transportation to/from the group's initial departure airport. Your specific program fee may or may not include these and other items, check with the faculty director for details.

A $200 deposit towards the program fee must be paid by no later than February 24, 2006 , although we recommend that you pay your deposit within three working days of submitting your application. The deposit is non-refundable if you are admitted into the program. The program acceptance list will be available approximately two weeks later. See below for additional program fee and tuition payment deadlines.

UD students pay all program fee deposits by direct bank transfer via this website: http://www.udel.edu/studyabroadpayments. Non-UD students should send a check, payable to the University of Delaware, to CFIS, Elliott Hall, 26 East Main Street, Newark, DE 19716. Credit card payments are not accepted.

  DE Resident Non-DE Resident
Final Tuition based on current year 1104 2796
Estimate Program Fee
 5180 5180
UD Registration & Activities Fee 40 40
Estimate Total 6324 8016

Please note that final program fees are subject to change until the group's departure date. Final program fees may be increased due to airline taxes, fuel surcharges, exchange rates, or changes in the group size.

Scholarships
Need- and merit-based scholarships are available to UD undergraduates on a competitive basis. For more details and to apply for a scholarship, go to our scholarships page (and be sure to submit scholarship materials by the deadlines).
Deadlines
All payments and application materials are due by 5:00pm on the dates listed below:
  • Application and $200 deposit deadline: February 24, 2006
  • $800 deposit deadline: March 24, 2006
  • Final program fee balance due: April 21, 2006
  • Tuition and Registration Fee due: mid-May, 2006
Contact Information
Marcia Halio
Faculty Director
Department of English

Phone:(302) 455-1811
Email: mhalio@udel.edu