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M.B.A. students and $1620 for M.S.W. students, which willbe due April 30, 2010.A Special 2010 SummerTravel-Study AbroadProgramFive-Week Summer Coursefrom May 17 to June 20HUM3880-01-U1 or SBS3880-01-U1 The New UnitedEurope — The Fusion of The West (Barcelona, Spain)and The East (Krakow, Poland)4 semester hoursThe course focuses on a variety of issues related to socialpolicies and public affairs. However, it is designed as acourse approaching these issues from the perspective ofvarious social and behavioral sciences, and humanities.The unique aspect of this course is that students wouldbe able to fulfill requirements for credits from a variety ofundergraduate disciplines housed by the Aurora UniversityDivision of Humanities and Social and Behavioral Sciences.In some cases students may need to seek sponsorshipof a faculty member from the program from whichthey would like to receive credits; this course meets therequirements of a General Education course, as well asthe IDS 3000-level course. After initial preparation at theAU campus, students will attend lectures delivered by thefaculty from the University of Barcelona, and the JagiellonianUniversity of Krakow, as well as from other universitiesin those two cities. Students will also be able to visitvarious sites of their specific interest — from museums tohospitals, from businesses to social service agencies.The course opens to our students the opportunity tolearn about the New United Europe by focusing on twomembers of the European Union, Spain and Poland. TheSpanish experiential component of the course will belocated in Barcelona and the Polish component, in Krakow.Barcelona is the capital of Catalonia, one of the autonomousregions of Spain. The population of the city is 1.7million, however the metropolitan area is home to almost 5million inhabitants. It is a global city because of the role itplays in the European economy and it is an important culturalcenter. It is also a tourist attraction due to its 2.8 milesof beautiful beaches. Catalonia borders with France andthe language of the region shows similarity to French. All19
20inhabitants of Catalonia are trilingual: their native languageis Catalan, but in schools they learn Castilian and English.Inhabitants of Barcelona have a strong sense of Spanishidentity combined with sometimes even much strongersense of regional — Catalan — identity. Until 1978, Spainhad been under the dictatorship of General Franco, andtherefore it is a relatively young European democracywhose fusion with the European Union is quite unique. Thesocialist democratic monarchy which Spain represents isan extremely interesting case to study.Krakow was the capital of Poland from 1038 to 1791 andto this day it is the cultural and academic center of Poland.In 965 a travelling merchant from Spanish Cordoba wroteabout Krakow as the bustling trade center of SlavonicEurope. In 990 the Kingdom of Poland was created at theKrakow province and for centuries the kings and queensof Poland resided in the Wawel Royal Castle. Even aftermoving the capital to Warsaw, the kings were still buriedin the Wawel Cathedral. After Russia, Prussia and Austriainvaded and divided Poland between themselves in the1790s, in 1866 the city became a center of gravity and led tothe 1918 rebirth of Poland after World War I.Fortunately, during World War II Krakow was not destroyedby the Nazis (the way Warsaw was) and thereforethe architecture that goes back to the 9th century is stillthere intact. Poland was under the communist regimefrom 1945 to 1989, when it reinstated its own version ofdemocracy. The fusion of Poland with the European Unionis again unique and as a post-communist, socialist andstrongly Roman Catholic democracy, it is also a very interestingexample to study.Barcelona and Krakow, in this course, are understood asplaces which must be situated within the concentric geographicscales of the local (city), the regional and/or national,and the international (as cultural and academic centers). Thehistory, languages and cultures of Barcelona and Krakowcan only be understood within the context of the relationshipbetween the city, region, country, the European Union andthe global civil society in the process of becoming.Prerequisites: Consent of instructor. Students need to beable to walk 3–5 miles a day. This course will meet GeneralEducation Knowing Ourselves and Others (A) requirement.Instructor: Dr. Barbara StrassbergLocation: Barcelona, Spain and Krakow, PolandCourse Dates/Times: On-campus class meetings will beheld on the AU campus the week of May 17–21, 2010, from10:00 a.m. –noon and 1:00–3:00 p.m. A field trip to Chicagofor study about Poland will be held on May 19. Trip datesare May 23–June 20, 2010.Trip costs: $3950 includes airfare, double-occupancy
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