TRAVEL COURSES

Note:  These trips were taken for CCC Humanities credit or just as travel opportunities. Travelers did not have to be enrolled as students at CCC to go on the trips.

Humanities I:

HUM 135 is offered periodically in conjunction with the world-wide programs to various countries in Europe and Asia.   Examples of past programs include studying art and architecture in locales such as Italy (1997), Thailand (1999), Greece (2001) and Spain (2002).  Students examine artifacts available in museums, temples, buildings and other sites in the country visited and then have the option of either writing a full-length research paper or doing a power-point presentation on a range of available proposed topics.  Texts vary according to location visited or topic chosen.  Time period must be pre-Renaissance (before 1550).  A sample syllabus is available upon request.

See galleries below for sample photos from previous trips

Greece 2001		Spain 2002
"The temple was only this big."	Charles says "can you hear me now?"	Al Hambra  Reflecting Pool	Spanish  Flamenco Dancer
The Acropolis - Athens	Entire CCC Greece  Tour Group Photo	Al Hambra from across the valley	Old Testament in picture carvings
The Odeon of Herodus Atticus	"Giorgis" day for  a cruise - Hydra	Placa  Des Spania	Boarding Air Iberia

Humanities II:

HUM 137 is offered periodically in conjunction with the world-wide travel programs to various countries in Europe.

Examples of past programs include studying art and architecture in locales such as England (annually since 1989), France (1998) the Netherlands (2000) and the French Riviera (2003).  Students examine artifacts available in museums and other artistic sites in the country visited and then have the option of either writing a full-length research paper or doing a power-point presentation on a variety of proposed topics.  Texts vary according to the location visited or the topic chosen.  Time period must be post-Renaissance (after 1550).  A sample syllabus is available on request.

     OFFERINGS IN 2005 INCLUDED LONDON (JAN. 10-20) AND

     GREECE (MARCH 19-26).

     See galleries below for sample photos from previous trips:

London 2002		Amsterdam 2000
Charles center stage at the Globe Theatre	The "Glass Testicle"	Erasmus Bridge (Lady's Legs)	Centraal Station Amsterdam
Manet Painting "Woman at the Bar"	Tower of London	CCC Group outside  Hotel Mercure	"Amsterdam Seasons" painting

Readings in Literature:

LIT 943 is a course given in conjunction with the travel opportunities available at CCC to Europe and other locales.  It is offered for either 1 credit or 2 credits (or possibly 3 credits if both sections are taken together).  Past opportunities have included studying Charles Dickens in London by way of theatre and visiting Dickens’ House, reading a play by Eugene O’Neill and seeing it performed, viewing the art of William Blake and reading the accompanying poetry—and then writing an appropriate analytical/critical essay based on the readings and available opportunities combined together. 

 Offerings in London — January 6-16, 2003, included reading Macbeth by Shakespeare and then seeing the production starring Sean Bean and Samantha Bond (Miss Moneypenny) with paper written upon return.