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May Term Study Tours

In May Term 2009, two MacMurray tours to Europe will encompass three courses in religion, art, and philosophy. Visiting students as well as current MacMurray students are eligible to enroll. The tours are part of the three-week May Term at MacMurray, where students earn three semester credits by taking one intensive course. Tuition is $1695 in addition to the tour fee listed below. Financial aid is available for MacMurray students. For information on registration, e-mail registrar@mac.edu or phone 217-479-7014.

Study Tour to Ireland – May 8-20, 2009

Religion 229: Ireland.
This tour will provide the opportunity to visit many religious, political, and cultural sites of Irish and Celtic heritage in both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. Particular emphasis will be made on the early development of Christianity, Celtic spirituality, and religious conflicts in the context of Irish history. Sites include Limerick, Killarney, Cashel, Kilkenny, Dublin, Belfast, Omagh, Londonderry, Donegal, Sligo, Galway, and the Aran islands.

No prerequisite. Satisfies the Humanities breadth requirement.

Tour is limited to 45 participants.

Leader: Dr. R.J. Stewart, President Joseph R. Harker Professor of Religion at MacMurray. Ph.D. in History of Christian Thought and Theology. Has led tours to Ireland with MacMurray students on seven previous occasions. For information e-mail rj.stewart@mac.edu or phone (217) 479-7091. Brochures with detailed itinerary will be available from Dr. Stewart.

Tour cost will be approximately $3500, including round-trip air fare from Chicago to Limerick, ground transportation, hotels, entrance fees, guides, meals except lunch, tips, and taxes. Deposit due March 15, 2009, full payment April 1.

Study Tour to Norway and Denmark – May 11-22, 2009

Art 236: Digital Photography Abroad
Focusing on capturing the spirit of a culture through the lens of a camera, Digital Photography Abroad will allow students to learn the basic skills of photography while exploring a land foreign to their own. Course assignments will revolve around the basic principles of photography; depth of field, shutter speed, composition and quality of light will be the primary points of focus for the first projects which will then lead into more in-depth work in capturing valuable images full of emotion and artistic merit. Students will return to the United States with a portfolio of images that will be graded by the instructor but will also serve as a remembrance of an incredible journey.

Leader: Khara Koffel, Assistant Professor of Art at MacMurray. M.A. and M.F.A. in sculpture with a minor in photography. Active photographer recording an average of 10,000 photos a year, freelance photographer for MacMurray for both the public relations department and the study abroad program. Has taught photography at MacMurray College for three years. For information e-mail khara.koffel@mac.edu or phone (217) 479-7092.

Tour cost will be approximately $4000. Deposit due March 15, 2009, full payment April 1.

Study Tour to Norway and Denmark – May 11-22, 2009

Philosophy 236: Scandinavian Philosophy
This course will trace and illuminate major themes in the thought of Knut Hamsun and Søren Kierkegaard with a particular eye toward the development of their existential thought. We will examine, for example, their critique of morality, rationality, equal rights, religion, and aesthetics. On the tour, we will attempt to get a historical sense of the development of Hamsun’s life and thought in Norway and Kierkegaard’s life and thought in Denmark, especially where that development involves a working out of, or improvement on, their major themes, as both thinkers were deeply influenced by their surroundings.

No prerequisite. Satisfies the Humanities breadth requirement.

Leader: Eric Berg, Assistant Professor of Philosophy at MacMurray. Ph.D. in philosophy, dissertation on Kierkegaard. Several lectures on Hamsun and has read everything he has written and written about him in English. For information e-mail eric.berg@mac.edu or phone (217) 479-7090.

Tour cost will be approximately $4000. Deposit due March 15, 2009, full payment April 1.

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