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1 A Semester in Canterbury The Canterbury programme at Canterbury Christ Church University John Lea

2 The University Canterbury Christ Church University 15,000 + students Located in the historic centre of Canterbury Thriving international student community

3 The City Britain’s first cathedral city - 597AD World famous tourist centre 2 universities, Art and Community Colleges 60 miles from London, 180 miles from Paris

4 The Location

5 The Programme 4 course programme: Modern Britain British Literature and/or British History + 2 courses to be chosen from approved list of undergraduate courses

6 The Opportunities To demonstrate growing self-confidence through experience of independent living abroad; To develop an enhanced global perspective; To gain a first hand cultural understanding of Britain and Europe through study and travel; To gain an understanding of how Europeans view the United States; To expand personal networking, and make new friends.

7 Day trips in England Stonehenge and Roman Bath Shakespeare’s Globe theatre in London and Stratford-on-Avon Oxford and Cambridge – universities and towns Dover – the castle, the White Cliffs, and secret tunnels

8 A day in London On the trail of revolutionary thinkers: The home of Charles Darwin - Down House http://williamcalvin.com/bookshelf/down_hse.htm The home of Sigmund Freud – Hampstead http://www.freud.org.uk/ The tomb of Karl Marx – Highgate http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highgate_Cemetery

9 A weekend in Rome On the trail of the gods Feb 27 th 06: The Roman Forum – Imperial Rome and the burial mound of Julius Caesar The Stadio Olimpico – FS Roma beat SS Lazio 2-0 in the Rome soccer derby The Vatican museums – The Sistine Chapel and the Raphael rooms http://www.ryanair.com/site/EN/

10 The Roman Forum

11 Lo Stadio Olimpico

12 The Vatican Museums School of Athens, (1503-1513), Raphael Sanzio  Vatican Museums, 2003

13 A weekend in Paris On the trail of the enigmatic: The Louvre and the Mona Lisa - http://www.louvre.fr/llv/commun/home_flash.jsp?bmLocale=en http://www.louvre.fr/llv/commun/home_flash.jsp?bmLocale=en The Pompidou Centre and (post) modern art – http://www.centrepompidou.fr/Pompidou/Accueil.nsf/tunnel?OpenForm http://www.centrepompidou.fr/Pompidou/Accueil.nsf/tunnel?OpenForm Pere Lachaise – Jim Morrison, Oscar Wilde and company - http://www.pere-lachaise.com/ http://www.pere-lachaise.com/ http://www.eurostar.com

14 The Louvre

15 The Pompidou Centre

16 Pere Lachaise Cemetery

17 Any questions? Talk to your International Office and Study Abroad Coordinator; Hunt out students who’ve studied abroad; Find out about scholarships and endowments – you might be eligible.


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