Come to London and see the world during the 40th anniversary of the BYU London Centre!
The sun that never used to set on the British Empire during the Victorian Era now shines down upon contemporary London. Perhaps the world’s most cosmopolitan city, London is populated by a richly diverse citizenry from former colonies around the globe. What Samuel Johnson once observed about eighteenth-century London—“When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford.”—is even truer of twenty-first-century London. It is the financial capital of Europe despite the recent Brexit vote; has the greatest theatre in the world; boasts superb international cuisine; features an amazing array of museums; likes its politics up close and personal; and wears its rich history like fashion, from the casually chic to the formally royal.
Our program will focus on the literary and political history of the British Isles. We will explore London and the surrounding area so well that London will become your second hometown. We will take exciting day and overnight trips throughout England with forays into Scotland and Wales. We will visit Brighton, Portsmouth, the Lake District and the Wordsworth Trust, Edinburgh, York, Canterbury, Dover, Stratford-upon-Avon and the Shakespeare Trust, Stonehenge, Bath, Cardiff, and Church history sites. We also have scheduled time for independent group travel. Although we will use textbooks and conduct classes at the centre, our main textbooks and classrooms will be London and various UK sites. We will be hyper-hip traveling scholars, not blah, blah, blah, run-of-the-mill tourists.
DATES
27 June–14 August 2017
HOUSING
Students and faculty reside in the gorgeous, recently refurbished London Centre—two adjoining three-story Victorian townhouses on Palace Court in an exclusive neighborhood—near Kensington Gardens, Hyde Park, and Portobello Road, as well as three convenient Tube stops. The centre provides a light breakfast and hearty dinner Sunday through Friday and has free laundry facilities, a library, a lounge, and Wi-Fi access. Thousands of students have called the centre home during the past four decades and recall their life-changing experiences there with great fondness and appreciation. Now, it is your chance!
COURSES
Accepted students register as a full-time student (7 credit hours) in the following courses:
- IAS 201R London Walks (1 credit hour) with Professor Delys Snyder
- ENGL 300R British Literature in a Cultural Setting (3 credit hours) with Professor Phil Snyder; fulfills GE Letters
- EUROP 336R British History and Politics (3 credit hours) with Professor Joel Selway; fulfills GE Global and Cultural Awareness
All accepted students must also register for IAS 201R (1 credit hour), a required pre-departure preparation course that will orient everyone to the program. If you live too far from Provo, we can make other arrangements.
COST
$5,100–5,600
This cost estimate includes LDS undergraduate full tuition (with increased costs for graduate and non-LDS students); housing; all group cultural/historical sites and other admissions; Tube passes; group field trip transportation, overnight accommodation, and meal stipend; breakfast and dinner Sunday through Friday; international health insurance coverage; and scintillating discussion and good humor throughout.
Part-time BYU and non-BYU students pay an additional tuition fee of approximately $250 for the prep course.
This cost does not include airfare to and from London, meals on Saturdays, lunches, passport fees, and personal expenses. This program is a study abroad bargain given all the wonderful things it includes.
FUNDING SOURCES
Regular BYU tuition scholarships, Pell Grants, and Federal Insured Student Loans may be applied to study abroad programs. Students who submit the financial aid section of the ISP application and who also have a current FAFSA form on file at the Financial Aid Office (A-41 ASB) will be considered for a Study Abroad scholarship. Academic departments and colleges may assist with scholarships and grants. Private grants and scholarships outside of BYU may also assist (see kennedy.byu.edu/scholarships).
Please see this article for additional insight on study abroad funding options: There’s a Fund for That.
APPLICATION PROCESS
Complete the online application asap at kennedy.byu.edu/apply, because we are doing rolling admissions. We will contract you as soon as your application is completed to schedule an interview and let you know via e-mail of your acceptance into the program.
Deadline: Wednesday, 1 February 2017
FACULTY
Phillip A. (director) and Delys W. Snyder (associate director) are English professors and happy veterans of four BYU London Study Abroad programs, so they know London and the UK quite well. Between them, they have eight children and twenty grandchildren. To echo Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, “A splendid time is guaranteed for all!”
Joel Selway (associate director) was born and raised in England. Selway teaches classes on British politics, political institutions, and ethnicity and nationalism. He completed a PhD at Michigan in 2009 and recently published a book on the politics of health with Cambridge University Press. Selway has been married for seventeen years to his wife, Som, and they have three children.
INTERESTED STUDENTS SHOULD CONTACT
International Study Programs
(801) 422-3686
isp@byu.edu
kennedy.byu.edu/isp
Phil and Delys Snyder
(801) 422-2487 (Phil)
(801) 422-3486 (Delys)
phillip_snyder@byu.edu
delys_snyder@byu.edu
Joel Selway
(801) 422-8607
joel_selway@byu.edu
For more information on the London Centre Study Abroad please read the following Bridges Alumni Magazine articles, 27 Palace Court and The Richness of the World.
PROGRAM ADJUSTMENTS
ISP reserves the right to cancel this program, revise its offerings, or make any adjustments to the preliminary cost estimates due to conditions beyond its control.
