Roam the landscape that fed Shakespeare’s imagination. Climb peaks and walk the lakeshores where Wordsworth composed his verses. Meditate at the table by the window where Austen wrote her novels. Hike across the Brontës’ moors. Take a meal in the pub where Tolkien and Lewis’ Inklings conversed. Stroll the streets memorialized by Joyce.
In the British Literature and Landscape Study Abroad Program, students will hike the landscapes of British and Irish literature as they develop their own writing and study the work of great literary minds, from the urban intellectual centers of London, Dublin, and Edinburgh, to the wilds of the Scottish Highlands and the English Lake District. The group will visit Shakespeare’s Warwickshire, climb the mountains of Wales, walk the coastline that inspired Keats and Tennyson, canoe Wordsworth’s River Wye, Cycle through Dartmoor on the hunt for the Baskerville Hound, explore the ruins of King Arthur’s Tintagel, and much, much more.
DATES
18 Jun–12 Aug 2022 (approx)
HOUSING
The group will be staying in youth hostels and B&B’s as they hike throughout Scotland, England, Wales, and Ireland.
COURSES
Students will register for 6 credit hours during summer term:
ENGL 300R English Literature in a Cultural Setting (3 credit hours; counts for GE Letters and English major credit)
ENGL 306 Travel Writing (3 credit hours; counts for GE Letters, ENGL major credit, or Creative Writing Minor credit)
Students may not take any other courses on this program, including BYU Online courses, without approval by the program director and ISP.
COST
$6,700–7,200
Includes Latter-day Saint, undergraduate full tuition (increased cost for graduate and non-Latter-day Saint students), housing, 80 percent of meals, and international health insurance coverage.
Not included: airfare, some meals, and personal expenses.
TRAVEL
Students are responsible for purchasing their own airfare to and from the program sites. Airline reservations must be made through BYU Travel. Students should contact a BYU Travel agent.
BYU Travel
280 HRCB | (801) 422-6293 | travel@byu.edu
PREPARATION
Accepted students are required to participate in an international, cross-cultural preparation course (IAS 201, 1 credit hour). This evening course will be held during the second block of winter semester 2022. Part-time and non-BYU students will need to pay an additional tuition fee for enrolling in this prep class.
All participants are required to show proof of complete COVID-19 vaccination (including booster) at least two weeks prior to departure.
FUNDING SOURCES
The College of Humanities offers scholarships that can be used for this program. For application information write to the program directors.
Accepted students may be eligible for the Blessing/Kagel Literature and Landscape Study Abroad Award from the English Department.
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 have a current FAFSA form on file at the Financial Aid Office (A-41 ASB) will be considered for a study abroad scholarship and may be considered for other scholarships. They must indicate on their original online application that they want to be considered for financial aid.
Private grants and scholarships outside of BYU may also assist (see kennedy.byu.edu/scholarships).
APPLICATION PROCESS
Students must be eighteen years-of-age or older to participate.
Complete the online application at kennedy.byu.edu/apply. A nonrefundable $35 application fee is required.
Applicants will be interviewed once the application is complete.
Students will be notified via e-mail of their acceptance into the program.
The first payment is due upon acceptance. Please refer to the 2021 Payment Information document (see kennedy.byu.edu/isp-forms/ISPpayments2022.pdf).
Priority Deadline: 1 December 2021
Final Deadline: 1 February 2022
FACULTY
Joey Franklin, assistant professor of English, teaches creative writing with a specialty in memoir and the personal essay. He will be joined on the program by his wife and three sons.
4133 JFSB
(801) 422-1296
joey.franklin@byu.edu
Jarica Watts, assistant professor of English, is a scholar of early twentieth-century British literature. She has published a variety of articles and book chapters on traditional canonical figures, such as Joseph Conrad, D. H. Lawrence, James Joyce, Radclyffe Hall, and Zadie Smith. At present, she is working on the first book-length book manuscript about Virginia Woolf and motherhood. Fashion (Italian shoes), fitness (marathon running, 3:34), photography (Cannon 60D), and writing bring her round to herself.
4140 JFSB
(801) 422-4938
jarica_watts@byu.edu
Please feel free to contact them with any questions.
SCHEDULE AND TIME COMMITMENT
This is a summer term program. Students should refrain from scheduling late arrivals and early departures.
INTERESTED STUDENTS SHOULD CONTACT
International Study Programs
101 HRCB
(801) 422-3686
isp@byu.edu
kennedy.byu.edu/isp
PROGRAM ADJUSTMENTS
International Study Programs (ISP) reserves the right to cancel this program, revise its offerings, or make any adjustments to the preliminary cost. If it becomes necessary for ISP to cancel a program, all program payments made to BYU ISP will be refunded to the student’s BYU Financial account. ISP is the only office authorized to cancel any of its programs.
