MCC SPRING RECESS COURSE IN GREECE:
Athens & the Islands
April 10-19, 2008
English 106-LO1: Homeric Epics On-Location
Literature or Humanities Elective: 3 Credits or Audit
Taught by Professor Stasia J. Callan: Office: 5-520
Phone: (585) 292-3370
E-mail: scallan@monroecc.edu
Ten-Day Trip
Tour of Athens, Delphi, Mykonos, Ephesus (ancient Greek site in
Kusadasi, Turkey), Patmos, Rhodes, Heraklion, Santorini, and
other sites mentioned by Homer in The Iliad and The Odyssey.
Total for Students $2,466; for Adult Students (over 23) $2,961, if paid
99 days before the departure; $ 125 late registration fee will be added to
both prices after December 31, 2007. Price includes the following: roundtrip
airfare from Rochester, hotel with private bathrooms, continental breakfast and
dinner daily; 3 meals daily during four-day island cruise; comprehensive tours led
by licensed local guides, and more.
$95 deposit to EF Educational Tours due as soon as possible; total payment due by
December 31, 2007. For Application Booklet see Professor Callan. You
may register at EF Educational Tours online: eftours.com/student: Tour # 973212;
or by phone: 1-800-665-5364. Also to earn 3 credits, or to audit, register at MCC
for English 106-LO1 as soon as possible. You may also enroll in Professor Matt
Hachee’s Philosophy On-Location and earn 6 credits for both! See reverse side for
information for PHL 106—On-Location In Greece.
The course work for 3 credits consists of reading Homer’s The Iliad and The Odyssey
and writing interpretive journal entries before the trip; eight two-hour classes before
the trip to discuss the readings and lectures; on-location journal writing checked by the
professor during the trip; one formal research paper (5-6 pages, typewritten doublespaced, documented in MLA Style) due after the trip. Three additional meetings after
the trip to finalize the papers and hear oral presentations based on them. Travel Course
Assessment essay (2-3 pages long, typed and double- spaced) due after all course
requirements are met.
FOR AN AUDIT OF EITHER COURSE, OR BOTH, ONLY COURSE REGISTRATION IS
REQUIRED BUT NO COURSE WORK.