Hamilton, NY — – Each year, hundreds of Colgate University students participate in off-campus study programs that provide a rich mixture of cultural experiences and academic discipline. Colgate offers study opportunities in 22 locations, both internationally and within the United States. Most are led by the school’s own faculty members, which provides continuity with the Colgate experience for students. This fall, 11 groups of Colgate students have embarked on off-campus study programs.
Four groups are studying in parts of the United Kingdom. The London Economics Study Group, directed by Hugh Pinchin, professor of economics, features coursework on Britain’s economy and the economics of the European Union, makes visits to firms and government agencies, and gives the 18 participants an internship experience in the economic life of the United Kingdom.
The London English Study Group of 15 students, directed by George Hudson, professor of English, is studying English literature and the contexts where it was created. A course in London theater will feature outings to the Royal Shakespeare Company as well as fringe theater staged in London pubs. Several trips to Devon are also planned.
There are 15 participants in the London History Study Group, directed by Graham Hodges, professor of history. These students are taking courses in British history, studying at Westminster Central Hall. The group will attend presentations at the Foreign and Commonwealth House and the Houses of Parliament, and will visit local cultural sites.
Twenty-two students are with Margaret Darby of Colgate’s interdisciplinary writing department, at the University of Manchester in England for the Manchester Study Group. Two electives, as well as excursions to the Lake District of the Romantic poets, the Yorkshire moors of the Bront