SOSC 4170 - Social Science Travel Course

This course will take students on an intensive, 9-day field trip to Britain. Students will spend time in London, Oxford, the city of Bath, and other cities. They will visit several historical sites relevant to the field of psychology including Down House (Darwin’s residence from 1842 to 1882), the Sigmund Freud Museum (Freud’s last residence following his escape from Vienna during WWII), the Anna Freud Center (a child psychology clinic founded by Freud’s daughter, generally considered the first child psychotherapist), St. Mary’s of Bethlehem (the infamous asylum, known best as “Bedlam”), Westminster Abbey (containing the grave of Sir Isaac Newton) and the residence and grave site of Sir Francis Galton. The field trip will entail traveling about 9,000 air miles, 400 land miles, and across 6 time zones.

Credits: 3

Prereq: ENGL 1105, and Any Social Science GEP Course.
Lecture hours: 3