London Summer Travel Seminar

• Classes:
  • ENGL 580L: Travel Seminar (1 or 3 credit hours - for English majors/minors)
  • LASI 398: Travel Seminar (1 or 3 credit hours - for non-English majors/minors)
• Professors: Dr. Francis Connor and Dr. Katie Lanning
• Open to all students at WSU - undergraduate and graduate
• Honors students: Earn credit toward your honors requirements with 3 credit hour option

• Connects classroom learning with real-world experiences
• Experience British culture
• Visit London sites including museums and other places of interest:
  • Westminster Abbey
  • British Library
  • Shakespeare’s Globe
  • Tate Modern
  • St Paul’s Cathedral
  • Theatre show
• Full day excursion to the city of Canterbury including a guided walking tour and entry to Canterbury Cathedral
• Enjoy free time in London to explore on your own
• Detailed itinerary

Program Costs:

• Program Fee of approximately $3,285:
  • Double or triple occupancy rooms
  • Daily breakfast, welcome dinner, and farewell dinner
  • Travel pass: Oyster Card for unlimited travel on the underground, buses, trams and regional trains in the zones 1 & 2 of London for the duration of the program
  • All activities listed on the detailed itinerary
  • International health insurance
  • Airport transfers (if you arrive and depart at the designated times to LHR airport)
• Additional Costs (not included in program fee) approximately $1,800:
  • Roundtrip flight from Wichita and airline baggage fees
  • Airport transfers (if you don’t arrive and depart at the designated times to LHR airport)
  • Uncovered meals
  • Personal expenses
• Cost of regular WSU tuition and fees at summer 2025 rate (1 or 3 credit hours)
• $130 WSU Study Abroad application and administrative fees

Tentative Payment Dates:

• First payment ($450) of Program Fee to AIFS is due on February 10, 2025 (if students cancel after February 10 and before March 21, they forfeit the $450 payment)
• Final payment of Program Fee to AIFS is due on March 21, 2025 (if students cancel after March 21, the entire program fee is due and forfeited)

Flights:

• Students will be responsible for purchasing their own roundtrip flight but provides the student flexibility on when/where they would like to arrive/depart Europe in the case they would like to travel to other cities or countries before or after the travel seminar
• Students will have the option to travel with the professor, or you can purchase with other students to travel together
• Fly in and out of London Heathrow (LHR) at the designated times for airport transfers to/from hotel

Housing:

• Students will stay in a double or triple occupancy hotel room within London

Complete the General WSU Study Abroad Application Form.

Complete payment of $130 WSU Study Abroad application and administrative fees (charged to WSU student account) – once your application has been submitted you will receive instructions on completing these payments.

Application deadline: November 22, 2024

Program questions:

• Francis Connor francis.connor@wichita.edu
• Katie Lanning katie.lanning@wichita.edu

Scholarship or application questions:

• studyabroad@wichita.edu