SYE 4509 - The Art of Travel: Thailand

Hours: 4
Students will consider travel as an art form and practice creating art from travel experiences by using writing and photography to chronicle and explore the significances of their three-week journey to Thailand. While abroad, students will visit historically and culturally significant sites in Bangkok, explore temple ruins at Ayutthaya Historical Park, complete a volunteer residency at Elephant Nature Park in Chiang Mai, and draft their final projects during a writing retreat on Koh Samui. Our travels will be guided by our experimentations with effective photography and reflective journaling techniques and our investigations of ethical dilemmas faced by international travelers. Along the way, we’ll experience first-hand the effects of tourism on Thai economies and learn about the history of elephants’ paradoxical treatment in Thai society. Through daily full-class discussions and guided writing assignments, students from a wide variety of majors will share their discipline-specific perspectives on these experiences. For their final projects, students will use photography and writing to reflect on their time in Thailand and their return to the U.S.
Prerequisites: Completion of 96 credit hours, and completion of at least 6 of the 8 Integrative Studies courses.
Notes: Travel fee: $3,006; Instructional fee: $400, in lieu of standard tuition
Students who have not met the prerequisites for this course may contact the professor to register ENGL 2910: Literary Locations: Thailand (which will also travel to Thailand) instead.

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SYE 4509 - The Art of Travel: Thailand