Buckham Program
BUCKHAM
OVERSEAS STUDIES PROGRAM
BOSP gives English Majors the opportunity to study at the University
of Kent
at Canterbury
in England (UKC). UKC’s academic year consists of three ten-week
terms—Michaelmas, Lent, and Trinity—and runs from the beginning of October to
the end of June. BOSP scholars may go for the entire year, Period I only
(October-December), or Period II only (January-June).
Canterbury
With a population similar to that of Burlington,
Canterbury
is the bustling commercial and cultural center of the region—an area known as
the ‘Garden
of England’—and
close to London
(by train) and the Continent (by ferry or chunnel). Settled by ancient Romans,
this was the site of the first Christian settlement in England,
and home to the famous medieval cathedral. Canterbury
is often seen as the Birthplace of English literature and is the famous
pilgrimage site for the characters in Chaucer’s Canterbury
Tales
University of Kent
UKC is an excellent modern university on a campus site that
overlooks the city. Most teaching is through lectures and small seminars with a
superb faculty. The English department features concentrations in both
canonical and postcolonial English literatures. The University has a long time
commitment to foreign students and its relationship with UVM is almost twenty
years old.
Program Details
This is a UVM sponsored program and the graded credits earned
at Kent
transfer and count towards students’ GPA. The program is administered through
UVM’s Office of International Education in partnership with the English
Department. All financial aid ‘travels,’ including tuition remission. Students
are billed by UVM an amount to cover their UVM tuition, OIE student fee,
tuition and accommodation at UKC.
Requirements
* English Majors only
* Completion of English 86 and at least 60 credits
overall by departure* 3.0
or above GPA in major and overall*Completion of a Study Abroad Information Session. See www.uvm.edu/oie
for details.
Application
* Deadline
mid-February each year
* Cover
page, statement, two recommendations (one from English; one from another
department in Arts and Sciences), transcripts, completed advising form, writing
sample (all forms available from English department)
* After
admission into BOSP, students then complete the application process for UKC,
with the assistance of the Buckham advisor, and go through the pre-departure
preparation with UVM’s OIE
* Students
register for BUCK 995 during UVM’s registration period
Contact information:
BOSP Director in the English Department: Helen Scott hscott@uvm.edu
Old Mill 433; tel. 656-4172
Office of International Education: Pamela Gardner Pamela.E.Gardner@uvm.edu Living
Learning B162; tel. 656-4296
University
of Kent:
http://www.kent.ac.uk/international.html
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