As a college student, when meeting new people, there are a certain set of questions you expect, what school do you go to?, what year are you?, what is your major?, what are your plans after graduation? As a student at the International Summer School at the University of Sussex, one question always arose, why Sussex? I hope to answer that question for you.
As an engineering student, it is much more difficult for me to study abroad as compared to my peers in Arts and Science. The first two years are very structured and higher classes have prerequisites, with many classes offered only once a year. Because of this, I knew that the summer stipend was my opportunity to study abroad. With that decided, I needed to find out where.
In my travels I went to Paris and Corsica. Here I am with my host Lucille and friend Natalie. I did manage to survive and thrive with Lucille's help. Taken on May 21, 2009 at Notre Dame de Paris.
Like many native English speakers, I have abysmal linguistic skills. I took French from a four-year old preschool class through sophomore year of high school, but maintain only a survival level of French. As such, my choices were limited to programs that spoke English. While these are available the world over, English speaking countries offered a wider variety of courses of study. As a history double major, I was interested in taking a history class while abroad to see different approaches to teaching and understanding history. Finally, I took was taking this study abroad experience as a chance to explore Europe. I wanted to spend five weeks before my program began to backpack across as much of Europe as possible.
These requirements led me to the University of Sussex. Offering several history class options, I decided on a course entitled “Bastille to Berlin: Representations of Revolution.” This course was to examine the French Revolution, the Russian Revolution, and the Fall of Communism in Europe in 1989,
My host Bernhild, friend Natalie, andMe at the Brandenberg Gate which has been a symbol of German and Berlin unity since the fall of Communism in Europe in 1989. Taken June 14, 2009 in Berlin, Germany.
and how they have been viewed and presented over time. The dates for this course were from late June until late July, giving me plenty of time travel with a few weeks at home in the beginning and end of summer. In short, I chose the University of Sussex because it was the perfect fit.
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