The London of Charles Dickens

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label Diverse autorenew 2025-09-29, 17:01 history_edu Cristian Ion
Charles Dickens's childhood experiences, working in a grimy factory while his father languished in gaol, were woven into his stories and illuminated a darker side to London. His novels personify the city's great urban expanse. Our Mutual Friend evokes the murky River Thames, and Oliver Twist features London Bridge. In Great Expectations, Pip alights from his coach in the City and walks to Mr Jaggers's gloomy office in nearby Little Britain. Fascinatingly, Dickens's lifetime coincided with the crucial period of London's great expansion.

The capital rapidly became vast, unprecedented in it scale, wealth and dominance. It overawed observers with its sheer scale and the extreme contrast between opulence (for the few) and squalor (for the masses.) We will appraise Dickens as a Londoner and as a chronicler of London; to study and to directly observe, on field trips to museums and walking the streets, the huge structural changes that gave London a unique identity- the largest, richest and most successful metropolis that the world had ever witnessed.

Period
23-06-2014 - 16-07-2014 (4 weeks)

Target group
The University of Sussex International Summer School welcomes applicants from a wide range of educational backgrounds. Although most of you will be currently enrolled at a university or college, we also welcome applicants who have been away from education for some years, as well as highly committed senior high school students - for some courses a good general education, an open mind and lots of enthusiasm are the main qualifications. For some other courses you will see that prerequisites are listed - applicants for these courses are expected to submit transcripts to demonstrate that they have taken, or are currently taking, the necessary precursors.

Course aim
The International Summer School provides an opportunity to meet and study with people from different countries and cultures, on a cosmopolitan campus. The large range of courses on offer allows you to get ahead with credit in core courses, or simply to experiment with something new.

Credits
7.5 ECTS credits



Summer School courses carry 15 credits and last for four weeks. Since the standard annual load for a Sussex student is 120 credits, this means that each course is equivalent to 4 semester hours or 7.5 ECTS credits. Students can take only one course per session, as the courses are intensive. You can expect to spend 30 to 45 hours each week on your course between attending classes, labs and workshops, as well as time spent outside class preparing the readings and assignments. You can find information about the courses offered by the International Summer School through our course directory or courses by subject pages of our website.

Course fee
GBP 1435: Tuition only (one four week session).

GBP 2670: Tuition only (both four week ISS sessions).Some courses have a lab or field trip fee. A non-refundable application fee of 150 is to be paid when accepting an offer of a place. Payment in full (less the application fee) and payment for accommodation (146/week) is required by 15 June.

Course leader
Colin Manton

Scholarships
The University of Sussex offers a limited number of scholarships for participation in the ISS in the form of partial fee waivers to students from developing countries who have high potential for future leadership in their field of study or career.

University of Sussex
Address: University of Sussex Brighton
Postal code: BN1 9RF
City: Brighton
Country: United Kingdom
Website: http://www.sussex.ac.uk/iss/
E-mail: issoffice@sussex.ac.uk
Phone: 00441273678406