Honors in Croatia

Join Dr. Arna Elezovic for a unique opportunity to learn about a small southeastern Europe country through travel.

Traveling from the capital city of Zagreb to the beautiful Dalmatian coast, students will visit the cities of Zadar, Trogir, and Split. Along the way, we will explore the history, art, food, environment, culture, including two national parks, and ecological sites through excursions and guided tours. Students will also have the opportunity to visit the islands off the coast and see firsthand what island life can be like.

This trip fulfills the last class in the first-year sequence (Honors 106) in the Honors College for first year students or a colloquium (Honors 237) for 2nd - 4th year students fulfilling both GUR and Honors College requirements. The program earns you 7 credits.

The Honors 337 portion of the trip, The Balkans and Croatia in Context, which all students take regardless of year, is an opportunity for students in the Honors College to fulfill one of their seminar requirements through global learning. The course focuses on the history of southeastern Europe and Croatia in particular. The learning is experiential but we will use Croatia – its history, art, and culture – as a case study to examine key themes that are embedded in our understanding of the Western Civilization, divisions between East and West, our ideas about nationalism, identity, modernity, and what a nation becomes when born out of war. This course will provide students with ample opportunities to understand the richness and depth of Croatian culture.

For further information or questions, contact Dr. Arna Elezovic at elezova@wwu.edu