Honors in Croatia

Join Dr. Arna Elezovic for a unique opportunity to learn about a small southeastern Europe country through travel. This trip fulfills the last class in the first-year sequence in the Honors College. Traveling from the capital city of Zagreb to the beautiful Dalmatian coast, students will visit the cities of Zadar, Split, and Dubrovnik. Along the way, we will explore the history, art, food, environment, and culture through excursions and guided tours. Students will also have the opportunity to visit at least three of the islands off the coast and see firsthand what island life can be like.

The Honors 337 portion of the trip, The Balkans and Croatia in Context, 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