Available COURSES

Register for one or both of these these classes:

• ARTH290 Greek Art in Context (LA)
• CART211 Digital Landscape Photography

Course Descriptions

ARTH 294 GREEK ART IN CONTEXT
This is an Art History course that allows students to explore Greek Art and Architecture in context. Students will explore several topics pertaining to Greek Art through museum and site visits while touring the country of Greece. Topics revolve around Ancient Greek Art history and the cultural output of different eras. Bronze Age, Mycenaean, Archaic, Classical, and Hellenistic Art will be discussed and explored through a variety of lectures, museum and archaeological site visits. Prerequisite: Permission of Instructor.
Credits: 3 LA

Topics include: Athenian city and culture • Overview of Greek history • The Acropolis • Art and the development towards the Golden Age • Mycenaean, Archaic, Classical, Hellenistic Art overview • The evolution of human figure in Greek Sculpture • The influence of the sea • Delphi Oracle • Religion and Politics • Olympia sanctuary • Olympic Games • Epidaurus: Religion, Medicine and Art • Theatre Architecture • Mycenaean Art and Architecture

CART 211 DIGITAL LANDSCAPE PHOTOGRAPHY
Concepts of Digital Landscape photography including the historical, conceptual, and aesthetic considerations. Students will learn to see potential images and develop them into visual statements of personal expression. Each student will produce a small portfolio of related works. This course will involve travel to specified locations in Greece to photograph the landscape. Prerequisite: Permission of Instructor.
Credits: 3

Students who enroll in this studio course must sign up for the cruise extension of the tour, and must bring their own digital camera. A portable computer is optional but strongly recommended.

NON-CREDIT PARTICIPANTS do not have to do any of the class assignments.

About

This travel/study course is sponsored by the Continuing Education Office of SUNY Oneonta and Associate Professor of Art, Thomás Sakoulas.

Thomás is a native of Greece, and an artist whose work in stone is inspired by Ancient Greek Art. He has studied the history, styles, and technique of Greek Art and is the author of Ancient-Greece.org.

Thomás has photographed the landscapes and ancient artifacts of Greece extensively and his photographs have been published in magazines and textbooks. He is the author of GreekLandscapes.com

The tour is organized and is subject to the terms and conditions of EF College Study Tours.

To ensure the lowest possible travel fare the trip might take place up to four days earlier or later than the targeted departure date, and it can be substituted for one of the alternate tour choices. The final travel itinerary will be determined by EF Tours in February ‘10.

Alternative Tours

EFtour's conditions require that we define two alternative tours we can join in case our first choice is not available. The final decision will be made by EFtours in February 2010. In the unlikely event our group joins an alternative tour, the price will be adjusted. The following two tours are closely related to the first choice tour and details can be found here:

Second choice tour: Italy and Greece (quote)
Third Choice tour: Grecian Odyssey (quote)

Requirements

All participants must have professor Sakoulas' permission to enroll in this tour.

Participants must complete all the mandatory forms of the SUNY Oneonta Study-Abroad Programs and must hold a valid passport.

All participants (for-credit or not-for-credit) must submit a completed SUNY Overseas Academic Program Student Health Information Form prior to being issued a plane ticket. Part of this form needs to be completed by a physician or the SUNY Oneonta Health Center.

Join Associate Professor of Art Thomas Sakoulas in this tour of Greece in June 2010

This tour is open to students of all majors and non-students alike

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Tour Overview

Main Tour:
Athens (5), Cape Sounion, Olympia, Epidaurus, Argolida (1), Patras, (1), Delphi, Mycenae

Optional Extension Cruise (3):
Mykonos, Kusadasi (Ephesus), Patmos, Rhodes

Use this interactive map to navigate through the tour.

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Complete Tour Itinerary (pdf) and Optional cruise extension (pdf)

Dates & Deadlines

Target Travel Dates: June 3 - June 11, 2010

Deadline to submit an application and all the travel program fees is February 13, 2010

Expenses

Participants pay undergraduate tuition, travel fees, and insurance.

• Tuition for each class (3 credits):
  Undergraduate in-state residents: $623.55
  Undergraduate out-of-state residents: $1610.55
  Non-Credit participants pay 65% of undergraduate tuition: $404
  (Tuition is subject to change. Final tuition charges will be determined March 2010)
  
  
• Travel fee:
  Complete tour price quote
  Youth (22 years of age or under at the time of the trip): from $2876
  Adults (over 23 years-old): from $3211
  
  
  First time participants will pay a $95 EFtours Lifetime Membership Fee
  For members this Membership Fee is applied towards their travel fees.
  

Travel Fee includes: Round-trip air fare • 7 overnight stays in hotels with private bathrooms • Complete European breakfast daily • 4 dinners • 1 lunch • Full-time bilingual EF Tour Director • Select guides and entrances to special attractions as per itinerary.

• Health Insurance/Repatriation/Medical Evaluation:
  approximately $43.
  
  The SUNY travel insurance is recommended for all participants. EFtours, the travel agen, provides travel insurance options as well for $65. Read the terms of both insurance options before you purchase your travel insurance.
  
  Participants who are covered by their own insurance can waive this requirement by completing the appropriate forms and providing proof of adequate insurance. In this case, participants pay a Repatriation/Medical Evaluation fee only which is approximately $5 (proof of adequate health insurance coverage is required to purchase this option).
  
  
• Spending Money
  Students should bring a $300 minimum for miscellaneous expenses (food, tips to guides, entrance to museums etc.).

• Optional fees:
  Participants can join a tentative cruise extension at the end of the tour for $475
  
  Joining the optional 3-day cruise extension is mandatory for students enrolled in CART211, and optional for all others. The cruise extension includes: 1 cabin accommodations for 3 nights and 3 meals daily.

Participants can join an optional "Greek Night" event for $70.

Participants can request to either "stay-ahead", "stay-behind" (professor Sakoulas will stay-behind after the group departs from Greece), or to fly through alternative gateways for an extra fee.

For more information and application contact:

Associate Professor
Thomás Sakoulas
607-436-3717
sakoult@oneonta.edu

Downloads

EFtour's Booking Conditions (pdf)
Download the tour itinerary (pdf)
Download the SUNY promotional brochure (pdf)