This day field trip allows students to learn to navigate a large European city and discover the site-specific interplay of history and contemporary reality.
In order to be able to place Salzburg in its appropriate geographic and historical context, students will have the opportunity to explore the city of Munich.
The educational focus will be an understanding of the present through its relation to the past. Therefore students will be introduced to the workings of modern commerce and industry (BMW plant, Olympia Park), the preservation of cultural accomplishments (Deutsches Museum, Pinakothek), the development of political history (Munich - the city where the Nazi movement began), the prominence of historical architecture and art (city center of Munich), and the typical features of Central Europeans' day-to-day routine in shopping, leisure, etc. (Viktualienmarkt, Hofbräuhaus, Englischer Garten).
Students are encouraged to extend their stay in Munich over the weekend to allow for more extensive exploring.
The program is so geared toward helping students succeed, it would have been hard not to meet goals. The faculty are fantastic and my experience in a host family was very warm and one I will never forget.
M. B., Ithaka College
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