Students may enroll in only one of the three courses offered each May Term. Enrolled Clark students will receive normal day-college credit (1 full unit). Students from other schools must make arrangements to have credits transferred to their home institution (1 Clark unit is equivalent to 4 credits).
Comparative Courts and Law
(Government 005) Professor Mark Miller, Clark University. This course enables students to compare the courts and the broader legal systems of the United States and Canada with various European systems. Using the U.S. and Canadian legal systems for comparison, it examines the British legal system, which like the United States and Canada is an example of the Common Law (judges as law-makers) system. The course explores the legal systems of France, Luxembourg, and Germany as examples of Civil Law (code-based law) traditions. The course concludes with an examination of the European Court of Justice and the effects of the European Union on the legal systems of the member countries. Field trips are planned to the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg; the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France; the German Constitutional Court; and regional courts in France and Luxembourg.
No course prerequisites. Open to first year students. Global Comparative Perspective credit at Clark. At Holy Cross, this course counts towards the major in Political Science and fulfills the general elective.
From Total War to European Union
(History 006) Professor Theresa McBride, College of the Holy Cross. This course assesses the catastrophic events of two world wars in Europe between the “hereditary enemies” of France and Germany followed by the extraordinarily successful integration of these states into the European Union in order to understand the place of that history in contemporary Europe. Luxembourg, with ties to both Germany and France and as a founding member nation of the European community, is an ideal site for the study of 20th century Europe. Field trips are planned to Verdun, Rheims, and Strasburg in France, Bonn and Trier in Germany, and Luxembourg City.
No course prerequisites. Open to first year students. Historical Perspective credit at Clark. Approved for history credit at Holy Cross.
Seeing the Light: At the Crossroads of Art and Science
(Physics 080) Professor S. Leslie Blatt, Clark University. What did Georges Seurat know about the physics of color perception when he began experimenting with pointillism? Did Johannes Vermeer use a camera obscura to help create the spectacularly luminous effects of his canvases? What great theme ties together the breakthrough works of Albert Einstein, Pablo Picasso, and Arnold Schoeberg? We will explore questions like these through hands-on experiments in the physics of light, visual perception, and actual artists’ techniques, and solidify our understandings through field trips to Luxembourg and neighboring countries.
No course prerequisites. Open to first year students. Natural Scientific Perspective credit at Clark. Approved for the natural science requirement at Holy Cross.