Mormon American Travel Studies

BYU–Idaho’s Mormon American Travel Studies takes students to key sites in both Church and American History on the American East Coast.

Places:
Salt Lake City, Utah
Jamestown, Williamsburg, Virginia
Washington, D.C.
Gettysburg, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Connecticut
New Port, New Jersey
Boston, Lexington, Massachusetts
Manhattan, Palmyra, Seneca Fall, Fayette, Niagara Falls, New York
Kirtland, Columbus, Ohio
Springfield, Nauvoo, Illinois

The $2,975 fee includes:
• Round trip airfare from Salt Lake City to eastern United States
• Bus Transportation
• Hotels
• Two meals per day
• Entrance fees

Students are responsible for covering:
• One meal per day & snacks
• Souvenirs
• Tuition (which will vary depending on the number of credits taken)


Courses
A total of 9 credits may be earned. (Each of the following courses are 3 credit classes except for Religion 341, which is a 2 credit class.) Classes include:

History Classes (either FDAMF 101 or HIST 120, not both):
FDAMF 101 – American Foundations (3 credits)
HIST 120 – U.S. History to 1877 (3 credits)
HIST 370 – Early American History to 1800 (3 credits) – prerequisite required

Humanities Classes (choose one of the following):
FDHUM 101 – The Heroic Journey (3 credits)
HUM 266 – American Humanities (3 credits)
HUM 385 – Independent Travel Studies (up to 3 credits)

Religion Classes (choose one of the following):
FDREL 324 – Doctrine and Covenants (3 credits)
FDREL 341 – Latter-day Saint History from 1805-1844 (2 credits)

Contacts
Shawn Johansen
History Professor & Tour Director
Ricks 262-G
208-496-1899
johansens@byui.edu

Jason Flora
Humanities Professor
Taylor 240-E
208-496-1278
floraj@byui.edu

Brian Kinghorn
Religion Professor
Taylor 213
208-496-1536
kinghornbr@byui.edu

For more information, go to:

www.byui.edu/travelprograms/Mormon_American_Travel_Studies_files/default.htm

Oh! The Places You'll Go

Life holds countless options and possibilities. Sometimes course changes are thrust upon you without a choice or a vote of approval. But, sometimes you steer your own life into the strange and unknown. This is where our adventure begins: BYU-Idaho travel programs and just traveling in general. The university offers students the chance to tour countries all over the world and in the States. BYU-I has themed tours in the United States, including: Mormon American Travel Study, Urban Studies, Horseback Discovery Tour, Lewis & Clark Tour and a Natural Science Field Expedition. The foreign programs are the British Literary Tour, European Religious History Tour, Humanities European Tour, Meso-American Tour and the BYU Jerusalem Center.

There are more alternative programs affiliated with BYU-I (and BYU in Provo) that students can take on. Through BYU, there are 158 programs in 58 countries available, giving BYU the 17th largest study abroad program in the nation.

This blog is dedicated to exploring the benefits, struggles, and experiences of these travel programs, because, in short, adventure is out there!