Dates: (tentative) July 4rd - August 3th, 2010
Group leader(s): Prof. Luigia Maiellaro, l.maiellaro@neu.edu
Course description: This program consists of two courses, one in Italian language and one in contemporary Italian culture. The courses are held in Salerno, on the beautiful Amalfi Coast in the South of Italy. A four-day trip to Rome will conclude this special experience of Italy.
1) Italian Language Immersion (ITLN 1202, 2201, 2202, 3201, or 3202 4SH). This is an intensive immersion Italian course with a strong communicative based approach which focuses on the development of all the four language skills (speaking, writing, listening, reading). Students attend regularly scheduled intensive language classes in the morning (20 hours/week, for a total of 80 hours), which are supplemented by the linguistic and cultural immersion experience. The teaching methodology and assessment criteria conform the Common European Language Framework standards.
2) Contemporary Italian Culture (INTL4939- 4SH). This course will study modern Italy from a sociological, cultural, political and anthropological viewpoint, in order to gain an overview of a relatively new country, which is characterized by considerable regional disparities, and has undergone great social and cultural changes since the end of World War II. During the course we will be studying the radical social, political, economic and cultural transformations which turned Italy into one of world's leading industrial democracies, starting from the post-war reconstruction, the industrialization, the economic miracle of the 1960s and 1980s, and the great internal migration, to the social movements from 1980 to today. We will see how Italy has achieved a high cultural profile and a level of material prosperity that have generated a post-modern, mass consumer and globalized society. Through lectures, discussions and field trips we will examine sociological and cultural aspects of contemporary Italy such as Catholicism, the role of the family, emigration and immigration, stereotypes and regional identities, media and material culture, the Italian language and linguistic pluralism. Particular emphasis will be given to the analysis of Italy�s internal divide between South and North. Salerno, the Amalfi Coast, Naples and Rome will be the classroom for the study in this hands-on educational experience.
Prerequisites: Applicants should have a 3.0 GPA and have completed at least ITLN 1102 or equivalent. Course credits: Italian Language Immersion (ITLN 1202, 2201, 2202, 3201, or 3202) and INTL4983 Dialogue of Civilizations Globalization, Humanities, and Culture. Contemporary Italian Culture. Total of 8 credits.
Cost of program: Summer tuition for 8 NU credits plus additional costs TBD.
Application Process: Download the Dialogue of Civilizations application and waiver form. Turn in two copies of each completed form and two copies of your unofficial transcript to the Office of International Study Programs in 10 BV.
Application Deadline: December 7, 2009
Disclaimer: Some information posted here is tentative and subject to change based on costs and dates of available flights. The website is updated as current information becomes available.
