Programs by Country: Italy
FLORENCE: CAPA
Traditional | Florence, Italy
Study Abroad Coordinator: Daisy Biddle (d.biddle@neu.edu)
The CAPA Florence Program offers the opportunity of a lifetime to immerse yourself academically and socially in the local culture. The city is quietly enchanting, with museums hidden around every corner and buildings left unchanged for centuries, and CAPA brings you the best Florence has to offer. Regardless of your major, our academic courses keep you on track while you soak up regional history and culture. Study abroad options include local visits, fine arts courses that take advantage of the visually stunning streets and buildings, and special lectures. Everything is designed to engage you in critical thinking and challenge you to comprehensively pursue subjects through academic and field research.
FLORENCE: Lorenzo de’ Medici
Traditional | Florence, Italy
Study Abroad Coordinator: Daisy Biddle (d.biddle@neu.edu)
LdM centrally located in the San Lorenzo area offers students the opportunity to take art, social science, fashion, Italian language, and many other course offerings while studying in historic Florence.
FLORENCE: Studio Art Centers International (SACI)
Traditional | Florence, Italy
Study Abroad Coordinator: Daisy Biddle (d.biddle@neu.edu)
Studio Arts Center International (SACI) was founded by an American artists to offer study abroad students the opportunity to live and study in Florence, Italy, surrounded by the treasures of Medieval, Renaissance, and contemporary Europe. SACI is an active member of the Florentine community, exhibiting current artists and helping to conserve and restore precious paintings and buildings. Courses are taught in English and focus on art and architecture. Most art courses are available in beginning through advanced levels. There is also a selection of Italian language and culture classes, which students are encouraged to take. Some classes include field trips around Florence and Italy.
Mantova: Italian Language and Culture (Closed)
Dialogue of Civilizations | Mantova, Italy
Information Session: November 7th, 3 to 4pm; and November 13th , 2 to 3pm. Location: 433 Meserve Hall
Leader(s): Prof. Alessio Tognetti (a.tognetti@neu.edu)
Study Abroad Coordinator: Daisy Biddle (d.biddle@neu.edu)
Term: Summer I
Courses: CLTR4944 and ITLN2301/2302/3301/3302; Italian Immersion language
Description:
An ancient culture with an ancient language, ancient cities and ancient customs, and yet it all seamlessly bleeds with the most modern and advanced reality. Or does it? Here is a chance to discover the answer by yourself, be it in a classroom, be it while sipping an espresso at the corner café while people watching.
This dialogue is essentially an opportunity for students to receive a full immersion in a culture format other than their own. It is a chance for them to realize that different people solve, in different ways, similar and common problems to their own, and in so doing, reach new and exciting solution.
If you want to: learn Italian language in the most effective way with a culture immersion program and Italian faculty; study key issues in contemporary Italian culture, society and politics, including the media, immigration, regionalism and others; explore from a historical, anthropological and cultural point of view the unique, complex reality of Italian cities; discover the real Italy in locations away from major tourist sites; acquire an indispensable skill in a global world, facilitating your ability to communicate with others, and improving your potential for success in your chosen field.
PERUGIA: CIS
Traditional | Perugia, Italy
Study Abroad Coordinator: Daisy Biddle (d.biddle@neu.edu)
The Umbra Institute provides fall, spring, and summer programs in the medieval city of Perugia, Italy. Students can choose from a variety of courses with integrated field trips to famous Italian cities and sites, community engagement opportunities outside of the classroom, and extra-curricular activities.
Perugia serves as the ideal backdrop for study abroad in Italy. Rich in art, architecture, and historical significance, it is internationally recognized as a city of learning. The ancient city is surrounded by the rolling hills of Umbria and Tuscany. While lying off the beaten path, travel from Perugia is easy since Rome, Florence, Siena, Assisi, and Cortona lie only a short distance away.
ROME: American University of Rome
Traditional | Rome, Italy
Study Abroad Coordinator: Daisy Biddle (d.biddle@neu.edu)
Students participate on a semester study abroad program through AUR, enjoying the Roman culture, architecture, and people, while taking courses in a variety of disciplines.
ROME: John Cabot University
Traditional | Rome, Italy
Study Abroad Coordinator: Daisy Biddle (d.biddle@neu.edu)
John Cabot University is an independent, accredited four-year college of liberal arts and sciences, with an outstanding faculty, an international degree-seeking student body and over 200 courses from which to choose. Travel in Italy, classes on site at famous monuments and museums throughout the city and a range of extra-curricular activities are just some of the advantages of John Cabot's program.
The culture of an American university, with classes (except Italian language and literature) taught in English; the international atmosphere of a global mix of students of varying backgrounds and nationalities; the incomparable Roman milieu combining centuries of history and art with up-to-the-minute style.
Students visiting from the United States meet others from Europe, Latin America, Asia, the Middle East and Africa, as well as Italian degree-seeking students. Lively exchanges of views and perspectives take place in small classroom settings and on the terraces of the charming ex-convent that is John Cabot's main campus. Cross-cultural friendships develop in the abundant coffee bars and trattorie of Trastevere where JCU is located. Total immersion in the Roman way of life brings new understanding and appreciation of how others live.
Rome: Rome the City as Text (Closed)
Dialogue of Civilizations | Rome, Italy
Information Session: Tuesday October 30th from 6pm-7pm in 305 Shillman
Faculty Leader: Daniel Faber (d.faber@neu.edu)
Study Abroad Coordinator: Daisy Biddle (d.biddle@neu.edu)
Term: Summer I
Courses: HONR 3309 – Honors Seminar Abroad and ITLN 1301 – Italian Language Immersion
Description:
The purpose of the course is to use Rome as a social laboratory to explore major urban issues. Rome will be examined in a context of its geographic region, its role as the capital city of Italy, and as a major urban center of the European Union. The course will address the social, political and cultural history of Rome and its role as a contemporary cultural trend setter and world class city. Through explorations within the city and other key sites in the area including Florence and Herculaneum students will learn about political and economic life of Italy. The course will use ethnographic research, scholarly articles, guest lectures, site visits to develop a deeper understanding of contemporary issues such as immigration, gentrification, changing gender roles, political corruption, and tourism that would not otherwise be possible in a traditional classroom setting.
TUSCANIA: Lorenzo de’ Medici
Traditional | Tuscania, Italy
Study Abroad Coordinator: Daisy Biddle (d.biddle@neu.edu)
The LdM program at Tuscania is based on a full immersion concept. Because of the town's small size and its geographic location, students live and study in a fully Italian and a more traditional small community-based environment. Integration in the community is fundamental to the program, encouraging students to create relationships in a cultural context. The curriculum has been designed to promote the historical, artistic and cultural qualities that make this part of Italy unique. Thus courses in history and archaeology focus on the Etruscan, Roman and medieval civilizations that are at the core of Tuscania's development, while courses in culinary arts reflect Tuscania's connection to the agricultural cycles and traditions of the region.
VENICE: Lorenzo de’ Medici
Traditional | Venice, Italy
Study Abroad Coordinator: Daisy Biddle (d.biddle@neu.edu)
The LdM Venice semester program features a range of courses in the humanities and studio arts, with an emphasis on Italian language and on the rich artistic resources of the city of Venice. In accordance with LdM's commitment to ensuring students' successful intercultural interactions, students enroll in an Italian language course as well as a complement of 4 courses in English.
Venice: Photography and Art History in Venice (Closed)
Dialogue of Civilizations | Venice, Italy
Information Session: November 5th at 6:00pm in Ryder room 305
Faculty: Andrea Greitzer (a.greitzer@neu.edu)
Study Abroad Coordinator: Daisy Biddle (d.biddle@neu.edu)
Term: Summer I
Courses:
- ARTE 2501 Art and Design Abraod: History -Venetian Art history
- ARTE 2500 Art and Design Abroad: Studio-Photo Basics