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Italy Summer Program - 2020 MONROE COMMUNITY COLLEGE AT UNIVERSITY OF THE ARTS

4-WEEK PROGRAM OVERVIEW PROGRAM FEATURES- 9 Academic Credits May 30-June 27- 2020 • 3 credit course HSP225 Spring Semester class at MCC MCC students can partake in a summer academic • 3-transfer credit travel week class, itinerary below program featuring four weeks in . The program (Includes all visits, accommodation, and most meals) begins with a travel week “Cultural • 3-credit course in Florence from FUA’s summer schedule Introduction to Italy” to foster awareness of Italian cultural of classes https://fua.it/Academics/academic- heritage and lifestyle. Students will experience important schedule.html?period=386 locations such as , Maremma (southern ), and • Housing and partial meal plan, Free use of gym and library Versilia (northern Tuscany), and their defining • Class trips to Parma or , and more. characteristics such as cuisines, history, , etc. • Theater, Opera, Art Galleries in Italy The program will subsequently move to Florence, Italy, for • Field trips to UNESCO World Heritage sites, , three-weeks of regular academic classes held at the state of Fiesole & more the art campuses of Florence University of the Arts. PROGRAM BENEFITS DATES • The travel week provides a deeper perspective Saturday May 30 Cultural Introduction to of Italian culture for better immersion into the to Sunday, June 7 Italy (Travel Program) Italian culture and Florence academics. • Living in Florence Italy, a top European destination June 8-27 Class in Florence at FUA • Academic courses taught by highly qualified faculty • Full assistance and services provided by FUA HOW TO ENROLL facilities, including well-being and extracurricular activities. Attend an advertised informational meeting during fall • The opportunity to internationalize your academic and 2019 and learn how to enroll in the program. This is a future career paths. self-funded class and trip. Inquire now about financial aid, scholarships, and fund raising options. Please 1- WEEK & 2- WEEK NON CREDIT contact MCC Professor: Andrew Lawrence OPTIONS [email protected] / 3-142, or Cristina Lee in • May 30-June 7, 2020: 7 nights of food, culture & history MCC Global Education and International Services 11-208 • May 30-June 12, 2019: 14 nights of food, culture & history HSP-225 / Spring class 2020 (CRN33239 & 33262) plus one-week food, pastry and wine classes in Florence Watch for informational meetings. EST cost $6,995 The one and two week programs are for nontraditional students only! MCC Employees, Retirees and community members. Traditional students in degree programs are not eligible.

CITY TOUR AND CLASS SCHEDULE WHY STUDY IN ITALY • Rome This course is designed to provide students the opportunity Piazza Venezia, Capitoline Hill, Imperial to see and experience the richness of Italy through the o unique experiences of travel and immersion into local Forums, Colosseum and Roman Forum society. The core components of this course will be a stay in o Pantheon, Trevi , Spanish Steps, country, with visits to the main and cultural centers Piazza del Popolo providing experience through immersion. Class meetings • Vatican prior to the trip will focus on topics that will help the students prepare for the experience, and meetings after o Saint Peter's Square and Basilica the trip will provide a time for debriefing, reporting, • Caprarola, in the province of (Northern evaluation, and assimilation. The student is expected to ) complete ten tasks during his/her stay, make an oral o for a visit to , presentation, and prepare a portfolio of the trip. This • Bagnaia and visit to Lante portfolio can be a personal journal, photo display, video recording, or a combination thereof. Three class hours. On o “garden of surprise • Capalbio (Southern Maremma) location hours are variable depending on the field experience offered. o visit the “Giardino dei Tarocchi”, • Populonia-Etruscan city of The student is required to attend the pre-departure lecture class (CRN30013) and field learning activities within the o Archaeological Park of Baratti country (CRN32801). Lecture, group discussion, readings, • Bolgheri videos, and research projects are a few components of the o vineyard and agriculture pre-departure lecture component. • Versilia, on the Northern Coast of Tuscany Visits to art galleries, archaeological sites, and cultural • Viareggio centers, UNESCO World Heritage Sites such as the Roman Forum, Roman Coliseum, Medici and Gardens in o The Cittadella del Carnevale, the Promenade, the History Tuscany, and Historic Center of Florence and examples of onsite experiential learning activities. • Carrara Visit of the Marble Quarries Projects, reading assignments, and research will be a o component of the course as determined necessary based • Pietrasanta- the town and its sculpting studios on the scheduled cities, archaeological sites, and historical • places, of destinations in the class schedule. • Forte dei Marmi FINANCING STUDY ABROAD Bike Tour o Contact the MCC Financial Aid office in building #6 Room • Firenze/ Florence –Our home away from Home 207, or visit their website: • Fiesole http://www.monroecc.edu/tuition-aid/ • Pienza and Visit our website for information about scholarships: • Parma & https://www.monroecc.edu/depts/global-education/study- • San Galgano and Sant'Antimo abroad/ • Volterra and Bolgheri MCC’s one-stop scholarship application available • at: Scholarships Online! https://monroecc.academicworks.com/ • Lucca and its Villas https://fua.it/Admissions/scholarships.html#studyabroadsc • Venice holarship • Pisa •