LIBERAL arts AND SOCIAL SCIENCES italian LANGuaGE AND culture SCIENCES creative arts DESIGN LdM Italy Main Office: Florence, Rome, Tuscania and Venice Via Faenza, 43 50123 Florence, Italy Phone: +39.055.287.360 Phone: +39.055.287.203 Fax: +39.055.239.8920 Email: [email protected] Website: www.ldminstitute.com LdM Academic Relations & Student Services 3600 Bee Caves Road, Suite 205B AUSTIN, TX 78746 U.S.A. Phone: 877.765.4LDM (4536) Phone: 512.328.INFO (4636) Fax: 512.328.4638 Email: [email protected] Website: www.ldminstitute.com over 40 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN HIGHER education LdM Italy Main Office: Florence, Rome, Tuscania and Venice Via Faenza, 43 50123 Florence, Italy Phone: +39.055.287.360 Phone: +39.055.287.203 Fax: +39.055.239.8920 Email: [email protected] Website: www.ldminstitute.com LdM Academic Relations & Student Services 3600 Bee Caves Road, Suite 205B AUSTIN, TX 78746 U.S.A. Phone: 877.765.4LDM (4536) Phone: 512.328.INFO (4636) Fax: 512.328.4638 Email: [email protected] Website: www.ldminstitute.com LdM Academic Catalog 2015-2016 3 4 LdM Academic Catalog 2015-2016 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. GENERAL INFORMATION 7 1.1 MISSION AND CORE VALUES 7 1.2 INTRODUCTION 9 1.3 STUDIES AND PROGRAMS 11 1.4 INSTITUTE SITES 13 1.5 MEMBERSHIPS, PARTNERSHIPS AND AFFILIATES 20 1.6 LdM-CAMNES COLLABORATION 22 2. ADMISSION AND REGISTRATION PROCEDURES 23 2.1 ADMISSION AND COURSE SELECTION 23 2.2 ADD & DROP AND FINAL REGISTRATION 23 2.3 APPLICATION DEADLINES 24 2.4 ACADEMIC CALENDAR 24 3. INSTITUTE POLICIES 26 3.1 GENERAL POLICIES 26 3.2 RULES OF CONDUCT 26 3.3 ACADEMIC POLICIES 28 4. CAMPUS LIFE 30 4.1 HOUSING 30 4.2 CULTURAL AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES 31 4.3 STUDENT CLUBS 32 4.4 STUDENT SERVICES 33 5. PROGRAMS OF STUDY 34 5.1 ITALIAN LANGUAGE COURSES 34 5.2 SEMESTER PROGRAMS 34 5.3 JANUARY INTERSESSION PROGRAM 34 5.4 SUMMER SESSION PROGRAMS 34 5.5 INTERNSHIPS 34 5.6 PROFESSIONAL OPPORTUNITIES 34 5.7 THREE CITIES PROGRAM 35 5.8 STEM PROGRAM 35 5.9 MARIST-LdM DEGREE PROGRAMS 35 5.10 CREATIVE ARTS AND DESIGN CERTIFICATE PROGRAMS 37 6. LdM FLORENCE COURSE DESCRIPTIONS 45 6.1 FLORENCE - SCHOOL OF LIBERAL ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES 47 6.2 FLORENCE - SCHOOL OF ITALIAN LANGUAGE AND CULTURE 85 6.3 FLORENCE - SCHOOL OF SCIENCES 95 6.4 FLORENCE - SCHOOL OF CREATIVE ARTS 97 6.5 FLORENCE - SCHOOL OF DESIGN 113 7. LdM ROME COURSE DESCRIPTIONS 131 7.1 ROME - SCHOOL OF LIBERAL ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES 133 7.2 ROME - SCHOOL OF ITALIAN LANGUAGE AND CULTURE 151 7.3 ROME - SCHOOL OF SCIENCES 157 7.4 ROME - SCHOOL OF CREATIVE ARTS 161 8. LdM TUSCANIA COURSE DESCRIPTIONS 165 8.1 TUSCANIA - SCHOOL OF LIBERAL ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES 167 8.2 TUSCANIA - SCHOOL OF ITALIAN LANGUAGE AND CULTURE 175 8.3 TUSCANIA - SCHOOL OF CREATIVE ARTS 183 9. LdM STAFF LIST 188 10. COURSE INDEX BY SITE, SCHOOL AND DEPARTMENT 190 11. COURSE INDEX BY TITLE 208 LdM Academic Catalog 2015-2016 5 6 LdM Academic Catalog 2015-2016 1. GENERAL Information 1.1 MISSION Istituto Lorenzo de’ Medici is committed to delivering a high-quality international learning experience through which students advance along their formal educational paths, develop their creativity, realize their own potential, and empower themselves to impact the world around them. Experiential learning is LdM’s main tool to foster students’ future professional development. LdM Academic Catalog 2015-2016 7 1.1 CORE VALUES Learning Istituto Lorenzo de’ Medici upholds both traditional and innovative educational approaches and is dedicated to the empowerment of students as active participants in the learning process. Innovation Istituto Lorenzo de’ Medici prizes interdisciplinary projects and engagement with the professional sector as a way to ensure that its students achieve work-related skills necessary to meet the challenges of their respective fields. Diversity Istituto Lorenzo de’ Medici embraces diversity in its dynamic, international environment composed of faculty, staff and students from over 90 different countries. Engagement Istituto Lorenzo de’ Medici believes in community engagement and builds opportunities for meaningful interaction between students and the Italian community in which they live and study. Affirmation Istituto Lorenzo de’ Medici provides equal and open access to educational opportunities and promotes personal development and growth. 8 LdM Academic Catalog 2015-2016 1.2 INTRODUCTION In 2013 Istituto Lorenzo de’ Medici celebrated its first four “Tandem” conversation exchange, but also in a variety of decades. During this time, the Institute has built a strong academic ventures. LdM has established agreements with identity and a tradition which are represented in its mission the University of Florence Departments of Archaeology, and also in the lives of LdM students of different generations. Business and Economics, History, Art History, Music and Theatre (including Cinema and Filmmaking), as well as with LdM began in 1973 as one of the first centers in Florence to the dedicated science campus or “Polo Scientifico” located specialize in teaching Italian as a foreign language. Later, the at Sesto Fiorentino. Institute branched out into Studio Art courses, and is now known as one of Italy’s largest and most comprehensive LdM Restoration students have restored paintings and institution for international education. After many years of sculptures, some by the greatest artistic masters of the success in Florence, we have expanded and opened campuses Renaissance like Fra’ Angelico, Ghirlandaio, Botticelli, in Rome, Tuscania and Venice, giving students the opportunity Brunelleschi and Michelangelo. They also have the chance to experience different aspects of Italy. LdM currently offers to take part in international expeditions, like the recent over 3,000 students a year the opportunity to live in the midst ones to Easter Island (Chile) to restore the ancient Moai of Italian culture and share their study experience with others sculptures. Studio Art students develop their visual skills of different nationalities. Students attending LdM courses can through immersion in the exquisite beauties of the Italian gain credit towards their US degrees. countryside. Fashion students work on commercial projects, meet industry professionals and hold their own fashion LdM has a faculty of more than 200 dedicated and qualified shows, while Art, Photography, Graphic and Interior Design instructors from Italy and all over the world, and the Institute students work on professional projects. The most recent offers 500 different courses in Arts and Humanities, addition to the Florence Campus is Cucina Lorenzo de’ Design, Social Sciences and Communications, Psychology, Medici, the first school of culinary arts in the historic Mercato International Business and Political Science, Studio and Centrale of Florence. A diverse group of professional chefs Performing Arts, Science and Italian Language. Classroom- lead hands-on cooking courses, as well as seminars that based liberal arts courses supplement traditional teaching explore in-depth themes such as the overall well-being methods by using the unrivalled opportunities that Florence, related to a balanced diet, the evolution of cooking styles, Tuscania, Rome and Venice offer for investigating the the pairing of food and wine, and the importance of the history and cultural heritage of Italy and Europe in galleries, agricultural food sector. Participants are in direct contact palaces, gardens, churches and museums. LdM programs with the artisans who produce the freshest “Made in Italy” stimulate and expand the potential individual creativity products and they learn first-hand how to observe, smell, of students, providing them not only with the technical taste, and appreciate their value and the history that skills but also the conceptual insights necessary for the surrounds them. development of artistic talent. LdM prides itself on years of experience of offering professionally-oriented courses Additionally, LdM provides its students with a wide range in Design, Archaeology, Studio Arts, Performing Arts and of housing possibilities, student services, opportunities allied subjects. LdM’s fully equipped facilities and cutting- for travel and recreation, volunteer projects, student edge methods enable students to enjoy direct learning and clubs, extra-curricular seminars and public conferences. to experience Italy as “a classroom without walls”. The Institute aims to integrate formal university-level learning with an emphasis on personal growth, individual LdM has enjoyed a long and fruitful collaboration with the engagement, and community responsibility. University of Florence, not only in social events such as the LdM Academic Catalog 2015-2016 9 10 LdM Academic Catalog 2015-2016 1.3 STUDIES AND PROGRAMS LdM offers a large range of 3-credit courses during the semesters, one-month sessions in June and July, and a three-week term in January. In the belief that access to the language is an essential component of the experience of living in Italy, the Institute requires students enrolled in the semester program to take at least one Italian language course. Students may combine courses to suit their academic, professional and personal needs. For further details on our programs see section 5 “Programs of Study”. All courses are taught in English, with the exception of Italian language courses. LdM Academic Catalog 2015-2016 11 12 LdM Academic Catalog 2015-2016 1.4 INSTITUTE SITES: Florence As the birthplace of modern humanism, naturalistic arts and scientific inquiry, Florence was the cradle of Renaissance civilization, the place where Dante, Brunelleschi, Botticelli, Leonardo da Vinci, Machiavelli and Galileo changed forever the way we see the world. For centuries travelers and admirers of art and culture have fallen in love with this city and the countryside that surrounds it. Located in the heart of Tuscany, Florence is the ideal destination for those interested in studying humanities, art, design, Italian language and culture. Extraordinarily rich in history and ancient traditions, the city, with its world-famous artistic heritage, offers the student a wide spectrum of cultural events throughout the year.