IU students who have completed at least three semesters and at least one 300-level course may apply for the program, which IU awards 6 credit hours. Students may earn 6 credit hours during this six-week program in Florence, Italy. Students study with IU faculty while living in a sixteenth-century palazzo in central Florence. In addition to courses in elementary and intermediate Italian and studio art courses in drawing at several levels, students may enroll in a course about Renaissance Florence, which is taught in English and includes walking trips to the major museums an d monuments. No knowledge of Italian is required for program participation.
Preference is given to applicants who are biology ma jors and minors.
Excursions to Salzburg and Vienna complement the academic program. Students earn 6 credit hours. Students study with others from Big Ten schools in one of Mexico's most picturesque and historic silver-mining towns. Studen ts are placed in a Mexican home. Applicants must have successfully completed course work in Spanish at the 300 level.