There are extensive excursions to sites of historical and cultural interest. The French discipline also sponsors May Term study in France. The program concentrates on French theatre, but there are also extensive trips to world-famous museums, galleries, and places of great beauty and importance such as Orsay and Versailles. Homestays are available. Every May, the art faculty lead the Renaissance Studies in Italy program.
Participants have a strong background in art history.
Students travel with an expert in medieval and renaissance art, architecture, and iconography to study in depth the major monuments of Renaissance art in Rome, Florence, Venice, and a selection of other northern Italian sites. Participants immerse themselves in Italian life. They stay in small pensionnes or religious houses, eat in local trattoria, and travel by public transportation. Students assist in planning the trip and participate by presenting topics that they have researched in advance. In May 2001, for the first time students and MBC faculty studied the unique social and natural environment of South Africa.