Participants in this yearlong program, which requires at least two years of Italian, enroll in their choice of courses at the university and live in apartments with other students. This program, held in autumn, includes intensive language instruction, course work on contemporary Italy, and electives that may be chosen from among studio art, art history, history, and literature. Other activities include frequent visits to museums, churches, and monuments, and field trips to cities such as Rome, Venice, Pisa, and Sienna.
Participants live with Italian families.
Because it is an immersion program, students live in apartments with Italian students or with local families, attend daily Italian language classes at the University, and observe a strict no-English rule. The sequence meets the College's civilization requirement. An Italian language course will also be available. Students are housed in shared rooms in a modest hotel. Because the civilization sequence is taught in English, previous study of Italian is not required.