Take a Semester-Long Field Trip to Italy
Go to Auburn University in Italy. Live like royalty. Attend class in a museum. Visit Rome, Pompeii, St. Peters and the Vatican as part of class curriculum.
The College of Human Sciences at Auburn University offers students the opportunity to study abroad for 12 weeks. Students live in the renovated Chigi Palace in Ariccia, Italy, located about 20 miles from Rome.
“The palace museum houses some of the best Baroque Roman Art,” says Dr. Carol Warfield, Consumer Affairs Department Head. “The curator of the museum also serves as a professor to the students.”
The Joseph S. Bruno Abroad in Italy program was introduced to Auburn University in the summer of 2002. It started as a six-week pilot program for five students and has grown into a 12-week program for 18-20 students per semester.
The study abroad program is not just for students in the College of Human Sciences, it is for all students campus-wide, regardless of major. The Abroad in Italy program is also available for students from other universities during the fall term. Every student will receive 16 credit hours and an International Minor upon completion of the program.
What makes the Abroad in Italy program different from any other program offered in Italy? With well over 100 study abroad programs from United States’ institutions, there are no other programs that offer the integrated study of quality of life in Italy.
“All disciplines study the same thing,” says Dr. Warfield, “but everyone shares their individual knowledge with other students. The art history major may view something differently than the fashion design major, so students learn from each other.”
To be a part of the Abroad in Italy program, one must be a junior, senior or graduate student with at least a 2.5 cumulative GPA. An Auburn University faculty member teaches participants in a required three week on-campus course to prepare the students for Italy. There is also a faculty member in Italy who coordinates the integrated curriculum in Italy.
Among the topics students are exposed to are art and architectural history, European history and Italian culture. Cultural studies range from regional food and Italian tourism to Italian cinema and the educational systems.
Students also learn coping skills with the Italian way of life, especially Italian time. Classes start at 9:30 in the morning and go until lunch-time, when everything shuts down for a couple of hours for lunch and siesta.
“The main thing students report back on is that they learned more about themselves than they ever knew,” says Dr. Warfield. “They learned to appreciate their own family and their own country.”
The College of Human Sciences at Auburn University offers students the opportunity to study abroad for 12 weeks. Students live in the renovated Chigi Palace in Ariccia, Italy, located about 20 miles from Rome.
“The palace museum houses some of the best Baroque Roman Art,” says Dr. Carol Warfield, Consumer Affairs Department Head. “The curator of the museum also serves as a professor to the students.”
The Joseph S. Bruno Abroad in Italy program was introduced to Auburn University in the summer of 2002. It started as a six-week pilot program for five students and has grown into a 12-week program for 18-20 students per semester.
The study abroad program is not just for students in the College of Human Sciences, it is for all students campus-wide, regardless of major. The Abroad in Italy program is also available for students from other universities during the fall term. Every student will receive 16 credit hours and an International Minor upon completion of the program.
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What makes the Abroad in Italy program different from any other program offered in Italy? With well over 100 study abroad programs from United States’ institutions, there are no other programs that offer the integrated study of quality of life in Italy.
“All disciplines study the same thing,” says Dr. Warfield, “but everyone shares their individual knowledge with other students. The art history major may view something differently than the fashion design major, so students learn from each other.”
To be a part of the Abroad in Italy program, one must be a junior, senior or graduate student with at least a 2.5 cumulative GPA. An Auburn University faculty member teaches participants in a required three week on-campus course to prepare the students for Italy. There is also a faculty member in Italy who coordinates the integrated curriculum in Italy.
Among the topics students are exposed to are art and architectural history, European history and Italian culture. Cultural studies range from regional food and Italian tourism to Italian cinema and the educational systems.
Students also learn coping skills with the Italian way of life, especially Italian time. Classes start at 9:30 in the morning and go until lunch-time, when everything shuts down for a couple of hours for lunch and siesta.
“The main thing students report back on is that they learned more about themselves than they ever knew,” says Dr. Warfield. “They learned to appreciate their own family and their own country.”
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