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MSU Faculty Led Short-Term Study Abroad Institutes
Global Education Center
Montclair State University
22 Normal Avenue
Upper Montclair, NJ 07043

Tel: 973 655-4185
Fax: 973 655-7654
simonw@mail.montclair.edu

Montclair in Florence
Intensive Italian Language and Literature
May 15   – June 26, 2010

 

Program Overview
This program will be run in conjunction with Arizona State University, and is based in the beautiful city of Florence, cradle of the Renaissance. Florence, a city of about 600,000, is situated only a few hours by train from other major cultural centers including Rome. This joint program makes it possible to register for Italian language courses at various levels. Two one-day excursions to Assisi and to a castle in the Chianti area are included in the program

Faculty
David Del Principe, the MSU Faculty Director, is Associate Professor of Italian at Montclair State University. He has lived, traveled, and taught in Italy and is a scholar of 19th-century Italian and Gothic literature and Ecofeminism.
Additional faculty for the program from the partner institution Arizona State University.

Academic Offerings
Students register for
 Italian 375-01: Study Abroad and indicate the approved corresponding language course (Italian 101, 102, 103 or 104) for post-program credit adjustment. 

Students select a second course from the list noted below.

  

 

ITAL 242 Italian Grammar and Composition
Prerequisites: ITAL 104 or equivalent. A two-part course designed to improve the student's written Italian in a variety of contexts: short narratives, descriptions, formal and informal letters, argumentative essays, observation, and analysis. Attention is given to style, register, and vocabulary enrichment. This course begins with a thorough review and refinement of the student's knowledge of Italian grammar with systematic exercises and descriptive analyses of reading passages. The course is centered on discussion and written practice through the writing of multiple drafts and presentations and prepares students for the ACTFL Writing Test. Required for majors. Taught in Italian.

ITAL 375-02 Italian Literature of the Renaissance
Taught by Arizona State University Prof. Juliann Vitullo
This course will focus on the Florentine writers from 1300-1550 who made their city the cultural capital of the Italian peninsula and of Europe.  Students will read and analyze works by Dante, Boccaccio, and Machiavelli and also study the social, political, and architectural structures in which their works were produced.  (Taught in English) Advanced Italian students who produce their final work in Italian may receive a credit adjustment for ITAL 441.

ENGL 250- course number to be confirmed
Romancing Italy: English Romantic Poets and/in Italy
Taught by Arizona State University Prof. Mark Lussier
In one of his best-known poems, the English Romantic poet Percy Bysshe Shelley described Italy as a “Paradise of Exiles,” a poetic acknowledgement that numerous English writers left England to take up residence in Italy. Indeed, the major poetry of Lord Byron and Percy Bysshe Shelley was actually conceived and composed during their self-imposed exiles in Italy. This  course will focus on the leading English Romantic poets, Byron and Shelley, and the class will read a wide range of their best-known works, including Byron’s Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage, The Giaour, Manfred, and Don Juan and Shelley’s Lines Written Among the Euganean Hills, Julian and Maddalo, “Mont Blanc,” “Hymn to Intellectual Beauty,” and Prometheus Unbound. 		 

Required course:
ITAL 375-01     Italian Language Study Abroad
Credit adjustment post program for one of the following:
ITAL 101          Italian I
ITAL 102          Italian II
ITAL 103          Italian III
ITAL 104          Italian IV
ITAL 242          Italian Grammar & Composition I
ITAL 243          Italian Grammar & Composition II
ITAL 480          Independent Study in Italian

Select one additional course from the following offerings:
ITAL 375-02     Italian Literature of the Renaissance
(Credit adjustment can be arranged for ITAL 441)
ENGL 250         Romancing Italy: English Romantic Poets in Italy

Pre-Enrollment Form

Montclair in Florence Scholarship Opportunities

    
Accommodations and Meals
Participants will be lodged in student housing located in central Florence. The apartments are equipped with standard kitchen facilities, which will enable participants to prepare some of their own meals and save some expenses. Housing assignments and instructions will be sent separately to each student, and cannot be traded without permission from the ASU Faculty Director. Lunch vouchers are included for four days per week at one of two possible local restaurants.

Program Cost:
Approx. $3,200 plus tuition and fees for six credits, plus airfare. The price includes:

    • Housing
    • Two one-day excursions
    • 4 lunches per week
    • Orientation in Florence
    • International Student I.D. card and accompanying insurance
    • Museum Pass
    • Administrative and guest lecturer fees

Roundtrip airfare is NOT included in the program cost. Participants may opt to join a group airfare on May15 – June 27 for an additional $800. Participants who do not opt for the group flight are expected to arrange their own transportation and meet up with the program in Florence.
Note that participants must be physically able to walk one mile on cobble stone streets.

 

Application Requirements:
All participants are required to have
1) a minimum GPA of 2.75;
2) an interview with MSU faculty;
3) a reference form completed by a faculty member
4) a $100 non-refundable application fee (applies to program cost if accepted)

Non-MSU students are eligible to participate as Visiting Students. They will need to provide an official transcript, two reference forms completed by faculty at their home institution, and an additional $100 fee.
Program Cost Payment Schedule:
Applications and the $100 non-refundable application fee may be submitted at any time before the January 15 deadline. Once accepted, the payment schedule is:
Application Fee                                  $  100 (non-refundable)
By January 15, 2010                          $  700
By February 15, 2010                        $1,200
By March 15, 2010                             $1,200 (to be confirmed)
Group airfare due February 15          $   800
Make checks payable to “Montclair State University”. A limited number of partial scholarships are available for MSU students. Contact the Global Education Center for information.

Tuition Cost Payment Schedule:
Participants will register for MSU Summer Sessions and pay tuition directly to the MSU Bursar. Summer Sessions Registration window opens in April.

For further information:
Contact Dr. Del Principe at 973-655-7499 or email delprincipe@mail.montclair.edu.
Contact the Global Education Center at 973-655-4185 or email simonW@mail.montclair.edu.

Or visit us on the web at www.montclair.edu/globaled