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Short Term Programs: Pescara

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Introduction

Nazareth College is sponsoring a five-week Summer Program in Pescara, with excursions to Rome, Florence, Venice and Verona. Participants in the program will register for two courses, and earn a total of six credit hours.

Image of PescaraStudents selected for the program pay a program fee which includes lodging and meals at the place of residence, and all the excursions related to the program. The cost of the tuition and airfare are additional expenses.

 

 

 

Faculty

Maria Rosaria Vitti-Alexander
Professor of Italian, Nazareth College

Professor Maria Rosaria Vitti-Alexander is currently a professor of Italian in the Department of Foreign Languages and Literature at Nazareth College in Rochester, NY. Previously she taught Italian at the University of Michigan, where she completed her Ph.D. in Italian literature. She has published on Pirandello's fiction and on Italian women writers of the 20thcentury. A native speaker of Italian, Dr. Vitti-Alexander has also taught at Middlebury College.

Kingsbury Marzolf
Emeritus Professor of Architecture, University of Michigan

Professor Kingsbury Marzolf is a Emeritus Professor of Architecture at the University of Michigan College of Architecture and Urban Planning. He is a registered architect and teaches in the areas of architectural history and the history of urban form.

 

Course Descriptions

Beginning/Intermediate Italian (3 credits)
This course will begin with a general review of grammar and construction, followed by closer attention to more advanced constructions and vocabulary. The readings will be short and varied. The Intermediate Italian course is intended for students with at least one year of college Italian.

Twentieth Century Italian Writers (3 credits)
This course introduces the student to 20th century writers from various regions of Italy. Using their works, students will examine and compare north, central, south and insular Italy from the literary perspective, emphasizing cultural and traditional differences. Each author's work is placed in the historical currents of the contemporary period and region of Italy.

Architecture and Urban Development in Italy (3 credits)
 The major theories, styles and personalities in Italian architecture from classic times to the present will be examined in the format of class lectures and field trips. Although the traditional historic chronology will be followed, and the identification of the styles will be covered, all of this will be done in an urban context. The study of the development of Italian cities will parallel the study of architecture, and will trace the chronology of architectural currents.

 

Housing

In Pescara, students will stay with families selected through the Nazareth College exchange program with the Universitâ degli Studi G. d'Annunzio'. In Rome, Florence, and Venice, students will be staying in hotels primarily in double or triple rooms.

Dates June 27 -August 1
Enrollment Deadline April 15.

The program is limited to fifteen students who will be accepted on a first-come, first-serve basis.

Costs

The Summer Program fee of $2,900 includes the following:

  • Lodging with a chosen family in Pescara; meals Monday through Sunday. Lodging (a triple room) at chosen hotels in Rome/Florence/Venice.
  • All program-related excursions and a trip to the Opera at Verona
  • All related travel within Italy, tour bus and by train. In addition, students will pay tuition of $400Image of Pescara per credit hour to Nazareth College.

Other expenses students will incur:

  • Round-trip airfare.
  • Spending money for personal expenses - some students manage on $100 per week. Because the Summer Program ends in early August, many students choose to travel in Europe for a few weeks before returning to the U.S., so students may wish to budget additional funds.
  • All miscellaneous transportation expenses not program related.

 

Financial Aid

Matriculated students attending Nazareth College may be eligible for financial aid. Questions may be directed to the Office of Financial Aid by calling (585) 389-2312 or by contacting the financial aid representative. Students from other institutions should contact their respective Financial Aid Office.

 

Contact Information

For further information and/or application forms, contact:

Maria Rosaria Vitti-Alexander
Foreign Languages and Literatures
4245 East Avenue
Rochester, NY 14618-3790
Phone: (585) 389-2688
Nazareth College Fax: (585) 586-2452

E-Mail: mvittia6@naz.edu

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