Romance and Classical Studies

Studies in Italian - ITALY  |  Housing & Cultural Excursions  |  Study Abroad Courses
Costs & Financial Aid  |  Preparing for the Trip  |  Program Calendar & Contact Information

For additional program information, contact: BGSU Education Abroad Office 202C University Hall 419-372-0479 asaitaly@bgsu.edu Or Cynthia Whipple, Program Director 129 Shatzel Hall Telephone: 419-372-7156 cphelps@bgsu.edu

Housing

Students studying on the program stay in shared apartments arranged by the CLI Dante Alighieri.  Students will be able to request a single room or double room, depending on availability.  Ten meals (breakfast and lunch) per week will be provided through the school.

Cultural Excursions

Living in Italy - even if it is only for a short time - is a unique experience, full of opportunities. Rome is the world’s largest outdoor museum, rich with churches, monuments, and galleries. Because the culture of Rome is so rich and varied, the program organizes special educational tours to places of cultural importance through­out the city. The entire cost of these guided visits is included in the overall cost of the program. Also included is participation in co-curricular activities related to Italian and Classical culture, including museum visits, neighborhood tours, and movies.  Examples of past excursions outside of Rome include visits  to Ostia, Naples and Pompeii.

Besides the regular courses, the following activities are examples of activities offered in the past:

• Introduction to Rome: the town, its services, and its cultural events.
• Guided tours of Rome: Art history itinerary; Italian architecture itinerary.
• Italian Cinema: Presentation and viewing of films of representative Italian directors
• Italian Literature: The new Italian writers.
• The Regions of Italy: history, culture, traditions, and life today.
• Italian "Opera".
• Italian songwriters.