Field Learning Programs

ITALIAN CIVILIZATION AND CULTURE

The LSSOCC285 Italian Civilization and Culture: Society and Lifestyle 3-week field learning course engages stu-dents in Italian civilization and culture through direct experience. Each week of the program features coursework on-site by beginning in Northern Italy, transitioning to Southern Italy during the second week, and concluding in Central Italy for the third and final week. This sociology course offers compatibility for students from diverse major backgrounds and is cross-listed to field learning, Italian cultural studies, art history, anthropology, history, food and culture, and geography. On-site fieldwork and assessment are conducted on a daily basis.

ITALIAN CIVILIZATION AND CULTURE3-Week / 6-Credit Field Learning Program

DAY 1Lecture

ItalianCityStates FeudalandRenaissanceSocieties Milan:theItalianCapitalofIndustry

Field Learning ItineraryMilan:CastelloSforzesco,PietàRondaninistatuebyMichelangelo,Breradistrict,themoderncitycenter,LaScalaOperaTheater,fashionanddesigndistricts.

DAY 2Lecture

Europe’snorthernmostolivetreesatLakeGarda

NoblesandSignoriinnorthernItaly

Field Learning ItineraryLakeGarda-Wineandoilproducer

inValpolicella-VeronaanditsArenaPiazzadeiSignori,PiazzadelleErbe,Juliet’sHouse.

DAY 3 Lecture

TheItalianProvincia:Treviso Italianexcellence:RadicchioRosso

andProsecco

Field Learning ItineraryTrevisocitycenter-AsoloandProseccoproductionarea.

DAY 4Lecture

PaduaandtheScientificRevolution SaintAnthony:Pilgrimages

andSpirituality AntonioCanovaandNeoclassicism

Field Learning ItineraryPadua’scitycenter,ScrovegniChapel,CathedralofSt.Anthony-PossagnoandtheAntonioCanovamuseum.

DAY 5Lecture

AndreaPalladio:rediscoveringRomanarchitecture

Cityandcountrylifeinthe16thcentury Reverseintra-nationalimmigration

fromVenetotoLazio

Field Learning ItineraryBrentaRiverandPalladianvillas-Venetocountryside-TransfertoVenice.

DAY 6Lecture

Venice:gatewaybetweeneastandwest ContemporaryVenice:Cityor

museum,identityandpreservation,MOSEdamsystem

Field Learning ItineraryVenice:PalazzoDucale,BasilicadiSanMarco,SanMarcodistrict-optionalvisitstoGiudecca,SanGiorgio,theLido,BuranoandTorcelloislands,SanServolo,PeggyGuggenheimCollection.

DAY 7Lecture

VenetianRenaissance Venetiancultural/artistic

heritageandtourism

Field Learning ItineraryTransfertoMurano,artisticglassworkshop-TransfertoNaples.

The program is offered during FUA’s 3-week Summer Session II. Upon program conclusion, students may continue with regular 3/6-week sessions at the FUA campus in Florence.Please consult session dates at fua.it/Utility/academic-calendar-detail.html

Available Sessions

Field Learning Details | Daily Coursework(Detailed syllabus available upon request)

ARRIVAL DAY Arrival in Milan and Orientation.

WEEK 1 | NORTHERN ITALY

SUMMERSession II - 3 Weeks

DAY 1Lecture

ArchitectureanddailylifeinancientandcontemporaryRome

Field Learning ItineraryPiazzaVenezia-CapitolineHill-ImperialForums-ColosseumandRomanForum-Pantheon-TreviFountain-SpanishSteps-PiazzadelPopolo.

DAY 2Lecture

HistoryandartoftheVaticanState TheItaliangarden

Field Learning ItinerarySaintPeter’sSquareandBasilica-transfertoCaprarolaandPalazzoFarnese-

tastingofNoccioladiCaprarolahazelnutatlocalfarm-transfertoViterbo.

DAY 3 Lecture

MannerismandtheItaliangarden NikideSsaintPhalle’smagical

Tarotgarden

Field Learning ItineraryTransfertoBagnaiaandVillaLante-Monster’sParkinBomarzo-transfertonorthernMaremmainsouthernTuscany,GiardinodeiTarocchivisit.

DAY 4Lecture

EtruscansonthesouthernTuscancoast HistoryofItalianwinemaking FoodandwineinItalianculture

Field Learning ItineraryPopulonia,EtruscanarchaeologicalparkinBaratti-Bolgherivineyard-transfertoVersiliacoastinnorthernTuscany.

DAY 5Lecture

Architecture,business,tourisminViareggio

Michelangelo’smarble SocialhistoryofCarraraquarryworkers

Field Learning ItineraryViareggio:CittadelladelCarnevale,promenade-Carraramarblequarries-Pietrasantaandsculptingstudios.

DAY 6Lecture

TraditionofagricultureandviticultureonLiguria’ssteepslopes

Lifestyle,fashion,andcostalcultureofbeachtowns

Field Learning ItineraryCinqueTerre-Vermentinowineproducer-beachcultureactivity.

DAY 7Lecture

SocialspacesinItaly:themarket

Field Learning ItineraryBiketourtoFortedeiMarmiandweeklyoutdoormarket

TransfertoFlorenceandcourseconclusion.

DAY 1Lecture

KingdomofthetwoSicilies:Italianregionalismandthe“SouthernQuestion”

TheGreatSilence:Carthusianmonasteries

Field Learning ItineraryRoyalPalaceinCaserta-Naples:LaCertosadiSanMartino,historiccenter.

DAY 2Lecture

Themostdenselypopulatedvolcanicregionintheworld

Vesuviobiodiversity:cherrytomato Neapolitanfatalism

Field Learning ItineraryHikingonMountVesuvius-Naplescitycenter.

DAY 3 Lecture

Neapolisandchaos:Greekheritage DailylifeinaRomanEmpirecity

Field Learning ItineraryNaplescitycenter-Pompeii-TransfertoAmalficoast.

DAY 4Lecture

ImperialRomanholidaymansion:EmperorTiberius’Caprivilla

CapriandSorrento:statussymbols Sorrentogold:lemonsandlimoncello

Field Learning ItineraryCapri,optionalvisitstoBlueGrotto,Tiberius’villa,MonteSolarohike-Sorrento.

DAY 5Lecture

Italianmaritimerepublics:powerandeconomy

ArabicinfluenceontheAmalficathedral CeramicartistryofAmalfi

Field Learning ItineraryAmalfi:cityandcathedral-Vietriandceramics-transfertosouthernLazio.

DAY 6Lecture

MythofCirce’scave Buffalolivestockandcheeseproduction

Field Learning ItinerarySperlongaandMountCirceo-AbbaziadiFossanova-buffalomozzarella.

DAY 7Lecture

Mussolini’srestorationoftheRomanEmpire

ArtandliteratureatHadrian’simperialcourt

PowerofpapalRome:theBorgiafamily

Field Learning ItineraryAgroPontino,Sabaudia-Tivoli,VillaAdriana,Villad’Este-transfertoRome.

WEEK 3 | CENTRAL ITALY

WEEK 2 | SOUTHERN ITALY

Program Includes

Academic coursework,accommodation, transportation,

breakfast daily + 21 meals.

Contact Info

For further details, questions,or to request a copy of the syllabus,please contact admissions@fua.it.