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Designed for both art and non-art majors, this program challenges you to transform your Italian experience into art. Choose from printmaking, fashion design, painting, drawing, and more; close instruction by practicing artists encourage your contemporary work in response to Florentine traditions. Italy’s history, culture, and art are typical themes of complementary elective courses. Studio art courses are taught at our partner institution, Santa Reparata International School of Art (SRISA). Semester students attend courses both at SRISA and the CEA CAPA Florence Center; over the summer you will take courses only at SRISA. At the end of your program, you will exhibit your work at SRISA’s highly visible art gallery.
Florence
9/3/24 - 4/26/25
$38,395
26 - 32
Closed
6/14/24
2.5
Some courses may have prerequisites.
High School Graduate
All Levels
Each semester, you may earn a total of up to 16 credits (up to 240 contact hours).
CEA CAPA language courses meet 4 times per week, Monday-Thursday. Elective courses generally meet 2 times per week, Monday-Thursday; some SRISA classes may only meet once per week. Active learning components required by your courses may be scheduled for Fridays.
Prior to departure, you will select your preferred courses and indicate your estimated Italian language level. After you arrive in Florence, you'll take a language placement exam to determine final placement. You will be enrolled into courses based on their availability. It is in your best interest to have multiple alternative courses approved by your home university prior to your departure due to course availabilities. To ensure that you receive credit for the language level you place into, have your home school pre-approve courses at several levels before you leave for Italy.
Please note that SRISA is affiliated with a School of Record, Maryville University in St. Louis, which grants credit for courses successfully completed at SRISA. As such, course details on the CEA CAPA website include both Maryville University and SRISA course information, including course code, subject area and course level, as recommended by each institution.
While CEA CAPA recommends using the Maryville University course code designations and transcript for credit transfer purposes, it is at the discretion of your home institution to determine the transfer of credit for SRISA courses. Please consult with your academic advisor at your home university on credit pre-approval guidelines.
The following courses have been confirmed for this term. Please note, the host institution reserves the right to cancel or change courses without prior notification.
*Courses with an asterisk indicate that the course has been associated with multiple subject areas.
Please click on the course title to view additional subject areas and detailed course information.
Course Name | Level | Lang | Hours | Credits |
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Critical Perspectives on Italy: Contemporary Culture & Society * | 300 | En | 45 | 3 |
Course Name | Level | Lang | Hours | Credits |
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Masterpieces in Italian Art from the Middle Ages to the 18th Century | 300 | En | 45 | 3 |
Course Name | Level | Lang | Hours | Credits |
---|---|---|---|---|
Family Business and Entrepreneurship | 300 | En | 45 | 3 |
The Value of Art: Art Management and Marketing | 300 | En | 45 | 3 |
Course Name | Level | Lang | Hours | Credits |
---|---|---|---|---|
Communication & Global Competence | 300 | En | 45 | 3 |
Course Name | Level | Lang | Hours | Credits |
---|---|---|---|---|
Analyzing & Exploring the City: Florence * | 300 | En | 45 | 3 |
Course Name | Level | Lang | Hours | Credits |
---|---|---|---|---|
Florence and the Florentines in Dante's Comedy and Boccaccio's Decameron | 300 | En | 45 | 3 |
Course Name | Level | Lang | Hours | Credits |
---|---|---|---|---|
A Cultural History of Florence | 300 | En | 45 | 3 |
Course Name | Level | Lang | Hours | Credits |
---|---|---|---|---|
Advanced Italian | 300 | It | 60 | 4 |
Beginning Italian I | 100 | It | 60 | 4 |
Beginning Italian II | 100 | It | 60 | 4 |
Intermediate Italian I | 200 | It | 60 | 4 |
Intermediate Italian II | 200 | It | 60 | 4 |
Course Name | Level | Lang | Hours | Credits |
---|---|---|---|---|
Analyzing & Exploring the City: Florence * | 300 | En | 45 | 3 |
Critical Perspectives on Italy: Contemporary Culture & Society * | 300 | En | 45 | 3 |
Interculture and Migration: Identity, Borders, and Belonging | 300 | En | 45 | 3 |
Course Name | Level | Lang | Hours | Credits |
---|---|---|---|---|
ART 209 Sketchbook Studies: Italian Architecture and Interiors * | 200 | En | 90 | 3 |
ART 251 Patternmaking * | 200, 300 | En | 90 | 3 |
ART 326 Serigraphy * | 300 | En | 90 | 3 |
ART 370 Fashion Illustration I * | 300 | En | 90 | 3 |
ART 373 Fashion Design Studio: Illustration & Construction * | 300 | En | 90 | 3 |
ART 397-70 Advanced Sculpture * | 300, 400 | En | 90 | 3 |
ART 455 Book Arts * | 300, 400 | En | 90 | 3 |
ARTH 220 Design and Social Movements in History * | 200, 300 | En | 45 | 3 |
ARTH 261 Clothing and Society * | 200, 300 | En | 45 | 3 |
ARTH 261 History of Italian Fashion * | 200, 300 | En | 45 | 3 |
ARTH 380 History of Photography: A Hands on Approach | 300 | En | 90 | 3 |
Course Name | Level | Lang | Hours | Credits |
---|---|---|---|---|
Fashion Product Development * | 400 | En | 90 | 3 |
Fashion Promotion and Show Production * | 400 | En | 45 | 3 |
Course Name | Level | Lang | Hours | Credits |
---|---|---|---|---|
ART 101 Drawing I * | 100 | En | 90 | 3 |
ART 151 Drawing II * | 100 | En | 90 | 3 |
ART 313 Renaissance Drawing and Painting Techniques * | 300 | En | 60 | 3 |
ART 316 Advanced Drawing * | 300 | En | 90 | 3 |
Course Name | Level | Lang | Hours | Credits |
---|---|---|---|---|
Fiber Manipulation * | 300 | En | 90 | 3 |
Sustainable Clothing and Ethical Fashion * | 400 | En | 45 | 3 |
Course Name | Level | Lang | Hours | Credits |
---|---|---|---|---|
ART 260 Graphic Design Studio * | 200, 300 | En | 90 | 3 |
Course Name | Level | Lang | Hours | Credits |
---|---|---|---|---|
HUM 231 Trends Forecasting for the Fashion Industry * | 200, 300 | En | 45 | 3 |
Landscape as Monument: Nature and Gardens through the Ages | 400 | En | 45 | 3 |
Course Name | Level | Lang | Hours | Credits |
---|---|---|---|---|
Advanced Interior Design Studio: Contemporary Design in an Historical Setting | 400 | En | 90 | 3 |
Feng Shui and Holistic Design | 300 | En | 45 | 3 |
Course Name | Level | Lang | Hours | Credits |
---|---|---|---|---|
ART 203 Branding Design | 200, 300 | En | 90 | 3 |
Course Name | Level | Lang | Hours | Credits |
---|---|---|---|---|
ART 210 Beginning Painting * | 200 | En | 90 | 3 |
ART 310 Painting II * | 300 | En | 90 | 3 |
ART 311 Painting III * | 300 | En | 90 | 3 |
Course Name | Level | Lang | Hours | Credits |
---|---|---|---|---|
ART 215 Introduction to Photography: Analog and Digital Photography * | 200 | En | 90 | 3 |
ART 307 Advanced Photography: Analog and Digital Photography * | 300, 400 | En | 90 | 3 |
Course Name | Level | Lang | Hours | Credits |
---|---|---|---|---|
ART 201 Introduction to Sculpture | 200 | En | 90 | 3 |
ART 220 Printmaking I | 200 | En | 90 | 3 |
ART 416 Advanced Studio Practices | 400 | En | 90 | 3 |
Course Name | Level | Lang | Hours | Credits |
---|---|---|---|---|
Graphic Design: Florence, Signs of the City | 300 | En | 90 | 3 |
Course Name | Level | Lang | Hours | Credits |
---|---|---|---|---|
Critical Perspectives on Italy: Contemporary Culture & Society * | 300 | En | 45 | 3 |
Course Name | Level | Lang | Hours | Credits |
---|---|---|---|---|
Bad Blood: Rivalries in the History of Art | 300 | En | 45 | 3 |
Masterpieces in Italian Art from the Middle Ages to the 18th Century | 300 | En | 45 | 3 |
Renaissance Art History | 300 | En | 45 | 3 |
Secrets, Signs & Symbols in Italian Art: Exercises in Iconography | 300 | En | 45 | 3 |
The Great Masters: Leonardo, Michelangelo & Raphael | 300 | En | 45 | 3 |
Women, Art, and Culture in Italy | 300 | En | 45 | 3 |
Course Name | Level | Lang | Hours | Credits |
---|---|---|---|---|
Business Consulting | 300 | En | 45 | 3 |
Family Business and Entrepreneurship | 300 | En | 45 | 3 |
The Business of Food * | 300 | En | 45 | 3 |
The Value of Art: Art Management and Marketing | 300 | En | 45 | 3 |
Course Name | Level | Lang | Hours | Credits |
---|---|---|---|---|
Communication & Global Competence | 300 | En | 45 | 3 |
Course Name | Level | Lang | Hours | Credits |
---|---|---|---|---|
Analyzing & Exploring the City: Florence * | 300 | En | 45 | 3 |
Black American Grand Tour: Black Women in Italy * | 300 | En | 45 | 3 |
Cinema & the City: Cinematic Representations of Florence * | 300 | En | 45 | 3 |
Food & Culture in Italy * | 300 | En | 45 | 3 |
Course Name | Level | Lang | Hours | Credits |
---|---|---|---|---|
Beginning Composition Drawing * | 100 | En | 45 | 3 |
Course Name | Level | Lang | Hours | Credits |
---|---|---|---|---|
International Economics | 300 | En | 45 | 3 |
Course Name | Level | Lang | Hours | Credits |
---|---|---|---|---|
Florence and the Florentines in Dante's Comedy and Boccaccio's Decameron | 300 | En | 45 | 3 |
Course Name | Level | Lang | Hours | Credits |
---|---|---|---|---|
Fashion Marketing & Merchandising | 300 | En | 45 | 3 |
Course Name | Level | Lang | Hours | Credits |
---|---|---|---|---|
Cinema & the City: Cinematic Representations of Florence * | 300 | En | 45 | 3 |
Contemporary Italian Cinema | 300 | En | 45 | 3 |
Course Name | Level | Lang | Hours | Credits |
---|---|---|---|---|
International Finance | 300 | En | 45 | 3 |
Course Name | Level | Lang | Hours | Credits |
---|---|---|---|---|
Sexual Identities in Modern Italy | 300 | En | 45 | 3 |
Course Name | Level | Lang | Hours | Credits |
---|---|---|---|---|
A Cultural History of Florence | 300 | En | 45 | 3 |
The Policies of Organized Crime: Mafia and anti-Mafia in Italy * | 300 | En | 45 | 3 |
Course Name | Level | Lang | Hours | Credits |
---|---|---|---|---|
Advanced Italian | 300 | It | 60 | 4 |
Beginning Italian I | 100 | It | 60 | 4 |
Beginning Italian II | 100 | It | 60 | 4 |
Intermediate Italian I | 200 | It | 60 | 4 |
Intermediate Italian II | 200 | It | 60 | 4 |
Course Name | Level | Lang | Hours | Credits |
---|---|---|---|---|
Introduction to Photojournalism | 100 | En | 45 | 3 |
Course Name | Level | Lang | Hours | Credits |
---|---|---|---|---|
Global Workforce Management | 300 | En | 45 | 3 |
International Dimensions of Organizational Behavior | 300 | En | 45 | 3 |
Course Name | Level | Lang | Hours | Credits |
---|---|---|---|---|
Fashion Marketing & Merchandising | 300 | En | 45 | 3 |
International Marketing | 300 | En | 45 | 3 |
Viticulture & Wine Marketing | 300 | En | 45 | 3 |
Course Name | Level | Lang | Hours | Credits |
---|---|---|---|---|
Beginning Oil Painting * | 100 | En | 45 | 3 |
Beginning Watercolor * | 100 | En | 45 | 3 |
Course Name | Level | Lang | Hours | Credits |
---|---|---|---|---|
Photography in Florence | 300 | En | 45 | 3 |
Course Name | Level | Lang | Hours | Credits |
---|---|---|---|---|
Cross Cultural Psychology | 300 | En | 45 | 3 |
Psychology of Gender | 300 | En | 45 | 3 |
Course Name | Level | Lang | Hours | Credits |
---|---|---|---|---|
Analyzing & Exploring the City: Florence * | 300 | En | 45 | 3 |
Critical Perspectives on Italy: Contemporary Culture & Society * | 300 | En | 45 | 3 |
Gender, Culture & Society in Italy | 300 | En | 45 | 3 |
Interculture and Migration: Identity, Borders, and Belonging | 300 | En | 45 | 3 |
The Business of Food * | 300 | En | 45 | 3 |
The Policies of Organized Crime: Mafia and anti-Mafia in Italy * | 300 | En | 45 | 3 |
Course Name | Level | Lang | Hours | Credits |
---|---|---|---|---|
Beginning Figurative Sculpture | 100 | En | 45 | 3 |
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*Housing options may change and will be confirmed on the housing application form prior to the start of the term. Below are the housing options that have been offered in the past.
Get out and explore! Excursions are offered for most semester, year, and summer programs. Semester students are typically offered between two to three excursions and summer study students are typically offered between one to two excursions. You'll receive a calendar of excursions during orientation; here are a few day and overnight excursions we've offered in the past.
From housing to excursions, our programs include a variety of inclusions to enhance your study abroad experience! Here are examples that may be available in Florence. Inclusions vary by program – please contact our Enrollment and Advising team to find out what options are available for you.
Below is a tentative itinerary for your program. Please note, dates and events below may change without prior notification. Contact CEA CAPA before purchasing airline tickets.
You will receive a finalized itinerary once you arrive onsite.
Note: Additional cultural activities/excursions or required course-related activities may be incorporated into your final itinerary. You are advised not to make personal travel arrangements until you have the final dates.
Date | Description |
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September 03
|
Arrival/Program Begins
Official Program Start Date. Students must arrive at the Florence (FLR) airport on this date in order to be eligible for airport pickup. Students will then be transferred to their assigned housing. Independent arrival and independent housing students must check-in at the Levi Study Center on this day. |
September 04 - 07
|
Orientation
Mandatory CEA CAPA and SRISA Orientations will be held. |
September 09
|
Classes Begin
Classes begin at the CEA CAPA Study Centers and at SRISA on this day. |
October 12
|
Excursion
CEA CAPA Daytrip 1; destination TBD. |
October 19
|
Excursion
CEA CAPA Daytrip 2; destination TBD. |
October 25 - November 03
|
School Break
Fall Break for both CEA CAPA and SRISA. No classes will be held. |
November 08
|
Make-Up Class
At SRISA only, Thursday classes will be held today to make up for Thanksgiving. |
November 28
|
Holiday
At SRISA, no classes will be held to celebrate Thanksgiving. CEA CAPA will hold classes regularly. |
December 13
|
Farewell Reception
SRISA will host a semester-end show of student work. |
December 18
|
Classes End
This is the last day of classes at SRISA. |
December 18
|
Classes End
This is the last day of classes at SRISA. |
December 19
|
Classes End
This is the last day of classes at CEA CAPA. |
December 21
|
Program Ends/Move-Out
Official Program End Date. Students must move out of housing no later than 10am on this day. |
January 07
|
Arrival/Program Begins
Official Program Start Date for the Spring semester. Students who are returning to Florence from travels should do so by this day. |
January 08 - 10
|
Orientation
Mandatory CEA CAPA and SRISA Orientations will be held. |
January 17
|
Make-Up Class
Monday classes held today to make up for Pasquetta, April 21. |
February 28 - March 09
|
School Break
Spring Break for both CEA CAPA and SRISA. No classes will be held. |
April 18
|
Farewell Reception
SRISA will host a semester-end show of student work. |
April 21
|
Holiday
Pasquetta (Easter Monday). No classes will be held. |
April 24
|
Classes End
This is the last day of classes at CEA CAPA and SRISA. |
April 25
|
Holiday
Italian Liberation Day. CEA CAPA will be closed. |
April 26
|
Program Ends/Move-Out
Official Program End Date. Students must move out of housing no later than 10am this day. |
This budget contains costs that you can take to your financial aid office. Please note that amounts may fluctuate; we've included a range of costs.
Federal law allows the use of financial aid to cover "reasonable" costs of study abroad including round-trip transportation, tuition and fees for the program, living costs, passport and visa fees, health insurance, and more.
Please note that all costs and charges listed below are subject to change without notice. With the exception of Program Price, all costs are estimates and may vary.