URI SUMMER PROGRAM IN ITALY 2016
LEARN ITALIAN AND LIVE
ITALIAN CULTURE in
Calabria
& Puglia
Dates: June 24-July 23, 2016
Optional Trip to Rome during the Special Year of the Jubilee- Dates: July 24-28, 2016
Application deadline: May 1, 2016
A Summer In Italy You Will Never Forget!
Locations: Calabria is located in the Southern tip of Italy and boast unforgettable vistas across magnificent beaches
with crystal clear water and rugged mountains; ancient Greek and Roman ruins; Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque
towns; Byzantine and Norman churches and castles.
One week excursion to Puglia -- plus visit of Matera, Basilicata: Students will spend one week at the beach in
Otranto, Puglia, the most touristic region in Italy, and will visit Matera, Basilicata, chosen as the European City of the
year for 2019 and protected by UNESCO (World Heritage Centre) for its "Sassi," or stone caves.
Courses of Italian, Music, English Literature and Film Media: The program offers courses in Beginning,
Intermediate, Advanced Italian; plus Italian Literature, Civilization, Culture, Cinema Cuisine and Business (Please
Notice: ITL 101-102 will satisfy the modern language requirement and ITL 315, ITL 392 & ITL 395 are taught in
English). Students can also take courses from the Department of Music (MUS 101, MUS 111 & MUS 408), the English
Department (ENG 160, ENG 399 & ENG 394) or two Film Media courses taught in English (Film 351 & Film 401), and
be involved in all aspects of film pre-production and production, including screenwriting, filming, casting and editing.
Special Guests: In our program we have some of the best Italian writers and scholars: our 2013 guest speaker was
Dacia Maraini, Nobel Prize Nominee and Winner of Strega and Campiello Literary Prizes; our 2014 and 2015 guest
speaker was Carmine Abate, who published several acclaimed novels and short story collections with Italy’s leading
publishing house Mondadori and who was awarded the 2012 Campiello Prize.
Food: Taste and learn how to prepare some of the best dishes of the Italian cuisine in great restaurants and with our
mamma talented chefs.
Cultural events: Cultural events abound, from local traditional festivals, to popular music concerts,
to lectures by prominent Italian and international scholars.
Program fees: $4,200 (for 6 credits), $4,350 (for 7 credits), $4,500 (for 8 credits), $4,650 (for 9 credits)
Include: Tuition, room in private apartments with bed linens, and towels, breakfast and dinner, one-week excursion to
Puglia & visit of Basilicata with transportation, hotel and board, plus other excursions with guided visits of museums,
archeological ruins, monuments, churches, etc. Trips to the beach and/or to the mountains; computer and wireless
internet service at the De Rada Center, living labs to learn how to cook, paint, make olive oil, wine, pastries, etc.
For more information contact Prof. Michelangelo La Luna at laluna@uri.edu tel. (401)874-5968 or visit
http://web.uri.edu/international/faculty-led-programs/summer/calabria/
2016 URI Summer Program in Italy
Courses offered (up to 9 undergraduate credits):
ITL 101, 102 (FC)* [D]* (GE)*
ITL 103, 104 (FC)* [D]* (GE)*
ITL 205, 206 (FC)* [D]*
ITL 301, 302
ITL 305
ITL 315
ITL 316
ITL 317
ITL 325, 326 (A)*
ITL 392
ITL 395 (A)* (F)*
ITL 455
ITL 465
ITL 480
ITL 481
ITL 497
MUS 101 (GE)
MUS 111 (GE)
MUS 408
MUS 490
ITALIAN SECTION COURSES
(Please Notice: ITL 315, ITL 392 and ITL 395 are taught in English)
Beginning Italian (3 credits each. Intensive courses of 2 weeks
each. Please Notice: ITL 101-102 will satisfy the modern language
requirement!!!)
Intermediate Italian (3 credits each. Intensive courses of 2 weeks
each)
Conversation & Composition (3 credits each. Intensive courses of 2
weeks each)
Civilization of Italy (3 credits each)
Advanced Conversation and Composition (3 credits)
Italian Cinema (3 credits. Taught in English)
Italian Language and Culture Study Abroad I
Italian Language and Culture Study Abroad II
Introduction to Italian Literature (3 credits each)
Selective Italian Authors in Translation (3 credits. Taught in
English)
Dante’s Divine Comedy (3 credits. Taught in English)
Selected Italian Authors (3 credits)
Topics in Italian Literature (3 credits)
Business Italian (3 credits)
The Works of Dante Alighieri (3 credits)
Directed Study (3 credits)
MUSIC DEPARTMENT COURSES
Introduction to Music (3 credits. Taught in English)
Basic Musicianship (3 credits. Taught in English)
The Opera (3 credits. Taught in English)
Independent Study (1-3 credits. Taught in English)
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT AND FILM COURSES
ENG 160 New!!!
ENG 394
ENG 399 Special Topics in
Literature - New!!!
FILM 351
FILM 401
*Undergraduate Requirements
which can be fulfilled by
taking the courses
Introduction to World Literature: Italy in the Literary Imagination (4
credits. Taught in English)
Independent Study (1-4 credits. Taught in English)
Specialized topics in the study of literature offered by specialists in
the field. (4 credits. Taught in English)
Topics in Film Media Production (4 credits. Taught in English)
Field Experience in Film Media (3 credits. Taught in English)
A=Fine Arts and Literature FC=Foreign Language/Cross Cultural
Competence
D=Diversity
F=Foreign Language or Culture
GE=General Education
For more information contact Prof. Michelangelo La Luna:
Language Department, Swan Hall, Room 159
The University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, 02881
laluna@uri.edu
(401)874-5968
http://web.uri.edu/international/faculty-led-programs/summer/calabria/