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PROGRAM CANCELLED!
Course Dates: June 1 – July 23, 2021
Travel Dates: May 10 – 21, 2021
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**Enroll early for scholarship opportunities.
Study Abroad with SPC in Italy! Students will learn about the influence of Rome on the development of Western art, architecture, and ideas. We will encounter Rome’s heroic past, the growth of the empire, the pervasive influence of the Roman Catholic Church during the Middle Ages, and the blending of Christian themes and Classical forms in the period of the Renaissance.
In Rome, students will be able to experience great works of art and architecture first-hand by visiting the Vatican Museum, the Pantheon, the Roman Forum, and the Colosseum. In addition to visiting Rome, we will also tour Florence, the birthplace of the Renaissance, Venice, and Assisi.
The experience will give students a better understanding of Italy’s central place in the development of Western civilization.
Think you can’t afford to study abroad? Payment plans, scholarships, and other ways to fund your study abroad program are available. Explore scholarship options now.
Available courses – Students must enroll in one of the courses from the list below. Please talk to an advisor to ensure you have met all college enrollment requirements AND course prerequisites. Once accepted into the program, students will be notified of the Course Number and enrollment dates/deadlines.
Lead Faculty: Timothy Wolter
After you submit the application online, we will review your application and an automatic email will be sent to your college email with details of your next steps, including scheduling your interview with the Italy program lead faculty. Contact Tim Wolter (727-341-4206) with any specific questions about this program.
Student Travel Blog – For a taste of what it’s like to study abroad in Italy, or to follow our students as they travel, read posts from the Italy blog below.
Today the excitement picked back up. It was our last day of class in the class room. We didn’t have anything planned for the early afternoon so after class and lunch we were able to go out into town and shop around for a few hours. It was kind of disappointing because around ninety eight … Continue reading On the sixth day of Italy~ by Benjamin Cheaney
In today’s class, we talked about embassies and their purposes, including their pros and cons. Seen in the fact I slept through five alarms this morning, I was extremely tired today and fell into a deep sleep during the 10 minute break between classes. After being shaken awake, we began our UN discussion on drug … Continue reading Another Great Day!! by Mikayla Bridges
Today was my first day in Rome and after 11 hours of flying to get there and not sleeping on the plane, the only site I wanted to see was the bed but then I saw that Saint Peters Cathedral was 3 minutes away from us. That kind of made it hard to think about … Continue reading Day one: That sounds nice but in what direction is the bed I will be sleeping in? by Christian Bean
In class today we discussed different instances of genocide that are happening around the world. I had researched the Israel-Palestine conflict, and how it is verging on becoming a genocide of the Arab people. After class and lunch, we took a bus to meet Agnes, who would be our tour guide for that day. Our … Continue reading My Birthday in Italy! by Lily Gayton
Today during class, we talked about genocide issues in multiple countries. It’s sad to say that nobody could come up with a solution. Especially since the government is the main leader behind genocides. It was an afternoon full of education. We rode the public bus to the Jewish Ghettos. The bus ride was interesting because … Continue reading Different Religions by Cassidy Slockett
Today we went to see the Coliseum and the other ruins around it. It’s so hard to explain what it is like in the Coliseum, but for starters it was defiantly smaller than most pictures make it out to be. Not in a bad way but in a “huh I wonder how they did navel … Continue reading Day two: where did all my pictures run off to? by Christian Bean
Today was so exciting. We’ve only been here for two days but it has felt so much longer. We went to the Colosseum today after lunch I was surprised because you came out of the metro and it was right there, immediately in your face, nothing else blocking your view. You’d imagine it to be … Continue reading On the second day of Italy~ by Benjamin Cheaney
So, Tuesday we began our day in class discussing global warming and its debate between nations and effect on international trade. Regardless of how you feel about the subject as a scientific and political concept, you could not prove it by the incredible weather we are having here! Our walks from the hotel to the … Continue reading Gelato Onslaught!!!!! by John Hesting
Today we went to the Jewish ghetto. We woke up and took the bus to where we were supposed to meet our tour guide. Once we got there she started walking us down some of the alley ways around the Great Synagogue. We saw some architecture in and around the Jewish Ghetto and our tour … Continue reading On the fifth day of Italy~ by Benjamin Cheaney
Today we went to the Jewish ghetto and I have to admit this was one of my favorite parts of the trip. The area was really cool, the buildings were literally right next to each other. They were so close you could almost touch two building on the opposite ends of each other. Everything looked … Continue reading Buildings so close that they might as well all be one. by Christian Bean