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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.
After a night of much needed rest, we woke up and headed over to the university. I’m not a usual morning person, seen when someone asked if I wanted coffee, tea, or espresso and my answer was simply yes, but I was really looking forward to the first day of class. We went over the … Continue reading Day Two and Still Amazing! by Mikayla Bridges
Our first full day in Rome from waking up in the morning to crashing at night. Italy has got to be the most beautiful place on earth – beautiful institutions, beautiful scenery, beautiful atmosphere, beautiful language, and certainly beautiful men! Today, was our first day in class, even the University is beautiful. We mainly discussed … Continue reading My first day in Rome from sunrise to sunset. by Cheyenne Lake
When we arrived in Rome, it was breathtaking. The buildings are ten times bigger than they look in pictures. Being on a plane at night kind of feels like being on a cruise at night. I also felt like a foreigner for the first time ever in my life. The lady at the grocery store … Continue reading My first taste of Rome by Cassidy Slockett
Today was a very long day to say the least. We left Tampa airport at 11 A.M. and did not arrive in Rome until 1 A.M. Tampa time, or 7 A.M. Rome time, meaning we had about 15 more hours to be awake that day. When we arrived in Rome, the airport was not what … Continue reading First Day in Italy and it's Already Memorable by Mikayla Bridges
DAY 1 We flew in on Sunday. The flight was painfully long, and I didn’t get any sleep, but I wasn’t very tired. After we got off the plane, we went through passport control before we got our luggage. I saw priests and nuns before we even left the airport, which shows how influential Catholicism … Continue reading Days 1 and 2: Getting Acclimated by Lily Gayton
Today is the day that we landed in Rome and we did so much and a lot of things happened and I’m tired and I’m just going to do my best to remember this. We had woken up Saturday morning to get to the airport for our first flight, which was really quick and easy. … Continue reading On the first day of Italy~ by Benjamin Cheaney
Take a look at the video from the Italy high school program from Summer 2012. This video was created by Brae Elliott, one of the five recipients of the 2012 Sharing the World: Multimedia Project Scholarship through the St. Petersburg College Foundation’s Innovation Grants Initiative.
The Dome of Basilica di Santa Maria del Fiore On the day we spent in Florence, I was beside myself with joy. Florence, to me, represents everything I love about art and philosophy. If it weren’t for the Medici’s in Florence, than there would not have been the Renaissance. To just think of all of … Continue reading Italy HS – Memories of Firenze by Brae Elliott
Spending our morning the park in Rome was one beautiful but sad thing. This was where I took the time and reflected on my experience in Rome. I had the chance to just sit and enjoy the fact that I was in Rome with my best friend, Austin. Spending the remainder of the evening in … Continue reading Italy HS – Bittersweet, Mainly Bitter, Ending by Lisa Nguyen
Arriving in Rome I still remember our very first day in Italy. It was around 6:00 in the morning, many of us had not slept on the plane and we immediately entered an airport that (if possible) seemed hotter than the air outside. But what did we have to complain about? Well, damaged luggage, a … Continue reading Italy HS – A Taste of Roma by Karissa Barrera