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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 was the best day yet. We visited the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN. Call me strange, but this center is more exciting to me than anything else here in Rome. Each room, funded by different countries of the United Nations, was like stepping into another culture. The presentation moved me. It was … Continue reading Most Inspiring Day of Rome Yet
Today was a blast. We had our last day of class, which was bittersweet, but also meant that we had more time to explore Rome with the following days. Margaret and Chloe showed me this rad pizza place during lunch, and it was a shame I didn’t visit it earlier! It had some of the … Continue reading Day 6 – Vatican Museum!
On our last day in Italy, we went to visit the Cripta Capuccini, which is a crypt decorated with the bones of 3,700 monks that have passed away. This crypt is a reminder of our own mortality. It had to have been one of the creepiest sights I’ve ever seen in my life. I wish … Continue reading Monk Bones, the Feast Day, and Missing Italy
Oh Florence, where do I begin? We got up extra early this morning and took a private bus to the train station. Unlike other public faculties in Rome, bus drivers do not mess around if you are late! Luckily we were not. We then took a train to Florence. More on the train later on … Continue reading Day 8 – A Day in Firenze
Saturday felt very different considering that we didn’t have class that day. In the morning, most of us made our way down to the Bocca Della Verita, the “Mouth of Truth.” This was a very exciting tourist destination, as many waited in a long line just to get a picture with the thing! The legend … Continue reading Day 7 – Downtown Rome
Saturday we had a major disappointment. Something was going on in the Pantheon and we couldn’t even get close to the doors. However, before that happened a few of us went to visit the Mouth of Truth which is supposed to bite off a dishonest persons hand. It was fun and we got to see … Continue reading Day 6: Pantheon and Spanish Steps
On Friday, we visited the Vatican Museum, the second largest museum in the world! While we were there, we saw legendary works such as Michael Angelo’s Sistine Chapel, Raphael’s School of Athens, and countless other gorgeous pieces. My favorite piece was the “Celestial Globe” painted by Giovanni Antonio Vanosio in 1567. The globe is … Continue reading Rome: Musei Vaticani
June 26th was our last day of class, so we had plenty of free time before our trip to the Vatican Museum later that night. We decided that we would like to go back to St. Peter’s Basilica to look at some of the embalmed bodies that were on display, and also to look at … Continue reading The Vatican Museum, the Last Day of Class, and the Sistine Chapel
How to explain the Vatican Museum? In one word- astounding. By far this is my favorite place in Rome at the moment. The Vatican Museum is the second largest museum in the world falling behind the Louvre, which is no surprise, but this is something I didn’t know beforehand. One of my favorite pieces is … Continue reading Vatican!
Friday was our last day of class. A bittersweet day. I am going to miss the view of the Vatican from my class window, the Pontificia was a truly beautiful place to study. Today was mainly a free day because at 6:00 we had to meet up with our tour guide at the Vatican Museum … Continue reading An Evening in the Vatican Museum