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PROGRAM CANCELLED!
Course Dates: June 1 – July 23, 2021
Travel Dates: May 10 – 21, 2021
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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.
St. Peter’s Basilica is simply a masterpiece of the Renaissance world. Walking up the 570 steps to the top of the dome is as if you were bringing yourself closer to God. The entirety of Vatican square could be seen from the top, which accentuates the perfect symmetry difficult to visualize from standing at its … Continue reading To the top of the Basilica and to the top of the Castle
Our third day started, as usual, with our World Religions and International Relations classes at Pontifica Universita Urbianiana. Today we had spirited discussions on current event and issues regarding the Abrahamic Religions and the role of gender in the study and development of International Relations. If you want the opportunity to go on one of … Continue reading Roma Giorno Tre
Well, our travels did get off to a bumpy start with a delay through JFK which put our schedule off by about six hours, but everyone remained in high spirits and took it as part of the adventure. Despite going for a solid 24hrs of flying and laying over, everyone’s energy was high for our … Continue reading There could be no better classroom!
Today was technically our second day in Rome, however, I am counting it as the first because it was the first full day. As in, we woke up today in a convent turned hotel, and started walking the streets of Rome, Italy. From 9 am to 12 pm we had our classes at the Vatican … Continue reading Everywhere you walk in Rome, you are connected to things that happened thousands of years ago!
Tuesday was the designated day to climb all 551 steps to the top of St. Peter’s Basilica. There was a lot of talk about it and I didn’t think it would be that hard. Boy, was I wrong. The first couple hundred steps were pretty easy, but soon after they started becoming progressively skinnier and the … Continue reading Day 3: Climbing the 551 steps to the top of St. Peter’s Basilica
I awoke at 8:00 AM and headed down to the lobby for breakfast with Chloe and Margaret. I had a croissant covered in powdered sugar and a roll, since I’m a sucker for any type of bread product. After everyone finished up, we took a bit of a hike to the Pontifical Universitas Urbaniana, where … Continue reading The “Wedding Cake”, the Colosseum, and the Forum
Today was the day. The day that Mr. Hesting had warned us that we would be climbing the several hundred steps of St. Peter’s Basilica. I already got winded walking up the stairs to the second floor of my school. Why would I want to exert myself that much? Before this, of course, we had … Continue reading The Climb, Ancient Churches and Castles, and Gnocchi
My Mom and my sister Kyra drove me to Tampa International Airport at 9 AM on June 20th before watching me scan my passport and get my boarding passes for my flight to John F. Kennedy International Airport and then to ROME!! The flight to New York took longer than expected, since it was delayed … Continue reading Rome: A Whole New World
If the interjection “wow” could be transformed into a physical entity, that entity would be us as we stood in the center of ancient Rome: the Forum. In a region where ancient civilization is constantly dug up to this day, this Roman center, filled with areas of worship, marketplaces, gardens and monuments, is clearly the … Continue reading The Forum and the Colosseum
Today was our first official day touring in Rome. We first met our tour guide, Jill, at the “Wedding Cake” building. It turns out that everyone in Rome hates it, surprisingly – it’s too white. I thought that it was a nice building, but when I looked around I could see what local Italians meant. … Continue reading Coliseum: I really have no words to describe it