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Summer Study in Montepulciano, Italy 2010
Program Description
The Montepulciano, Italy summer study abroad program allows students an opportunity to take lower and upper division coursework in historic Tuscany. Montepulciano is centrally located between Rome and Florence, with accessible bus and rail transportation to the rest of Italy. Kennesaw State University has overseen this study abroad program since 2000. This program is a consortium between Georgia College & State University, Georgia Southern University and Kennesaw State University.
Courses:
All courses are offered at the undergraduate level. Students will take two courses on the program – each course is 3 credit hours. Students from the three participating universities will register for courses at their home institutions. See below for course listings and descriptions.
Housing:
Accommodations are provided for students. Students reside in apartments. A typical apartment has two double rooms, one bathroom and kitchen facilities. Group dinners are provided at a local restaurant Sunday through Thursday each week.
Admissions:
Minimum 2.0 Cumulative GPA and good academic standing.
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Session II Program Travel Dates: June 25 – August 1, 2010.
Session II Course Offerings:
Morning Courses: Morning courses meet in class sessions from 9:00 - 11:30 AM on Mondays and Wednesdays. Morning courses have All Day Tuesdays reserved for field trips.
Shakespeare’s Italy, Shakespeare’s Rome: 3 Credit hours. Upper Division
Instructor: Cynthia Bowers, KSU, cbowers@kennesaw.edu, 770-423-6133
Teen Suicide and Gang Violence! Murder in the Capital! Political Sex Scandals!! Sound like headlines from CNN? No! All are plots William Shakespeare “lifted” from his Raman and Italian sources—did you know that Merchant of Venice Othello, Romeo and Juliet,, The Tempest, Julius Caesar, Antony and Cleopatra, and Coriolanus are all based on stories and histories written by Italians?? In this class, students will encounter a number of Shakespeare’s plays and their “sensational” Italian and Roman sources, visiting the Italian locales in which they originally occurred. We will visit sites in Rome, Verona, Padua and Venice and see what changes Shakespeare made to his Italian sources. Readings will be assigned and discussed before departure for Italy.
The Urban Experience in Europe and America: 3 Credit hours. Upper Division
Instructor: Craig S. Pascoe, GCSU, craig.pascoe@gcsu.edu, 478-445-3516
This course examines and compares the development of urban spaces in Europe and the United States from the sixteenth century up to the present. Field trips to large cities like Florence and Venice will be combined with visits to different types of smaller cities and towns in the Tuscany region. We will discuss the economic, political, spatial, social and cultural resources that worked to create urban places both small and large. Some of the questions posed, and discussed, in this class will be: how did some cities become the dominant force over a region that extended far beyond the immediate hinterland? Why are certain cities located where they are? What are the reasons for the existence of cities? Are modern cities patterned after forms of urbanization from ancient Rome, early modern Venice or Pre-Columbian Mexico? How did the major cities of the world, like Rome or London, get that status? What is the environmental impact of urban places? How does an urban place help create a unique social and cultural fabric? Does a city’s architecture say anything about its history and culture?
Art and Aesthetics of Italy: 3 Credit Hours. Lower Division Course
Instructor: Prof. Patricia Carter, GSU, pwcarter@georgiasouthern.edu, 912-478-5472
Survey key works of art with the visual culture of Italy to acquire an appreciation of Italian art and aesthetic students you will experience daily. Ancient to contemporary works of art will be studied within their historical, social, and global contexts revealing their artistic significance and impact on civilizations around the world. Although we’ll live and breathe Italian art and culture, students will learn ‘the language of art they can apply to any work of art in any culture. We’ll talk, write, and visually record works of art using terminology specific to each media, characteristics of movements and styles, conceptual themes, critical analysis and individual emotional response.
Saints and Sinners: the History of Christianity to 1600: 3 Credit hours. Upper Division
Instructor: Stephen M. Bartlett, KSU, sbartlet@kennesaw.edu , 678-423-6294
In this course, we will follow the path of Christianity from its most humble beginnings to the world’s largest religion. Along the way, we shall visit the catacombs of the early martyrs, witness the conquest of Christianity over paganism, and behold the fruits of Christianity in art, architecture, the literature. Yet, the path is far from smooth and we will run into potholes and speed bumps in the form of sin, scandals, and greed – and that’s just the papacy! Trials of exhumed popes, mummified bodies of saints, hidden messages in paintings, and much more fill this interesting course.
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Afternoon Courses: Afternoon courses meet from 1:00 - 3:30 PM Mondays and Wednesdays, with All Day Thursdays reserved for field trips.
Travelers to Italy, Italian Travelers: 3 Credit hours. Lower Division
Instructor: Cynthia Bowers, KSU, cbowers@kennesaw.edu, 770-423-6133
All roads lead to Rome! WE often hear this common phrase, and once in Rome we may have a better understanding why! But the reverse must also be tru – all roads lead from Rome. In this course, we will discuss the works of non-Italians who have traveled to Italy and Rome to learn how their impressions of this ancient land and its rich culture have impacted their lives and the lives of their readers. We will also discuss works by Italians who have explored the world to discover how their encounters spread Italian culture throughout the globe. We will underscore our reading experience by visits to some of the writers’ homes and the locales over which foreign writers rhapsodized! Possible authors covered include Virgil, Pliny the Younger, Marco Polo, Christopher Columbus, Samuel Clemens
The History and Culture of Food: Italy and the World: 3 Credit Hours. Upper and Lower Division
Instructor: Craig S. Pascoe, GCSU, craig.pascoe@gcsu.edu, 478-445-3516
“If you are what you eat, and you don’t know what you’re eating, do you know who you are” This course examines history, culture, economics, and geography through food. We will examine the history of food around the world and use the local food ways of Tuscany and Italy as the model. Students will learn about food ways through discussions and hands-on experiences in vineyards, restaurants, pescherias, farms, pasta shops, butcher shops (macelleria), and delis (gastronomia) as well as visits to Florence, Perugia, and other towns to learn about the local cuisine.
Mixed Media 2D Studio: 3 Credit Hours. Upper Division Course.
Instructor: Prof. Patricia Carter, GSU, pwcarter@georgiasouthern.edu, 912-478-5472
Explore various media, methods and materials to create a portfolio representing your Montepulciano experience. Although traditional technical skills of each media will be practiced, experimentation with mark making, color theory and combining media will be required to engage in the mixed media experience. We’ll work on-site and in the studio using aqueous and non-aqueous media from pastels, watercolor pencils, oil bars, gouache, acrylic paints, and alternative print processes on a profusion of papers that we’ll collage, chine collé, and fold.
Renaissance and Reformation: 3 credit hours. Upper Division course
Instructor: Stephen M. Bartlett, KSU, sbartlet@kennesaw.edu , 678-423-6294
Learn about Medici power and scandal while sitting in the courtyard of their Florentine palazzo. See how Masaccio resurrected 3-D art while standing before his Trinity. Experience the pomp and splendor of the Papal princes under Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel ceiling. Tour the Rome that prompted Luther to write his 95 Theses. In this course, you will experience history in not just the second or third dimensions, but in the fourth dimension of “time” as you soak in the sights, smells, and tastes of a people and culture whose monuments still quite literally surround you.
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