Special discounted package: Study Abroad in Florence on Spring 2009

  Italy

• Florence: 
Florence

Term: Spring 
Dates: February - May 2009

Description: FREE Enrollment Fee, Welcome Dinner and Pick Up (Florence Airport) to all GoAbroad students! Please, specify in your email that you want to enjoy our "Columbus Offer".

Florence University of The Arts is focused on creating an outstanding cultural environment where students will be able to nurture their talents. Florence itself offers the best setting for cultural immersion with its outstanding museums and architecture.
FUA students learn to rise to the challenges of learning and studying abroad in a world where human experience is increasingly in demand. FUA embraces curricular innovation and collaborative methods that make the students' experience abroad unique.

* Academic Programs
All of our courses are taught in English, with the exception of Italian language and those courses which clearly indicate that they are taught in Italian. The FUA faculty is highly qualified and dedicated. A high percentage of the faculty is of Italian nationality, all with excellent proficiency in English. Most of our Studio Art instructors are critically acclaimed professionals in their fields.

All of the courses at FUA aim at providing students with the tools to expand their social, intercultural, and professional horizons.

* Fairfield University Credits
All Florence University of The Arts (FUA) students attending non-affiliated universities will receive course credit from Fairfield University in Connecticut. Florence University of The Arts automatically processes non-affiliate students through Fairfield University; no additional fee is imposed. Upon completion of FUA course work, transcripts will be issued by Fairfield with US credits. Please note: students must double check with their home institutions to make sure that Fairfield credits will be transferable to their home college/university.

* Study Abroad for a Semester/Year
Students wishing to study abroad in Florence at FUA can sign up for classes according to their own curriculum of studies. Classes can be selected from the current schedule up to 15 credits for a semester; Italian Language is mandatory. Semesters are 15 weeks long: the Fall Semester starts in early September and ends in mid December. The Spring Semester starts in early February and ends in mid May. Please consult our current schedules and calendar for class selection. For Colleges, Departments and Course Descriptions, consult the course catalogue.

* The Premises
The seat of the University is located in the historic Palazzo Doni, just a few steps from the splendid Piazza Santa Croce in the quarter of Florence that takes its name from the celebrated church. During the Renaissance period the Palazzo Doni housed famous works of art: the most significant of these is Michelangelo's round painting of the Holy Family the so called Tondo Doni, now in the Uffizi Gallery. The Great Renaissance painter Raphael lived in the palace while painting the portraits of the proprietor Agnolo Doni and Maddalena Strozzi; a marble plaque marking his stay can be found in the archway connecting the courtyard to the street thus sealing his presence and artistic spirit within the walls of the present-day institution.

The students therefore operate and cultivate their experiences in a suggestive and pervasive frame of influence dating back to an illustrious past. Upon entering the two palaces that house the university, students find themselves immersed in a modern, minimalist interior in which carefully preserved vestiges of the past manifest themselves in a harmonious environment dedicated to the advancement of artistic disciplines. One has the possibility of learning the latest technological procedures of a given media such as video in a lecture hall graced by original Renaissance wooden ceiling beams and other such architectural gems that abound in the interiors and exteriors of both the Palazzo Doni and Palazzo Guicciardini-Strozzi, located just across the street.

The interior workspaces of the University are extremely well outfitted whether for laboratory and hands-on or theoretic courses. The three Media Labs are used for courses in Digital Photography, Graphic Design, Interior Design, Fashion & Accessory Design, and Video production. The Painting Room in Palazzo Doni, dedicated to Raphael, is a vast and well equipped space, illuminated by numerous windows that give a prominent view overlooking the Biblioteca Nazionale. The study spaces dedicated to the students are very comfortable and include a spacious library with reading room, stations for online research, and an open computer lab composed of twenty workstations featuring internet access. In addition, there is an Art Lab for Ceramics and other disciplines such as Mixed Media and Sculpture, a technologically advanced Dark Room for classic photography, and Jewelry laboratories.

These same areas are utilized as gallery space for occasions such as student exhibitions and temporary events that unfold in an exterior panorama equally rich in historical context. The heart of Palazzo Strozzi, the outdoor courtyard around which the edifice is structured, has virtually unchanged since original construction and lends a breathing openness to the palazzo thanks to large windows facing towards the courtyard. The rear garden courtyard flanking the Arno side of Palazzo Guiccardini provides an elegant outdoor component to the above-mentioned events with its trellised, plant-adorned walls and expansive views of the Oltrarno district of Florence.

The University offers the possibility of studying while living immersed in a culturally advanced atmosphere that has rendered Florence one of the most famous art centers in the world. Our students have the advantage of exercising the continuous evolution of artistic practice and theory supported by two architectural bastions that keep alive Florentine tradition, culture, and the unforgettable moment in human history we call the Renaissance.

* Art Show
At the end of every semester, the University organizes an exhibition of a selection of students' work giving them the opportunity to see their pieces shown to advantage in a professional setting. The art shows provide a significant moment of assessment, as much for the instructors as for their pupils, allowing them to make comparisons and to express themselves, not only within the confines of the classroom, but also to a wider public of invited visitors. The art show is therefore an important moment in the University's calendar because it is both a showcase of the fine work produced and a barometer of the constant evolution underway.

Highlights:
College of Business and Economics

* Accounting and Finance
* Arts, Entertainment & Media Management
* Economics
* Hospitality Management
* Management
* Marketing

College of Fine & Visual Arts

* Ceramics
* Digital Media
* Fashion Design
* Graphic Design & Advertising
* Jewelry Design
* Painting and Drawing
* Photography
* Printmaking
* Product Design
* Sculpture
* Video Production

College of Liberal Arts

* Anthropology
* Art History
* Cinema & Theatre Studies
* Classical Studies
* Comparative Literature
* Creative Writing
* Dramatic Arts
* European Cultural Studies
* Family Studies & Sociology
* History
* Intensive Italian
* Italian Literature
* Italian Studies and Linguistics
* Journalism
* Mass Communication
* Music
* Philosophy
* Psychology
* Religious Studies

College of Life Science

* Environmental Studies & Human Services
* Environmental Studies Family Studies & Sociology
* Food & Culture
* Food Technology & Management
* Food, Family & Consumer Sciences
* Nutritional Sciences
* Wine & Culture

College of Science

* Biology
* Chemistry
* Physics

Cost in US$: 11,600

Our housing-inclusive rate is lower than those of alike study abroad programs: you will save at least 20%.

Experience Required: no

This Program is open to American and Canadian Participants.

Participants Travel to Italy Independently

Typically Participants Work Independently

Application Process Involves:

• Transcript
• Written Application

Post Services Include:

• Job and Internship Network

Morini & Rossi SAS's Mission Statement: Established on 2001, our firm offers academic programs taught in English by the highest ranking Italian and international universities and institutes of technology. Our audience is international students, corporations and professionals . With main offices in Tuscany, Morini & Rossi handles admission procedure, courses registration, search for accommodation, advisory services on visa procedure and travel arrangements. We often offer discounted rates. Our main partners are the Polytechnic University of Milan and Rome University II, Italian leading Higher Education institutes. Through us you can apply for admission into semester, Summer, Bachelor Degree, Diploma and Master Degree programs . Last but not least, you can apply for internships. We also offer FC Inter Milano, AC Milan and Arsenal FC team and Summer camps.

Year Founded: 2001