CSU in Italy May 2014

aissance Certificate program. Onsite program coordination and orientation, including survival Italian, will be facilitated by ACCENT, a study abroad provider with expertise in the region. Students will have access to ACCENT Florence Center facilities, including a study center, computer labs, and travel resources. Accommodations for participants will be arranged in shared occupancy rooms in furnished apartments throughout Florence. Single occupancy rooms may be available for an additional fee. Cell phone rental provided (minutes/text usage is at an additional costs). Program Highlights

Students will examine works from Italian thinkers and writers, including Dante, Boccaccio, Machiavelli and more. Students benefit from being able to experience first-hand the places, culture, art and artifacts that relate directly to the texts they will study. Classes are intertwined with field trips and weekends are free for independent travel. Courses

WORLD LITERATURE I & ITALY OF DANTE AND BOCCACCIO

Discover a world of literary traditions stretching from Ancient Egypt to Shakespeare’s England, with special emphasis on the literature of Ancient Rome and Medieval and Renaissance Italy. On this literary journey, we will read and discuss the works of famous Italian writers including Virgil, Dante, Boccaccio, Marco Polo, and Petrarch alongside poetry and prose from places as far-flung as Egypt, China, Japan, and the Islamic world. Through exciting excursions to experience ancient Roman ruins and the famous sights of Florence and Padua, we will explore the realms of love, war, and the human spirit in the literatures and cultures of the past. Excursions may include the National Archaeological Museum, San Marco, Santa Maria del Fiore, Palazzo Vecchio, and more. Additional day excursion to Padua. POLITICAL COMMUNICATION AND MACHIAVELLIL: THEN & NOW

Niccolo Marchiavelli is one of western society’s most successful (and infamous) political operatives and thinkers. He also happens to be from Florence, a city home to many major political events over the centuries. His thinking on political philosophy helped shape several aspects of modern politics, including political communication. This course will give students the opportunity to learn a bit about Machiavelli & his philosophy, to examine how his principles are utilized in political communication today, and to explore how his teachings shaped Italian political movements. Excursions within Florence related to Machiavelli.