Kent State University offers Kent State students and those from other universities the opportunity to  study in historic Florence - sunny Italy’s center of cuisine, culture, art and fashion.  Learn the language in this Florence summer.  The summer 2008 program will include day trips to Viareggio, Pisa, Lucca and Cinque Terre and overnight trips to Venice and Rome.

The program is in KSU’s Palazzo dei Cerchi, a medieval building located in the city center, completely renovated in 2004. Cerchi’s exterior appears much as it did in the time of Dante and the Medici, while its interior houses state-of-the art classrooms. 

This Intensive Italian-Language Program is:

► Offered during the Summer II Session , approximately mid-June to early August

► Enables students to complete 14 semester hours of Italian language:

▪  Elementary Italian I, II and

▪  Intermediate Italian I, II

► Provides a  total-immersion experience while living with an Italian family.

► Satisfies the foreign language requirement for Kent State students.

► Results in an official Kent State University transcript.

Application Deadline: March 15

During your stay in Florence you will

►  Meet with Italian students

►  Live with an Italian host family

►  Study 8 weeks and earn 14 Language credits

►  Attend classes six hours daily, four days per week

Estimated Costs:  Program fee - $1,200; Field trips fee - $1,300; Host family - $2,184.  Additional costs include tuition (resident - 5,376.00; non-resident - $10.108.00) round-trip airfare, and personal expenses.

For more information and an application packet:

Judith Carroll, Program Manager

Office of International Affairs

Van Campen Hall, Kent State University

P. O. Box 5190, Kent OH 44242-0001

Telephone:  330/672-7980  Fax: 330/672-4025  Email: florence@kent.edu

 Updated: Updated: 25 February 2008