OSPFLOR 21F: Accelerated Second-Year Italian, Part A
Review of grammatical structures; grammar in its communicative context. Listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills practiced and developed through authentic material such as songs, newspaper articles, video clips, and literature. Insight into the Italian culture and crosscultural understanding. Prerequisite: one year of college Italian or
ITALLANG 21
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 5
Instructors:
Quercioli, F. (PI)
OSPFLOR 22F: Accelerated Second-Year Italian Part B
Grammatical structures, listening, reading, writing, speaking skills, and insight into the Italian culture through authentic materials. Intermediate to advanced grammar. Content-based course, using songs, video, and literature, to provide cultural background for academic courses. Prerequisite:
ITALLANG 21 within two quarters of arriving in Florence or
ITALLANG 21A or
OSPFLOR 21F
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 5
Instructors:
Mirti, F. (PI)
;
Quercioli, F. (PI)
OSPFLOR 31F: Advanced Oral Communication: Italian
Refine language skills and develop insight into Italian culture using authentic materials. Group work and individual meetings with instructor. Minimum enrollment required. Prerequisite:
ITALLANG 22A, 23 or placement.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 3
Instructors:
Quercioli, F. (PI)
OSPFLOR 33: Under the Tuscan Sun: A Model for Agriculture and Sustainability
Soil as a complex biological system where harvesting is possible. Analysis of the different typologies of soil in Tuscany, their role in affecting the landscape, and the current and potential risks of their degradation phenomena, including anthropic pollution events. Present situation and future perspectives of agriculture in Tuscany with particular reference to oil and wine. Fruit culture, greenhouses and nurseries, as well as animal rearing, each representing a critical component of Tuscan agriculture. Sustainable management of natural resources in Tuscany as a model.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 5
OSPFLOR 39: Movement, Posture and Gesture in Italian Art and Academia
Representation of movement, posture, and gesture in Italy from the Bronze Age to the Computer Age. Topics include: nascent sculpture discovered in Etruscan tombs excavated from the Bronze Age; artistic and academic study of movement throughout history including Roman, Byzantine, Gothic, Renaissance, Baroque, Rococo eras, as well as modern Italian impressionists. Functional anatomy and biokinesiology in the context of Italian art and academia. Field trips and visits to local museums to highlight intriguing representation of movement, posture, and gesture at the Galleria dell'Accademia, Bargello Museum, Uffizi Gallery, Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Firenze, and Museo di Leonardo da Vinci.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 3
Instructors:
Rose, J. (PI)
OSPFLOR 40: Independent Study in Movement, Posture and Gesture
Students choose an Italian center for the study of movement and write a report describing the facility, expertise, line of research and scientific and societal impact. Choices include robotics and pediatric rehabilitation with 3D motion capture in Pisa, state-of-the-art recording of neuromuscular activation in Turin, advanced prosthetic design in Bologna, and artificial intelligence and robotics in Rome.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 2-3
Instructors:
Rose, J. (PI)
OSPFLOR 42: Academic Internship
Mentored internships in banking, education, the fine arts, health, media, not-for-profit organizations, publishing, and retail. May be repeated for credit.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 1-5
| Repeatable
for credit
Instructors:
Campani, E. (PI)
OSPFLOR 46: Images of Evil in Criminal Law: Icons and the Visual Representation on Wrongdoing
Iconographic component of criminal law; reasons and functions of the visual representation of criminal wrongdoing. Historical roots of "evil typecasting;" consideration of its variations with respect to common law and civil law systems. Fundamental features of the two legal systems. Sources, actors, enforcement mechanisms of the criminal law compared; study of cases in the area of murder, sex offences, organized crime and terrorism. Different techniques of image typecasting highlighted and discussed. International criminal law, which takes the burden to describe, typecast and punish forms of "enormous, disproportionate evil," such as genocide and other mass atrocities.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 5
| UG Reqs: WAY-ER
Instructors:
Papa, M. (PI)
OSPFLOR 50M: Introductory Science of Materials
Topics include: the relationship between atomic structure and macroscopic properties of man-made and natural materials; mechanical and thermodynamic behavior of surgical implants including alloys, ceramics, and polymers; and materials selection for biotechnology applications such as contact lenses, artificial joints, and cardiovascular stents. No prerequisite.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 4
| UG Reqs: WAY-AQR, WAY-SMA, GER:DB-EngrAppSci
OSPFLOR 54: High Renaissance and Mannerism: the Great Italian Masters of the 15th and 16th Centuries
The development of 15th- and early 16th-century art in Florence and Rome. Epochal changes in the art of Michelangelo and Raphael in the service of Pope Julius II. The impact of Roman High Renaissance art on masters such as Fra' Bartolomeo and Andrea del Sarto. The tragic circumstances surrounding the early
maniera: Pontormo and Rosso Fiorentino and the transformation of early Mannerism into the elegant style of the Medicean court. Contemporary developments in Venice.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 5
| UG Reqs: WAY-A-II, GER:DB-Hum
Instructors:
Verdon, T. (PI)
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