OSPFLOR 18: Language Activities
Opportunities to improve Italian language skills through guided discussions and meetings with Italian students. Activities take place at a number of locations throughout the city of Florence. May be repeated for credit. (AU)
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 1
Instructors:
Quercioli, F. (PI)
OSPFLOR 21F: Second-Year Italian, First Quarter
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.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr
| Units: 4
Instructors:
Quercioli, F. (PI)
OSPFLOR 22F: Second-Year Italian, Second Quarter
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.
Terms: Win
| Units: 4
Instructors:
Quercioli, F. (PI)
OSPFLOR 31F: Advanced Italian Conversation
Refine language skills and develop insight into Italian culture using authentic materials. Group work and individual meetings with instructor.
Terms: Aut, Spr
| Units: 4
Instructors:
Quercioli, F. (PI)
OSPFLOR 32: Service Learning in Italian
Oral and linguistic skills and increased cultural awareness through service to a local social work organization. Issues of contemporary Italian social change. Organizations include Caritas diocesana, Communita de S. Egidio, and Progetto Arcobaleno.
Terms: Win
| Units: 4
| Repeatable
1 times
(up to 4 units total)
Instructors:
Quercioli, F. (PI)
OSPFLOR 33: The Americanization of Italy
How cultural and social patterns from the U.S. shape everyday life in contemporary Italy. Popular culture and consumer culture as vehicles of penetration; role of supermarkets, malls, and new patterns of consumption. Are American models accepted or changed according to Italian culture? How global and local interact in this cultural encounter.
Terms: Spr
| Units: 4
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci
Instructors:
Scarpellini, E. (PI)
OSPFLOR 34: The Woman in Florentine Art
Influence and position of women in the history of Florence as revealed in its art. Sculptural, pictorial, and architectural sources from a social, historical, and art historical point of view. Themes: the virgin mother (middle ages); the goddess of beauty (Botticelli to mannerism); the grand duchess (late Renaissance, Baroque); the lady, the woman (19th-20th centuries).
Terms: Aut
| Units: 4
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, GER:EC-Gender, WAY-A-II, WAY-EDP
Instructors:
Verdon, T. (PI)
OSPFLOR 41: The Contemporary Art Scene in Tuscany: Theory and Practice
The ever-changing and multifaceted scene of contemporary art through visual and sensorial stimulation. How art is thought of and produced in Italy today. Hands-on experience. Sketching and exercises on-site at museums and exhibits, plus workshops on techniques. Limited enrollment.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 3-5
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, WAY-CE
Instructors:
Rossi, F. (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: Win, Spr
| Units: 1-5
| Repeatable
for credit
Instructors:
Campani, E. (PI)
OSPFLOR 44: The Revolution in Science: Galileo and the Birth of Modern Scientific Thought
Galileo's life and scientific progress starting from his student years at the University of Pisa. Departure from traditional natural philosophy leading to radical reformation of cosmology and physics, emphasizing the science of motion. His innovative use of observation and measurement instruments, emphasizing the telescope. Cultural and social context.
Terms: Win
| Units: 5
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum
Instructors:
Galluzzi, P. (PI)
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