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ItalyRome Summer Session
General Summer Program Information Eligibility and Application Procedures
PROGRAM OVERVIEWSince its establishment in 1966, Temple University Rome has provided students of the arts, architecture, international business and liberal arts with the opportunity to spend a semester or academic year studying in Rome. Temple University Rome also offers a six-week summer session comprised of undergraduate courses in a variety of disciplines: architecture, art, art history, business, classics, dance, English, geography and urban studies, history, Italian language and music studies. Internships are also available. The program is open to qualified students matriculated at U.S. colleges and universities.
ABOUT ROMEHistorically, Rome has few peers. Nowhere else are so many centuries blended together, used and re-used. In much of modern Rome you can visually trace more than 2,000 years of Western historical development. The church of San Clemente, for example, is comprised of ancient Roman houses and a sanctuary to the god Mithra, an early Christian church, and a medieval edifice. Like the Forum, the Colosseum and the Arch of Constantine, San Clemente is situated in the center of Rome surrounded by the markets, street life, and sounds and smells of contemporary living. As Italy’s capital city, Rome has a cultural and intellectual life that is unsurpassed. Home to the headquarters of UN agencies and the scholarly academies of many nations, Rome continues to be — as it has been since before Caesar — a crossroads for cultural, economic, political and social exchange between Europe and Africa, the eastern Mediterranean and beyond.
COURSESThe following courses are tentatively scheduled to be offered during the summer of 2012, pending sufficient enrollments. Students choose two courses and enroll for a minimum of six and a maximum of eight credits. Temple undergraduate students who successfully complete this program automatically satisfy the World Society (GG) requirement of GenEd.
Architecture 3040: Special Topics in History and Theory - Roma: Modern Architecture and Urbanism (3 credits) Art History 0813 | History of Art in Rome (4 credits) Art History 1003 | History of Art in Rome (4 credits) Art History 1148: International Cinema: Italian Culture through Film (3 credits) Business Administration 2196: Business Communications (3 credits) Special offering in Summer 2012 only; business courses change each summer. Business Communications is a workplace-oriented course designed to help students develop and refine the written and oral skills necessary to communicate effectively in international professional settings. Students will review the purpose and style of business writing and complete a variety of focused writing exercises based on actual work settings and international scenarios. Students will also plan, compose and analyze letters, memoranda and electronic messages; prepare and present brief oral presentations; collaborate with others and revise business communication. Teaching methods used will include lecture, classroom discussion and exercises that require active participation. Some assignments require students to visit cultural sites in Rome or conduct research on business practices within the European Union. Note: For Temple studetns, this course fills University Core writing and is a lower level Business Core Course. Temple students who take this course to fill either requirement, need a C- or better for the class to count towards graduation. Classics 3002: Ancient Rome and Italy (3 credits) Dance 3812: Creative Process in Dance (3 credits)
Geography and Urban Studies 3000: Special Topics in Geography and Urban Studies - Roma: Modern Architecture and Urbanism (3 credits) Graphic Art and Design 2461: Digital Imaging (3 credits) Graphic Art and Design 3101/8189: Collaborative Design Workshop in Rome (3 undergrad credits/3 grad credits) History 3312: Roman History (3 credits) International Business 3553: International Marketing (3 credits) Special offering in Summer 2012 only; business courses change each summer. See Marketing 3553. International Business 3596: Global Strategic Management (3 credits) See Strategic Management 3596. Italian 1001: Italian Language I (4 credits) Italian 1002: Italian Language II (4 credits) Italian 3240: Topics in Italian Cinema and Literature: Italian Culture through Film (3 credits) Marketing 3553 International Marketing (3 credits). Special offering in Summer 2012 only; business courses change each summer. This course examines the impact of economic, cultural, political, legal and other environmental influences on global marketing. Within this context, students will discuss how to identify and analyze worldwide marketing opportunities, examine product, pricing, distribution and promotion strategies, and explore comparative marketing systems. The objective is to explore the decision-making processes of the global firm. There will be an emphasis on the global firm operating in Europe. Prerequisite: introductory macroeconomics and marketing, with introductory microeconomics strongly recommended. Cross-listed with International Business 3553. Music Studies 3796: Music in History: Music of the Italian Renaissance and Baroque (3 credits) Special Offering for Summer 2012; select courses change each summer. Painting, Drawing, Sculpture 3351: Rome Sketchbook (3 credits) Strategic Management 3596: Global Strategic Management (3 credits)
INTERNSHIPSTemple Rome offers a limited number of unpaid internships with Italian and multinational companies and nonprofit organizations. A student continues three to four credit hours of regular coursework while registered for three semester hours of the internship course. A faculty supervisor who oversees the internship sets the evaluation requirements, meets with the student regularly, and requires a final report or project related to the experience. To be eligible, students must have at least a 3.0 GPA and participate in the Temple Rome program. No student is permitted to register for only an internship. To apply, students must submit an internship application, with essay and professional resume, as well as verification from their home institution that they will receive academic credit for the internship. More information is made available to accepted students. Note: internship placements are limited and are finalized after interviews in Rome; they cannot be guaranteed in advance.
FACULTYTemple Rome boasts a distinguished faculty, both European and American. Faculty tentatively scheduled to teach in Rome for summer 2012 include:
Giovanna Agostini | Italian Language Mario Teleri Biason | Drawing and Printmaking Mario Teleri is one of Italy’s foremost experts in antique and contemporary printmaking. An engraving scholarship granted him a year’s study in Belgrade, and he won the Gold Medal Vito Agresti-Roma Prize for graphics. In addition to his own exhibitions, he consults for the Italian National Institute for Graphics and other institutes. Paolo Carloni | Art History Paolo Carloni specializes in Cinquecento and contemporary art, as well as being a poet, photographer and videomaker. He has taught art history and High Renaissance art since 1981. Thank to his extended and frequent stays in Norway and Northern Africa, he speaks Norwegian, French, English and Italian. Jan Gadeyne | Art History/History/Classics Katie Gerst - Marketing and Supply Chain Management Professor Gerst is an assistant professor of practice at the Fox School of Business at Temple University. She has taught courses in marketing management, consumer and buyer behavior, advertising and integrated marketing communication, and strategic applications of technology in marketing and currently teaches business communications. Anita Guerra | Drawing and Painting Anita Guerra is represented in the Museo di Arte Sacro in Celano, the Caproni Museum in Trento, and at the French Cultural Center in Rome, Italy. Her modular paintings have been exhibited in the United States and Italy and are part of numerous private collections. Jillian Harris-Farrell | Dance A 1993 youngARTS award winner in dance, Jillian Harris-Farrell received her BFA in modern dance from the University of Utah. She toured nationally with the Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company as a professional dancer and teacher, performing works by noted choreographers such as Murray Louis, Doug Varone and Moses Pendleton. Jillian was also a featured performer in the PBS televised broadcast of Della Davidson’s Night Story. In 2000, Jillian worked under Harriet Fulbright with President Clinton’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities and then became an assistant director of the Columbia Festival of the Arts. Upon receiving her MFA from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts, she went on to perform with the Metropolitan Opera Ballet and Kun-Yang Lin/Dancers, with whom she continues to tour. In addition to performing, Jillian maintains an active teaching schedule, conducting master classes in the United States and abroad. She is currently an assistant professor at Temple University.
MA, Temple University Alicia Imperiale | Architecture Assistant professor of architectural history/theory and design, Department of Architecture, Tyler School of Art, Temple University. Her research area is postwar Italian architectural history and urbanism. She has taught design, history and theory at SCI- Arc, Pratt Institute, Columbia University, Cornell University and Parsons School of Design, and was a Van Alen/Dinkeloo Visiting Fellow at the American Academy in Rome in 1987-88. Katherine Krizek | Drawing/Art History Katherine Krizek’s designs have won awards including selection for the Compasso d’Oro in Italy, Best of Furniture from ID magazine. She is represented in The Smithsonian Museum’s Permanent collection of design. She has taught courses and given lectures on Italian design and drawing in Milan and Rome since 1993. Aroop Mahanty | International Business Liana Miuccio | Photography BA, McGill University Liana Miuccio collaborates with Getty Images and is a member of the Foreign Press Association in Rome. She has won many awards for her photography from the New York Foundation for the Arts, the National Italian American Foundation, Grazia Neri's Yann Geoffrey prize to the MacArthur Foundation Arts Organization in Residence Program grant for Documentary Video Production. Aldo Patania | International Business Dr. Patania has taught at Temple Rome since 1996, as well as in the U.S., Italy and the United Arab Emirates. He formerly was a Fulbright scholar and senior economic specialist at the U.S. Embassy in Rome, and is now a Fellow of the International Entrepreneurship Academy and on the Editorial Board of EffElle Editori. Maria Ponce de Leon | Italian Language PhD, Northwestern University Dr. Ponce de Leon has been teaching Italian language, literature and culture in Rome since 1992 and has recently extended her teaching activity to the University of Monastir in Tunisia. She is an active volunteer for VIC Caritas in the Roman prison of Rebibbia. Paul Sheriff | Graphic Arts and Design Paul Sheriff has taught in the Graphic and Interactive Design program at Tyler School of Art since 1987. He taught at Temple's Rome Campus in spring of 1983 and has coordinated the summer Design Workshop class in 2010 and 2011. He is the principal of Sheriff Design, www.sheriffdesign.com, a boutique design studio which specializes in the non-profit sector. Ross Steinman | International Business PhD, Temple University Dr. Steinman is an adjunct assistant professor in the Department of Marketing and Supply Chain Management at the Fox School of Business and Management, Temple University. His primary area of expertise is consumer behavior. He has taught a variety of courses including: Marketing Management, Consumer and Buyer Behavior, International Marketing, and Marketing Research. Steven Zohn | Music History Professor of Music History, Music Studies Department, Boyer College of Music and Dance, Temple University. His research focuses on music of the eighteenth century, particularly that of the Bach family and Georg Philipp Telemann. His book, Music for a Mixed Taste: Style, Genre, and Meaning in Telemann’s Instrumental Works, received William H. Scheide Prize of the American Bach Society, and his research has appeared in the Journal of the American Musicological Society, Journal of Musicology, Eighteenth-Century Music, Early Music, Bach Perspectives, and other leading journals. Among his most recent publications are critical editions for Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: The Complete Works and Georg Philipp Telemann: Musikalische Werke. Also a sought-after performer on historical flutes, he concertizes with a number of ensembles in the eastern U.S. and has recorded for the Centaur, Newport Classic, and Lyrichord labels.
HOUSINGHousing in Rome is provided in an apartment residence, a 30- to 40-minute walk, or short bus or metro ride from the Villa Caproni. The apartment residence is 10 minutes from the Vatican Museum, five minutes from a major market in Rome, 20 minutes from the main railroad terminal and the Colosseum, and an hour from Mediterranean beaches and Etruscan ruins. Each apartment has a living area and shared bedroom(s). The kitchen, equipped with basic cooking utensils, allows students to shop for groceries and prepare their own meals. A limited number of homestays with Italian families are available for students interested in complete linguistic and cultural immersion. Students also have the option of finding their own housing in Rome.
FIELD TRIPSThe program includes three one-day excursions. The first is an orientation excursion to Todi, a medieval hilltown in Umbria, followed by a traditional meal in the village of Titignano. The second excursion is to the hilltown of Tivoli to visit Hadrian's Villa, the most impressive villa in the Roman Empire and home to Emperor Hadrian from A.D. 135 to his death, and the Villa d'Este, a 16th-century villa with elaborate gardens and fountains. On the third excursion, students explore the Via Cassia, which runs north from Rome into Tuscany and offers a host of interesting sites, including the Renaissance town of Caprarola with the magnificent 16th-century Palazzo Farnese and the Castello Orsini Bracciano. In addition to these full-day excursions outside of Rome, an additional feature of the Temple Rome summer program is frequent, on-site instruction for many of the courses, enabling students to study firsthand the sites, artistic treasures, traditions and business practices associated with the people and history of Italy. Whether you are studying art history or management, these visits bring academic subjects to life and expose students to daily life in Rome.
2012 CALENDAR (Summer I)Dates are tentative and subject to change
Students must be present for the entire length of the program.The earliest acceptable departure date from Rome is June 29.
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| Budget Item | Pennsylvania Resident | Non-Resident |
| Billable Item | ||
| Undergraduate Tuition (6-8 credits)* | $3,012-$4,016 | $4,878-$6,504 |
| Rome Housing Fee (accommodations in the apartment residence based on shared occupancy) | $1,700 | $1,700 |
| Rome Housing Fee (homestay)** | $2,400 | $2,400 |
| University Services Fee | $213 | $213 |
| Rome Insurance | $100 | $100 |
| Non-Billable Item Estimates | ||
| Meals | $1,000 (less for homestay students) | $1,000 (less for homestay students) |
| Personal Expenses | $1,300 | $1,300 |
| Books and Supplies | $150 | $150 |
| Round-Trip Airfare | $1,400 | $1,400 |
| International Student Identity Card | $22 | $22 |
Notes: All estimated costs are subject to change. They should be used as a guideline only. Accepted students will receive updated, detailed cost information as soon as it is available after the application deadline. *Per university policy, Temple students who are considered “upper division” are charged additional tuition per credit in the summer (Pennsylvania Residents: additional $7 per credit; Non-Pennsylvania Residents: additional $41 per credit). “Upper division” is defined as an undergraduate student with a minimum of 60 earned credits, regardless of how obtained. This policy does not affect non-Temple students. Students enrolled in graduate-level coursework (for example, Graphic Art and Design 8189) will be charged Temple's graduate tuition rates. **Fee includes homestay accommodations and some meals (breakfast Monday-Friday and dinner Monday-Thursday). Students enrolled in courses with field trips are responsible for paying entrance fees during class visits to museums and should budget extra money accordingly; these classes will require approximately $75 each. In addition to the items above, students should budget money for non-Italian health insurance, any weekend or other travel they plan to undertake, as well as any additional personal expenses. We recommend that students follow the exchange rate prior to and during their summer abroad, either through the newspaper or a currency exchange web site such as www.oanda.com. |
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For more information, please contact Temple University Education Abroad,
215-204-0720, study.abroad@temple.edu.