Italy

Rome Summer Session

Program Overview

About Rome

Courses

Internships

Faculty

Housing

Calendar

General Summer Program Information

Eligibility and Application Procedures

Application Deadline

Cost

PROGRAM OVERVIEW

Since 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.

The Temple Rome campus is ideally located in the heart of Rome, in the Villa Caproni, a handsome building facing the Tiber River. Just north of Piazza del Popolo and within walking distance of the lively Spanish Steps and the beautiful Borghese Gardens, the Villa Caproni is convenient to living accommodations, shops and restaurants. Its facilities include a 16,000-volume library – one of the largest English-language libraries in Rome – a computer center, academic classrooms, extensive art and architecture studios, an art gallery and student lounges.

ABOUT ROME

Historically, 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.

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COURSES

The 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)
This course, consisting of weekly lectures and walking tours, will examine in detail 20th and 21st century urbanism and architecture in Rome. The course will also use film to bring light to the social and political aspects of urban life. Students will look at various planned neighborhoods such as the EUR, the Olympic Village of the 1960 games, INA Casa Housing in the Tiburtino district, Garbatella, the 1 kilometer-long Corviale, and Cinecittà. The course will also look at contemporary buildings in Rome such as Richard Meier’s Church and Ara Pacis, Renzo Piano’s Auditorium, Zaha Hadid’s MAXXI, the MACRO by Odile Decq, and the “Cloud” by Massimiliano Fuksas and Renzo Piano’s newest proposal in EUR. Students will also look at the works of many “master” architects working in Rome such as Luigi Moretti, Adalberto Libera, Mario Ridolfi, Pier Luigi Nervi, and will view original drawings in the archives of the Archivio Centrale dello Stato, the Accademia di San Luca, and at the MAXXI. The course welcomes students from all disciplines. Assignments may vary by discipline, such as a research paper for history students, urban analysis with accompanying texts by architecture students, or a sketch journal with historical notations by art students. Cross-listed with Geography and Urban Studies 3000.

Art History 0813 | History of Art in Rome (4 credits)
Cross-listed with Art History 1003. For Temple students this is an Arts GenEd course. For Temple students only. Non-Temple students interested in taking this course will register for Art History 1003 (see below).
Weekly class lectures and on-site visits provide a survey of Roman art from the Etruscan through the Baroque periods, from the founding of the ancient city in the 8th century B.C. to circa 1700. Students study each period’s art and architecture and define its place within the general context of Roman civilization. Rome’s position as both capital of the ancient empire and of the Western Latin Church has earned her the well-recognized sobriquet, Eternal City. Consequently, students confront how the “idea” of Rome had bearing upon the formation of its art and architecture within the chronological context. The course as a whole can be considered an introduction to art history in the field, as each week the class visits an historical site or museum in order to reconstruct through living examples the artistic fabric of the city.

Art History 1003 | History of Art in Rome (4 credits)
Cross-listed with Art History 0813. For Non-Temple students only. Temple students interested in taking this course will register for Art History 0813 (see above). See Art History 0813 for course description.

Art History 1148: International Cinema: Italian Culture through Film (3 credits)
A study of the characteristics of Italian contemporary culture through the viewing of emblematic films such as The Bicycle Thief, Roma Città Aperta, La Dolce Vita, Ceravamo tanto amati, Night of the Shooting Stars, Christ Stopped at Eboli, The Garden of Fizzi-Contini, Cinema Paradiso, Caro Diario, and others. Several topics pertaining to historical, social and economic developments of contemporary Italy are discussed including fascism; the power and influence of the Catholic Church; attitudes towards women; political instability; rural poverty; the uneasy relationship between north and south; organized crime and the mafia; and mass media and communication. In addition to the discussion of cultural topics, the analysis of film dialogues also enhances the student’s linguistic proficiency in Italian. Cross-listed with English 2712 and Italian 3240.

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)
The course is an introduction to the history of the Roman Empire from the origins of the city in the 8th century BC to the end of the western Roman Empire in AD 476. The focus is especially on Rome and Italy. The historical reality is analyzed as broadly as possible, in its political, economic, cultural and social contexts. Special attention is paid to the literary and archaeological evidence: ancient texts are read, and Roman sites are visited. Special topics include: the origins of Rome between facts and fiction; the hellenization of Roman society; literature and the age of Augustus; and the “end” of the Roman Empire. The course includes weekly on-site visits in Rome and a one-day excursion to Hadrian’s Villa. Cross-listed with History 3312.

Dance 3812: Creative Process in Dance (3 credits)
This course explores the creative process within the context of choreography, using the visual art within Rome as inspiration. Students will have an opportunity to generate an original work that demonstrates their understanding of interpreting both visual imagery and sound. The inspiration for assignments will stem from art works (sculptures, paintings, video art, etc.) housed at the nearby Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Moderna. Emphasis will be upon students’ commitment to the creative process. Open to all students regardless of major. As this course will involve moderate physical activity, experience with dance or other movement forms is preferred but not required.

English 2712 International Film: Italian Culture through Film (3 credits)
See Art History 1148.

Geography and Urban Studies 3000: Special Topics in Geography and Urban Studies - Roma: Modern Architecture and Urbanism (3 credits)
See Architecture 3040.

Graphic Art and Design 2461: Digital Imaging (3 credits)
In this introduction to digital photography, students create a digital visual diary of their Roman experience. The technical component consists of mastering manual digital camera operation and exposure. Students are also introduced to imaging software on the computer and digital output to inkjet printers, and gain an understanding of the aesthetic possibilities of photography through assignments, lectures on important photographers, photo field trips in Rome, and visits to contemporary photo exhibits. Students are required to have a minimum of a 6 megapixel camera with manual exposure override options that enable the manipulation of f-stop, shutter speed and ISO. A laptop computer is also required. This course has an additional fee of $65.

Graphic Art and Design 3101/8189: Collaborative Design Workshop in Rome  (3 undergrad credits/3 grad credits)
This course is geared toward students who are interested in immersing themselves in the culture of Rome and producing, by the end of the class, an in-depth design project which takes the form of an arts and culture magazine or book about the city. Students will have an array of tasks to perform as they work individually and collaboratively to write, design and produce the publication. Students contribute both content and design, according to their individual areas of expertise: photography, graphic design, illustration, journalism, etc. All students are required to contribute to the material that will be used in the publication on a weekly basis. Each week an assignment will be due. An integral part of this project is digital image making, as students will photograph images from Rome to incorporate into the final publication. Prerequisites: Students must have a background in fine art, graphic design, journalism and/or advertising with at least two courses in a discipline directly related to graphic design, photography, illustration, and/or advertising. A basic knowledge of design and word processing software (Photoshop, as well as Microsoft Word) is needed for this course. Students are required to have a digital camera and a laptop computer, as well as a back-up drive for your work. Note: students who intend to continue in graphic design need to have a Macintosh laptop.

History 3312: Roman History (3 credits)
See Classics 3002.

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)
Introduction to the use of Italian as a spoken language. Fundamentals of grammar. Basic patterns of oral communication and writing, acquisition of practical survival skills, simple graded readings.

Italian 1002: Italian Language II (4 credits)
A continuation of the activities of Italian 1001. The basics already learned are practiced, and new patterns of oral communication and writing are introduced. Additional fundamentals of grammar, graded cultural readings. Prerequisite: Italian 1001 or equivalent.

Italian 3240: Topics in Italian Cinema and Literature: Italian Culture through Film (3 credits)
See Art History 1148.

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.
This course surveys Italian music from ca. 1500 to 1750 via representative works by such composers as Guillaume Du Fay, Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Claudio Monteverdi, Francesco Cavalli, Barbara Strozzi, Arcangelo Corelli, Alessandro Scarlatti, George Frideric Handel, and Antonio Vivaldi. Analysis of the music will go hand-in-hand with examinations of its cultural context, including systems of patronage associated with the Papal chapel, churches, confraternities, courts, public opera houses, and private academies, and connections between music, politics, literature, and the visual arts. Weekly class lectures will be supplemented by on-site visits in Rome. Prerequisite: Coursework in music history of the period 1500–1750 and at least two semesters of college-level music theory.

Painting, Drawing, Sculpture 3351: Rome Sketchbook (3 credits)
Participants record their observations in sketchbook form on daily outings to significant sites. Rome—incomparably rich historically and visually—provides a host of subjects ideal for improving drawing technique. The concentration required in drawing directly from observation leads to a deeper understanding of the city’s forms. Open to beginning and advanced students.

Strategic Management 3596: Global Strategic Management (3 credits)
This course is an examination of the distinctive management issues that arise when firms are either contemplating or already doing business across national boundaries. It requires the integration and application of knowledge and skills learned in earlier courses, and also introduces the critical business skills of understanding and managing strategic issues in international settings. This course is the writing intensive version of International Business/Strategic Management 3566. Students should not take this course if they have already taken and passed International Business/General Strategic Management 3566. Cross-listed with International Business 3596.

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INTERNSHIPS

Temple 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.

FACULTY

Temple Rome boasts a distinguished faculty, both European and American. Faculty tentatively scheduled to teach in Rome for summer 2012 include:

Kim Strommen | Dean of the Rome Campus, and Professor in the Graphic Arts and Design Department of the Tyler School of Art, Temple University.
MFA, Washington University in St. Louis.

Giovanna Agostini | Italian Language
BFA, Ohio University, Post Graduate Diploma, University of London
Giovanna Agostini has taught Italian language for 25 years. She has also created and conducted radio programs and provided simultaneous translations for RAI USA, the Italian National Television Network. Her studies in psychology and pedagogy, as well as her training in communicative teaching techniques, in New York City, influence her educational work.

Mario Teleri Biason | Drawing and Printmaking
Perito Tecnico Commerciale, Isituto Superiore Pier Fortunato Calvi, Padua

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
Laurea, University of Rome “La Sapienza,” graduate specialization in Aesthetics, University of Urbino

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
PhD, Katholieke Universiteit, Leuven Louvain, Belgium
Dr. Gadeyne has taught Ancient Roman Art and Architecture, Romans and their Literature, Late Antique and Early Byzantine Art and Architecture and the Ancient History of Rome at Temple Rome since 1988. He is the co-director of the excavation of the Roman villa on the Piano della Civita in Artena, on which he has lectured and published widely.

Katie Gerst - Marketing and Supply Chain Management
MBA, Temple University, Fox School of Business

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
MFA, Tyler School of Art

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
MFA, New York University, Tisch School of the Arts

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.

Robert Huber | Art History

MA, Temple University
Robert Huber received a Temple University Rome fellowship scholarship and began teaching courses in the art of Rome and the Italian Renaissance at Temple Rome. He is also an expert on Italian gastronomy and is currently a doctoral candidate at the Katholieke Universiteit, Leuven Louvain, Belgium.

Alicia Imperiale | Architecture
MA, Princeton University and PhD candidate, Princeton University (2011)

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
BFA, Parsons School of Design, B. Architecture, Cooper Union For the Advancement of Art and Science

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
PhD, Colorado State, post-doctoral studies, University of Chicago Graduate School of Business Dr. Mahanty is an American economist and consultant who has worked in the United States and many other countries. His specialties lie in international economics, business and finance.

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
PhD, University of Catania

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.

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HOUSING

Housing 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.

Further details are provided to accepted students.

FIELD TRIPS

The 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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GENERAL SUMMER PROGRAM INFORMATION

Please see General Summer Information to read about pre-departure information and orientation; passports and visas; scholarships; costs and payment policies; accreditation; and transfer of credits.

ELIGIBILITY & APPLICATION PROCEDURES

Please see Eligibility and Application Procedures for program eligibility, application requirements, and application procedures that apply to all summer programs.

APPLICATION DEADLINE: EXTENDED TO FEBRUARY 24, 2012

ESTIMATED 2012 COSTS

FOR MORE INFORMATION

For more information, please contact Temple University Education Abroad,
215-204-0720, study.abroad@temple.edu.