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-Program Description
-Courses
-Admission (forms & deadlines)
-Cost & Payment Schedule
-Withdrawal Policy
-Scholarships & Financial Aid
-Concurrent Enrollment & Pre-Departure Orientation
-Insurance
-Travel

Program Description

In spring quarter of 2010, the Division of French and Italian Studies will offer its Italian Studies in Rome and Calabria Program. For the first half of the quarter, the program will be in Rome at the University of Washington's Rome Center, located in the magnificent 17th-century Palazzo Pio, which sits on the foundations of the ancient theater of Pompey. The Center will serve as a primary base for study in Italian language and culture while students are in Rome. While in Rome students will be sharing apartments, and will provide for food on their own. The time in Rome will be organized in a manner in which students will still be exposed as much as possible to Italian language, culture and the everyday Roman and Italian life. The second half of the program will take place in Rogliano, a small town of 8,000 people located in the foothills of the Sila Mountains, 10km south of Cosenza, one of the largest cities in the southern region of Calabria. Because the prime objective of the program is to offer students the opportunity of a total immersion in the Italian language and culture, in Rogliano students will live individually or in pairs with local families (full-board accommodation). Moreover, in order for them to be part of the intrinsic life of the town they will: a) assist elementary and middle-school kids in their study of English, and b) participate in internships in local artisan laboratories and shops, thus experiencing the richness of the costumes and culture of the local social environment.

Academic courses include:

1) Italian 103 or 203: Intensive and accelerated work in Italian language and culture.

2) Italian 199 or 299: Contemporary Italian Culture

3) Italian 290: Italia: percorsi storici e culturali, a course comprised of lectures and historical, artistic, and cultural itineraries in Rome, Umbria, Tuscany, and Southern Italy.

Prospective applicants should have completed Italian 102 or Italian 202 or equivalent.

Participating faculty will be Albert Sbragia as director of the program and Ruggero Taradel. Program activities include weekly visits to historical and cultural sites in Rome, Calabria, and elsewhere.

For further information on the program, please contact Albert Sbragia via e-mail at sbragia@u.washington.edu or in his office, Padelford C-256/258.

Course Options

Ital 103: 5 credits
This course will continue and complete the 100-level sequence, and will satisfy the language requirement on the condition that students earn a 2.0 or better.

AND

Ital 199: 5 credits
Study of Italian culture through cinema, media and literature involving speaking, reading and writing supplemented by a functional review of grammar. Special language projects will be designed to encourage students to make use of the opportunities provided by the environment outside the classroom. Italian 199 will be coded to count towards VLPA credits (Visual, literary and performing arts credits), or students may choose to count it as elective credit.

AND

Ital 290: 5 credits (see description below)

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Ital 203: 5 credits
This course will continue and complete the 200-level sequence, and will satisfy the pre-requisite for Italian 301.

AND

Ital 299: 5 credits
Advanced study of Italian culture through cinema, media and literature
involving speaking, reading and writing supplemented by a functional review
of grammar. Special language projects will be designed to encourage students to make use of the opportunities provided by the environment outside the classroom. Italian 299 will be coded to count towards VLPA credit and can also be applied towards a minor or major in Italian Studies.

AND

Ital 290: 5 credits  

Italia: percorsi storici e culturali, a course comprised of lectures and historical, artistic, and cultural itineraries in Rome, Umbria, Tuscany, and Southern Italy. This course is for students at both the 100 and 200 levels.

Admission to the Program

The admission process involves three steps:

1. Complete an application form (pdf file)
2. Have two professors/instructors submit sealed letters of recommendation directly to you. For 100-level students one of the two must be from your current Italian instructor. For 200-level students one must be from your current Italian instructor and one from a previous Italian instructor. Please provide each professor/instructor with a recommendation form (pdf file).
3. Provide a copy of your UW transcript (if you are a transfer student provide a copy of your transcript from the most recent school attended). Unofficial transcripts are fine for this purpose.

Send your application form along with your transcript and sealed letters of recommendation to Jennifer Keene in the main office for French & Italian Studies at the following address by NOVEMBER 30, 2009:

Rome Program, Attn: Jennifer Keene
Division of French & Italian Studies, Box 354361
C-254 Padelford Hall
University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195-4361

The University of Washington provides equal opportunity in education without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, or status as a disabled veteran or Vietnam era veteran in accordance with University policy and application federal and state statutes and regulations.

Cost & Payment Schedule

*Please note that program fee information is tentative at this point*

The departmental program fee for 2010 is $5600. Fee includes all instructional costs in Italy, housing in Rome and meals and housing with Italian households in Rogliano, April bus pass in Rome, all site admissions, transportation and housing costs (as well as breakfast and dinner) for excursions outside of Rome. Fee does not include airfare to and from Italy, textbooks, health insurance or personal expenses. In addition to the program fee, students pay a UW Rome Center fee equal to one-quarter UW resident undergraduate or graduate tuition ($2200 for undergraduates or TBA for graduates) and an International Programs and Exchanges fee of $250. Non-resident students pay the same as resident students.

Payments will be charged to participants' UW student accounts and will be payable to UW Student Fiscal Services according to the following payment schedule:

Program fees are paid in dollars; most program expenses are paid in euros. The Italian Studies Program reserves the right to modify the program fee based on expected and severe dollar devaluation. If such a change occurs, students will be notified as early as possible of the increase and an adjustment will be made to the final program payment.

Withdrawal Policy

Notice of withdrawal from the program must be made in writing to the program director, Albert Sbragia, Division of French and Italian Studies, Box 354361, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195 AND a formal withdrawal request form must be turned in to the International Programs and Exchanges (IPE) Office.The required withdrawal form is available on-line at http://ipe.washington.edu/forms/WithdrawDefer.pdf. The withdrawal date is considered the date a withdrawal form is received by the IPE Office. Students withdrawing from the program will be subject to the following refund and withdrawal policy:

The $350 program deposit and $250 IPE Fee are non-refundable.

Students are responsible for paying any charges posted to their account by the designated due date, as well as late fees incurred for late payment. Any reimbursements of program fees will be credited to student accounts once withdrawal has been processed. Typical withdrawals are processed 4-6 weeks from receipt of complete withdrawal paperwork.

Scholarships and Financial Aid

Please see the GoGlobal Website where information on the Fritz Undergraduate and the Global Opportunities (GO!) Scholarships are found.

Graduate students are eligible for funding through the Gerberding Rome Studies Fellowship and should contact the Graduate School Fellowships and Assistantships Division, http://grad.washington.edu for deadlines and information.

Most forms of financial aid can be utilized during participation in this program. Participants who are on financial aid should contact the Financial Aid office to verify that their awards will apply. Students interested in applying for increased financial aid during their quarter of study abroad should obtain a revision request from the Financial Aid office, and a budget of student expenses from the IPE office, and submit both to the Financial Aid office in Schmitz Hall.

Concurrent Enrollment and Pre-Departure Orientation

Students participating in the program must concurrently enroll during spring quarter 2010. Concurrent enrollment allows students to retain the following benefits during spring quarter 2010:

-Remain enrolled in the UW
-Maintain financial aid and scholarship eligibility
-Earn regular, graded UW credit
-Maintain pre-registration privileges
-Continue deferment of any school-related loans
-Satisfy residency requirements for graduation
-Purchase the UW Study Abroad Insurance Plan

In order to be concurrently enrolled, students must complete Mandatory Online Pre-Departure Orientation, available at http://ipe.washington.edu/domestic/orientation.html, undergo a health screening exam and submit their concurrent enrollment and health screening forms to IPE by March 1, 2010. Students will receive their concurrent enrollment and health screening forms – plus information regarding enrollment, credits, grades, health & safety, insurance, etc. – via the online orientation.

Insurance

The University of Washington strongly recommends that all UW students participating in foreign study or research programs purchase the UW Study Abroad Health Insurance UW Study Abroad Health Insurance.

Travel  

All participants will be responsible for making their own travel arrangements to and from Rome. The program will begin on Saturday, March 27, 2010 (arrival in Rome and pick-up at train station by host families) and end on Friday, June 4, 2010. These dates will be confirmed for students accepted into the program during the first week of December 2009. Flight reservations should be made at the earliest possible date in order to take advantage of the best available fares. It is also very important that you apply for a PASSPORT if you do not have one, or if your passport has expired. Your passport must be valid for at least 6 months after the end of the program. It may take as long as six weeks to obtain a passport. You will also need a VISA. Further information about Italian student visa application procedures will be provided upon acceptance to the program.

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