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Florence

Program Dates

Approx. January 8th - April 30th, 2014 *

Application Fee

$125

Base Program Fee

$11,950

The Program Fee includes tuition and program expenses. Click on Program Fee for details.

International airfare and personal expenses are not included in the Program Fee and are the responsiblity of the participant.

Eligibility

This program is open to all undergraduate students who have earned 45 semester credit hours (i.e., at least second semester sophomore standing) by January of next year, including undergraduate students who do not attend George Mason University.

Placement and credits earned are based on your proficiency and previous language study.

Credits

Students must enroll in 15 undergraduate credits. All students will take an Italian Language (3 or 6 credits) and the Director's class. Other course options are listed to the right. This program is for "resident" credit (counts the same way a class would if taken at the Fairfax campus), and not "transfer" credit!

Housing

Apartments or homestays
See different options and costs under the Program Details section.

Excursions

A 300 euro stipend will be available for student excursions in conjunction with the Centro Fiorenza. In the past, students have toured Rome, Chianti, the Carnival in Venice, the "Best of Tuscany," Verona, and Cinque Terre, to name a few of the most popular options.

Application Deadline

October 4, 2013

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For your convenience, you can refer to the following documents to help you plan for your semester in Florence:

- Application Checklist

- Estimated Cost of Attendance (coming soon)

 

Contact

Erin Mateu via email or by calling 703.993.3864 or toll free at 866.468.1243. The toll free number does not accept calls from the 703 or 571 area code.

The Academic Director

Photo of Dr. Martin Sherwin

Professor Martin Sherwin
Department of History and Art History

Martin J. Sherwin is University Professor of History at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia. Before moving to GMU in 2007 he was the Walter S. Dickson Professor of English and American History at Tufts University for 27 years. His recent book, American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer (with Kai Bird) won the 2006 Pulitzer Prize for biography, the National Book Critics Circle Award for biography and the English Speaking Union Book Award. It was a Washington Post and Boston Globe Best Seller.

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While in Florence, Dr. Sherwin will offer a History 393 course entitled, "World War II in Memory & Myth: The Axis and the Allies in Italy," which will be cross-listed with History 499 for eligible History majors.

This is an interdiciplinary course combining history, fim, and literature. The course flyer is available in PDF form below (just click on the image to download):

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