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Revolutionary Paris

In 1789, crowds surged through the streets of Paris demanding freedom, equality, and fraternity for all. Those days are gone but not forgotten. During our stay in the beautiful and elegant “city of light,” we will study the background and history of the Revolution that swept through France, including the period that came before known as the Enlightenment. We will plunge into the intellectual, political, and ideological currents of thought that coursed through revolutionary Paris at this time and visit important sites where it all took place: The Louvre, Les Invalides, the Bastille, the Palais-Royal, the Conciergerie, the “revolutionary 6th” arrondissement, and take day trips to the Palace of Versailles and the Royal Palace of Fontainebleau.

As an important feature of the course, students will learn the award-winning pedagogy “Reacting to the Past,” and debate questions faced by the National Assembly in 1791 in Paris. Students will become leaders of major factions within the National Assembly (and in the streets outside) as it struggles to create a constitution amidst internal chaos and threats of foreign invasion.

They will tackle questions such as:
Will King Louis XVI retain power?
Will the priests of the Catholic Church obey the “general will” of the National Assembly or the dictates of the pope in Rome?
Do traditional institutions and values constitute restraints on freedom and individual dignity or are they its essential bulwarks?
Are slaves, women, and Jews entitled to the “rights of man”?
Is violence a legitimate means of changing society or of purging it of dangerous enemies?
Location: Paris, France
Dates: June 30 - July 28
Credits: 3 - 4 History
Estimated program costs: $3,367, includes tuition, cultural program, airfare, shared housing, travel insurance, and program fee
Faculty: Queens College
Academic Director: Helen Gaudette, History, Queens College, helen.gaudette@qc.cuny.edu
Airfare: NY-Paris-NY estimated currently at $1050

French Language and Culture in Paris

Location: Paris, France
Dates: June 29 -August 2
Credits: 4 - French language and culture
Estimated program costs: $4,099, includes tuition, cultural program, airfare, shared housing, travel insurance, and program fee
Faculty: Catholic Institute of Paris
Academic Director: Karen Sullivan, ELL, Queens College, karen.sullivan@qc.cuny.edu
Airfare: NY-Paris-NY estimated currently at $1050

Reading about the places you are exploring each day will make your experience of those places much more meaningful. Through assigned journal entries and writing assignments, you will also have the chance to add your own voice, your own thoughts and impressions, to the existing body of travel literature about Paris. And through your experiences in this course you will no doubt learn for yourself a fundamental truth about travel, as expressed by Jack Kerouac: “You always learn something and learn to change your thoughts.”

Location: Paris, France
Dates: June 30 -July 28
Credits: 3 - 4
Estimated program costs: $3367, includes tuition, cultural program, airfare, shared housing, travel insurance, and program fee
Airfare: NY-Paris-NY estimated currently at $1050
Faculty: Queens College
Academic Director: Janet Hulstrand, janet.hulstrand@gmail.com

Location: Paris, France
Dates: June 30 -July 28
Credits: 3 - 4
Estimated program costs: $3367, includes tuition, cultural program, airfare, shared housing, travel insurance, and program fee
Airfare: NY-Paris-NY estimated currently at $1050
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Photography in Florence

This course will introduce students to the digital photography world with particular focus on updated techniques and how they can be incorporated into classic fine art photography. The course will explore the use of state-of-the-art computer software and techniques. The instructor will guide the student in learning to master photo computer software and how to control the scanning of a picture, transparency and negative to make a good quality digital print. Elements of photo composition and graphic design, photo history, and relationships with other art mediums will also be addressed during the course. FUA's Digital Laboratory is equipped with the most updated computers, software and peripherals.

Location: Florence, Italy
Dates: Session 1: May 28 - June 28;
Session 2: July 2 - August 2
Credits: 3 - Studio Art
Estimated program costs: $3,799, includes tuition, cultural program, airfare, housing in apartments, travel insurance, and program fee
Faculty: Florence University of the Arts
Academic Director: Tony Gonzalez Art Department, Queens College, gonoma2@yahoo.com
Airfare: NY-Rome-NY estimated $1067

Art History in Florence

This introductory art history course will take students through seven centuries of Italian art from the early medieval period up to and including the nineteenth century. Special emphasis will be given to Florentine art of the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries and to the 'Golden Age' of the Renaissance period . Since this course is aimed at students who have not taken a history of western art course before, a background in ancient Greek and Roman art will be covered at the beginning of the course. Slide lectures will alternate with on-site teaching in Florence, including architectural walking tours and visits to museums, churches and palaces.

Location: Florence, Italy
Dates: Session 1: May 28 - June 28;
Session 2: July 2 - August 2
Credits: 3 - Art History
Estimated program costs: $3,799, includes tuition, cultural program, airfare, housing in apartments, travel insurance, and program fee
Faculty: Florence University of the Arts
Academic Director: Eileen Krest, Art Department, Queens College; eileen.krest@qc.cuny.edu
Airfare: NY-Rome-NY estimated $1067

Jewelry Making and Jewelry Design in Florence

This course introduces students to the creative practices of jewelry design. The process begins with the execution of the design through the use of orthographic projections, three-quarter views and technical layout, and is followed by representational drawings using watercolor, pen and ink, tempera-gouache or pastels. Students will explore the practical rendering applications and techniques used in jewelry making in order to better understand the planning stage of their initial designs and the design's feasibility as a rendered object.

Introduction to Jewelry Making
Monday - Thursday from 12:00 to 2:30 (Summer I)
Monday to Thursday from 3:00 to 5:30 (Summer II)
Credits: 3

This workshop-based course gives the students a solid grounding in the basic practical skills and techniques necessary for jewelry making as an art form. The emphasis of the course is on craftsmanship. Students will learn soldering, assembly skills and finishing, with emphasis on the handling of metals. Prerequisites: Please note this course has a limited enrollment.

Location: Florence, Italy
Dates: Session 1: May 28 - June 28;
Session 2: July 2 - August 2
Credits: 3 - Family, Nutrition & Exercise Sciences
Estimated program costs: $3,799, includes tuition for one 3-credit course, cultural program, airfare, housing in apartments, travel insurance, and program fee
Faculty: Florence University of the Arts
Academic Director: Elizabeth Lowe, Chair, Department of Family, Nutrition & Exercise Sciences, Queens College; elizabeth.lowe@qc.cuny.edu
Airfare: NY-Rome-NY estimated $1067

Food, Culture and Culinary Arts in Florence

Recommended for students with an interest in Italian food traditions, and society culture. This course focuses on what is generally defined as "made in Italy": culture and style in post-war Italy. Lectures will cover topics such as the role of women in Italian society, the survival of superstitions, food and wine as cultural traditions, the effect of social change on culture and style. Course activities include field trips, cooking and wine tasting lessons, audio-visual material.

Location: Florence, Italy
Dates: Session 1: May 28 - June 28;
Session 2: July 27 - August 2
Credits: 3 - Family, Nutrition & Exercise Sciences
Estimated program costs: $3,799, includes tuition, cultural program, airfare, housing in apartments, travel insurance, and program fee
Faculty: Apicius-The Culinary Institute of Florence
Academic Director: Elizabeth Lowe, Chair, Department of Family, Nutrition & Exercise Sciences, Queens College; elizabeth.lowe@qc.cuny.edu
Airfare: NY-Rome-NY estimated $1067

Fashion And Fashion Marketing in Florence

This course is an introduction to marketing and merchandising concepts in fashion retail, with an emphasis on the apparel and accessory industry in Italy. Students learn terminology specific to the field and how to forecast trends. Other topics include: visual merchandising , planning, advertising, roles and components of the primary and secondary markets, different forms of in-store and non-store retail, consumer behavior and profiles, information systems, store location and design, and assessing the quality/cost equation of products. On-site visits to fashion retailers, buyers and trade fairs in Florence and Milan are an integral part of this course.

Introduction to Fashion
Monday - Thursday from 12:00 to 2:30 (Summer I only)
Credits: 3

This course is an introduction to creative design development and fashion design skills. Topics include: design processes of trend research, storyboard compiling, color story, fabric selection, draping design concepts, design innovation and the 2-D to 3-D development of creative ideas. There will be assigned projects in all of these areas. Students will also be introduced to the basics of fashion illustration.

Location: Florence, Italy
Dates: Session 1: May 28 - June 28;
Session 2: July 2 - August 2
Credits: 3 - Family, Nutrition & Exercise Sciences
Estimated program costs: $3,799, includes tuition for one 3-credit course, cultural program, airfare, housing in apartments, travel insurance, and program fee
Faculty: Florence University of the Arts
Academic Director: Elizabeth Lowe, Chair, Department of Family, Nutrition & Exercise Sciences, Queens College; elizabeth.lowe@qc.cuny.edu
Airfare: NY-Rome-NY estimated $1067

Daily Life in Pompeii

This course seeks to bring to life the Roman city of Pompeii as it was at the time of its destruction by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79. Through an examination of the surviving artworks (frescoes, sculpture, objects d'art and architecture), and through the reading of primary sources, students will explore the daily life of Pompeii, its economy, religious practices, entertainment, urban development, politics and relationship with Rome. A two-day field trip to Pompeii, the neighboring town of Herculaneum, and the Archaeological Museum in Naples concludes the course.
Location: Florence, Italy
Dates: Session 1: May 28 - June 28;
Session 2: July 2 - August 2
Credits: 3
Estimated program costs: $3,959, includes tuition, cultural program, airfare, housing in apartments, travel insurance, and program fee
Faculty: Florence University of the Arts
Airfare: NY-Rome-NY estimated $1067

Fresco Painting, Sculpture and Drawing Florence

The aim of this combined studio art/lecture course is to introduce fresco painting (wall painting) to students who have not necessarily studied art history or acquired any form of artistic training. This course explains what fresco painting is and why it became one of the most important painting techniques in Renaissance Italy. Using a radically new and exciting approach to understanding this painting technique and the historical and political contexts in which these masterpieces were created, students will leave the course with a unique understanding of frescoes and their golden age. The primary focus of this course is to provide students with an intimate experience of how a fresco is created. They will be handling the basic ingredients of fresco painting, i.e. sand, lime, stone, stucco and mineral pigments, to create their own frescoes using traditional techniques. The aim of this course is an understanding of fresco technique and therefore focuses on process rather than the final product. An integral part of the course are the site visits to ascend the scaffolding in Florentine churches and palaces to witness at first hand the restoration of great fresco cycles normally closed to the public.

Sculpture
Monday to Thursday from 6:00 to 8:30 (Summer I and Summer II)
Credits: 3

Through the study of figurative sculpture in abstract or realistic modes, students develop their ability using different traditional sculptural media such as wax, plaster, stone, wood, and clay. Basic casting techniques will be introduced during the course and, through the exploration of different techniques students will learn how the choice of materials can help to communicate a specific artistic identity and the expression of individual sensibilities.

Drawing Florence
Monday to Thursday from 9:00 to 11:30 (Summer I and II)
Credits: 3

This course is designed to take full advantage of the student's unique experiences living and studying in the city of Florence. With on-site inspiration channeled into artistic creativity, students will draw on location at sites of historical significant and visual interest ranging from architectural masterpieces, landscape vistas and medieval streets to formal gardens, street markets and Renaissance fountains. Slide lectures will document the rich history of how Florence and its environs have attracted and inspired visiting artists for centuries. Students will develop individual sketchbooks with the aim of building up source material for future projects.
Location: Florence, Italy
Dates: Session 1: May 28 - June 28;
Session 2: July 2 - August 2
Credits: 3
Estimated program costs: $3,799, includes tuition for one 3-credit course, cultural program, airfare, housing in apartments, travel insurance, and program fee
Faculty: Florence University of the Arts
Airfare: NY-Rome-NY estimated $1067

Sports Industry Nutrition &
Exercise Science in Italy

INTRO TO NUTRITION
3 semester credits (45 lecture hours)
(Summer II only)

This course introduces students to the basic nutrition concepts such as calories, nutrient density and dietary reference intake. Through the course the characteristics and the role of the basic nutrients (protein, carbohydrates, lipids, vitamins and minerals) will be closely examined and different food combinations analyzed and discussed. The concept of food pyramid will be extensively analyzed and different food pyramids and their cultural and scientific backgrounds compared: the Mediterranean, the USDA, the traditional Latin American, the Asian a and the Vegetarian. Menu composition and meal planning will be discussed form the nutritionist's point of view.

NUTRITION IN THE SPORTS INDUSTRY
3 semester credits (45 lecture hours)
This course is a study of the importance of nutrition in sports and exercise in order to maximize athletic potential and performance. Covered topics include food nutrients, role of water, bioenergetics in exercise and training, heat and fluid regulation during physical activity, weight and eating behaviors. Encourages students to form educated and strategic regimens (exercise and dietary plans) from a scientific point of view grounded on both the molecular and holistic for serious/professional athletes and physically active individuals.

Location: Florence, Italy
Dates: Session 1: May 28 - June 28;
Session 2: July 2 - August 2
Credits: 3
Estimated program costs: $3,799, includes tuition, cultural program, airfare, housing in apartments, travel insurance, and program fee
Faculty: Florence University of the Arts
Airfare: NY-Rome-NY estimated $1067

Hospitality, Tourism and Restaurant Management

RESTAURANT MANAGEMENT 3 semester credits (45 lecture hours)
(Summer I only)

This course will examine the problems of the financial structures of the restaurant management business firm, in parallel with the objectives and techniques of the individual owner. The planning and decision-making tools available to managers in an organization and comparison between single or partnership managements will be discussed. Personnel organization and food preparation plans will be covered. The course is based on a double approach, combining theory and practice: students will be introduced to the basics of restaurant management and will be given the opportunity to discuss their ideas and questions with selected professionals who are successfully running their restaurant businesses in Florence. Extensive site visits to local restaurants will therefore be organized.

INTRODUCTION TO TOURISM & HOSPITALITY
3 semester credits (45 lecture hours)
(Summer I only)

Provides a fundamental overview of hotel, restaurant and tourism segments of the hospitality industry. The operational sectors of the industry as well as managerial components and skills will be explored. All of the following topics will be examined: development of tourism; demand for travel, examination of food and beverages industry, associations and organizations related to the tourism and hospitality industries. Career opportunities in the hospitality industry will be discussed and students will be encouraged to develop their own career plan.
Location: Florence, Italy
Dates: Session 1: May 28 - June 28;
Session 2: July 2 - August 2
Credits: 3
Estimated program costs: $3,799, includes tuition for one 3-credit course, cultural program, airfare, housing in apartments, travel insurance, and program fee
Faculty: Florence University of the Arts
Airfare: NY-Rome-NY estimated $1067

Italian Language and Culture

The John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, in collaboration with the European Languages and Literatures Department at Queens College and the University for Foreigners of Perugia (Universitá per Stranieri di Perugia), is offering a summer study abroad program for students interested in Italian language and culture. It will be held at Universitá per Stranieri di Perugia, Italy’s oldest and most prestigious enter of Italian language education.

Location: Perugia, Italy
Dates: Session 1: June 1 - June 30;
Session 2: June 30 - July 31
Credits: 6 - All levels of language, Italian culture, conversation, and Italian literature
Estimated program costs: $2,960, includes tuition, cultural program, airfare, housing, travel insurance, and program fee
Faculty: Universita per Stranieri - Perugia
Academic Director: Hermann Haller, ELL, Queens College, hhaller@gc.cuny.edu
Airfare: NY-Rome-NY estimated currently at $900

Rome: Renaissance Art & Music

Location: Rome, Italy
Dates: May 25 - June 25;
Credits: 3 - 4
Estimated program costs: $4,092, includes tuition, cultural program, airfare, shared housing, travel insurance, and program fee
Faculty: Queens College
Airfare: NY-Rome-NY estimated $1000

Spanish Language & Culture

Language and Culture in Madrid

Location: Madrid, Spain
Dates: Session 1: May 31 - June 29;
Session 2: June 29 - July 30;
Credits: 6 Spanish
Estimated program costs: $3,462, includes tuition, cultural program, airfare, housing with host families, travel insurance, and program fee
Faculty: University of Nebrija
Academic Director:
Airfare: NY-Madrid-NY estimated currently at $1000

Irish Studies and Theatre Workshop

This course will examine two plays by one of the most celebrated Irish dramatists of the 20th Century—Brian Friel. We will study the plays both in relation to the historical worlds in which they are set and those in which they were written. In particular we will look at the relation of Translations to the mapping of Ireland and renaming of its place names from Irish to English in the 19th century, and the relation of Dancing at Lughnasa to the economic isolation and cultural nationalism of the 1930’s. We will also examine the role of the Field Day Theatre Company, founded by playwright Brian Friel and actor Stephen Rea, as a means of cultural reconciliation in Northern Ireland in the 1980’s. In addition, we will study how these plays relate to the emergence of Ireland as the economic success of the Celtic Tiger, the most globalized economy in Europe.

Drama, Theatre & Dance, Drama 397
Seminar in Theatre: Doing Irish Theatre in Ireland

Course description: Using techniques and skills selected from various actins class curriculums, namely improvisation, character and script analysis, physical training exercises and scene study, we will work on and present scenes from one of Ireland’s greatest contemporary playwrights Brian Friel. The plays are TRANSLATIONS and DANCING AT LUGHNASA -- the latter will be produced by the DTD department (in collaboration with the Irish Studies program) on the Queens College mainstage in October of ‘08 to coincide with an Irish Theatre Conference. The summer course will take place at the National University of Ireland in Galway and will include field trips to the areas where the plays are set, and seeing professional productions of plays, music and dance.
Location: Galway, Ireland
Dates: June 1 - June 26
Credits: 3 - 4
Estimated program costs: $3,692, includes tuition, cultural program, airfare, shared housing,, travel insurance, and program fee
Faculty: Queens College
Airfare: NY-Ireland-NY estimated $800

Ceramics in China

Queens College, City University offers a unique study opportunity at the Jingdezhen Ceramic Institute, China. This is a four weeks study and travel program in the Peoples Republic of China during the summer of 2008. Students will work and study with the most prominent teachers and ceramic artists in Shanghai and Jingdezhen. This Study aboard opportunity provides students opportunity to experience the historic and contemporary ceramics art in China.

This program will take students to Shanghai, YiXing, Jingdezhen, and Beijing. A one week stay in Shanghai will enable students to experience one of China's most important collections in a museum. This collection of ceramics, bronze, jade, furniture, textile and much more will give students an introduction of Chinese civilization. The studio portion of the program at the Shanghai University will be focus on ink wash painting, life drawing and calligraphy.

Location: Jingdezhen, China
Dates: June 1 - June 30
Credits: 3 - 4
Estimated program costs: $3,479, includes tuition, cultural program, airfare, shared housing, travel insurance, and program fee
Faculty: University of Jingdezhen
Airfare: NY-China-NY estimated $1400

Japan Anime, Manga and Pop Culture

Akira, Nausicca of the Valley of the Wind… Ringu, Ichi the Killer, Brother… Milky Way Railroad, Orange Range… Taro Okamoto, Takashi Murakami… Takeshita-dori and Cosplayers… In this course, take a magical mystery tour of Japan’s unique popular culture known the world-round. Professional guest lecturers are your conductors through the world of manga, anime, film, children’s literature, J-Pop, and more. Along your journey, you will not only consider these distinct genres in their own right, but also trace aspects of the Japanese identity as uniquely expressed in its popular culture. The course includes fieldtrips to relevant sites (Harajuku, Studio Ghibli, Ueno Park Museums, etc.).

Location: Tokyo, Japan
Dates: July 21 - August 18
Credits: 3
Estimated program costs: $3,762, includes tuition, cultural program, airfare, housing in apartments, travel insurance, and program fee
Faculty: Film Academy at Magic Hour
Airfare: NY-Tokyo-NY estimated $1500

Japan Film Industry

Location: Tokyo, Japan
Dates: July 21 - August 18
Credits: 3
Estimated program costs: $3,682, includes tuition, cultural program, airfare, shared housing, travel insurance, and program fee
Faculty: Film Academy at Magic Hour
Airfare: NY-Tokyo-NY estimated $1500

Greece Through the Eyes of Travelers

In this course, you will have the opportunity to explore and better understand the idea of modern Greece, as it is reflected in the works of Anglo-American travellers. Living, reading, and writing about the places you are encountering will make your own experiences of those places much more exciting and meaningful. After all, as Henry Miller said, "Greece is like the projection of your consciousness."

Location: Athens, Greece
Dates: June 30 - August 2
Credits: 3
Estimated program costs: $750 Tuition, does not include housing, insurance, or airfare. For more information, contact Gary Braglia
Faculty: Queens College

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