Term
Summer 2023 - Session 1
Term begins
May 29, 2023
Term ends
June 23, 2023
Program costs
$5,595
Application deadline
Passed
See what defines the Mediterranean lifestyle as you explore Italy’s capital city, brimming with culinary treats, unforgettable museums, and haunting ruins. With treasures that attract throngs of visitors, Rome is an ideal place to explore eco-friendly, culturally sensitive practices with an eye toward preservation and sustainability. Rome is also the perfect setting to understand and consider the challenges many European countries are grappling with as refugees flow in.
This flexible program includes options for one or two four-week sessions, with the opportunity to add an eight-week internship with IFSA Summer Internships in Rome.
Application deadline
Minimum GPA
2.00
Credit load
3 - 6
Housing
Apartment/Flat
Instruction language
English
Prerequisites
None
During your IFSA Summer in Rome, customize your study abroad experience by taking a class during the four-week Session 1 or take a class during the four-week Session 2. You can also extend your studies by enrolling in both Session 1 and Session 2.
SESSION 1 CLASS
Forced Migration, Refugees, and Change
More than 60 million people are displaced by war, violence, and environmental destruction today. This class analyzes the ways that governments, NGOs, citizens, and researchers seek to solve problems associated with forced migration. Using ethnographic approaches, students will investigate the sociological and political forces behind the current increase of refugees and forced migrants currently impacting Europe. This class aims to provide a theoretical and empirical understanding of the phenomenon that can be employed as a guide for action. (3 U.S. semester credit hours)
SESSION 2 CLASS
In the past few decades, the global tourism industry has been increasingly criticized for its disruptive impact on local communities and the environment, while a growing trend of sustainable tourism has begun promoting more responsible, eco-friendly approaches that can help preserve nature, customs, and lifestyles. This class explores how local cultures can better absorb short- and long-term tourism, the benefits of eco-tourism on natural habitats and landscapes. Through a series of field visits and meetings with experts, students will learn how a more sustainable approach to tourism can help make tourist destinations better places to live in and to visit. (3 U.S. semester credit hours)
APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS
Eligibility
Recommendation Letter
Not required.
Visa Requirement
Not required for U.S. or Canadian citizens. A visa may be required if you are a citizen of another country.
TRANSCRIPT
Upon completion of your program, IFSA will send an official Butler University transcript to your home university with your coursework converted to the U.S. semester credit hour system. You will also have access to an unofficial transcript in your IFSA Student Portal. The transcript reflects courses taken, credits attempted, and grades earned during your term abroad. This service is included in your study abroad program at no additional cost. See our Transcripts page for more information.
Activities and excursions are designed to pull you into the communities you visit and encourage cultural connections of every kind. There’s no extra fee to participate in these optional outings—everything is included in your program fee.
Below are examples from previous terms; outings may be different for your program. We’ll make every effort to run them all, but sometimes things we can’t our control, such as local regulations and health protocols, get in the way. As result, we cannot guarantee activities and excursions.
Activities
Term
Term begins
Term ends
Program costs
Application deadline
Summer 2023 - Session 1
May 29, 2023
June 23, 2023
$5,595
Passed
Summer 2023 - Session 1
Summer 2023 - Session 2
June 26, 2023
July 21, 2023
$5,595
Passed
Summer 2023 - Session 2
Summer 2023 - Sessions 1 & 2
May 29, 2023
July 21, 2023
$8,350
Passed
Summer 2023 - Sessions 1 & 2
Term
Summer 2023 - Session 1
Term begins
May 29, 2023
Term ends
June 23, 2023
Program costs
$5,595
Application deadline
Passed
Summer 2023 - Session 1
Term
Summer 2023 - Session 2
Term begins
June 26, 2023
Term ends
July 21, 2023
Program costs
$5,595
Application deadline
Passed
Summer 2023 - Session 2
Term
Summer 2023 - Sessions 1 & 2
Term begins
May 29, 2023
Term ends
July 21, 2023
Program costs
$8,350
Application deadline
Passed
Summer 2023 - Sessions 1 & 2
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