This summer, follow your curiosity and embark on an immersive educational experience across the world, all while earning credits. Whether you’re looking to experience a new culture, grasp a new language, or expand your knowledge of a particular academic area, Georgetown Summer Sessions On Location will give you a unique international experience outside of the typical fall or spring semester. On Location courses allow the opportunity to explore carefully selected locations, which align with and enhance course content. You'll have hands-on experience, living, learning, and exploring with Georgetown University faculty and students from all over the world.
Italy
ARTH-102-130
Renaissance to Modern Art (3-credit)
This course meets online during the Cross Session, allowing students the opportunity to complete an 8-week embedded online course. Within a chronological structure, students will focus on a selection of works of art by major artists and their relationship to broader cultural, intellectual, and historical contexts. Mid-way through the course, students will travel to Italy to spend 8 days alongside the Instructor of Record as well as the Assistant Dean for Summer Programs in Italy and fully immerse themselves in the art and culture of the Early Modern Age. Throughout Florence and Rome, students will explore the streets, piazzas, and structures of these historic cities still pulsing with the genius of artists like Botticelli, Michelangelo, and Caravaggio.
Discussions and assignments in Italy focus on students' experiences investigating the relationships between the artworks and their environments. The travel is required as part of the course. The added course fee covers lodging, course-related excursions and activities, daily breakfast, and a program fee. Students are also required to have the study abroad medical plan for a fee of $60. Please note that other meals, passport and visa fees, airfare, airline baggage fees, or transportation to or from the airport are not included.
Arizona
ARTS-131-130
Photo I: Digital (3-credit)
This course meets online during the Cross Session, allowing students the opportunity to complete an 8-week embedded online course. At the beginning of the course, students will travel to Arizona to spend 3 days alongside the Instructor of Record as well as the Program Director for Summer Sessions. On location students will focus on the beauty and nature of the American Southwest, and document the importance of our natural national resources and the current effects regarding climate. Students will also receive a hands-on education of the technical and aesthetic properties of photography. Students will develop skills necessary to produce and identify elements of a good photograph and acquire a thorough working knowledge of digital equipment.
Students will gain an understanding of the aesthetic and technical areas of photography as fine art. Using this knowledge, students will explore the destination, learn from the community, and gain direct insight into the surroundings from a personal experience. Online lectures, discussions, and digital assignments will deal with photographic composition, criticism, and history. Fundamental knowledge of computer programs such as Bridge, Camera Raw plug-in, and Photoshop will be introduced during the semester to develop photographic imagery. The travel is required as part of the course. The added course fee covers lodging, course-related excursions and activities, daily breakfast, and a program fee. Please note that other meals, airfare, airline baggage fees, or transportation to or from the airport are not included. This course is not available to audit.
Italy
ITAL-032-130
Italian Language & Culture: Intermediate (6-credit)
This course meets online during the 6-Week Session II, allowing students the opportunity to complete a 6-week embedded online course. Designed to further develop language ability and knowledge of Italian culture for students who have completed ITAL 011 or have already had some exposure to the language. This course will allow students to go to Italy to spend 8 days alongside the Instructor of Record as well as the Assistant Dean for Summer Programs in Italy and fully immerse themselves in the art and culture.
The four skills of speaking, understanding, reading, and writing are developed in a balanced way. Aspects of Italian history, culture, and contemporary life are also introduced through readings, listening materials, videos and films, and through the use of language technologies. The objective is to provide students with tools for oral and written communication in Italian and to offer them the opportunity to learn about Italian culture and life, but also to reflect about intercultural differences and similarities. Students are also required to have the study abroad medical plan for a fee of $60. Please note that other meals, passport and visa fees, airfare, airline baggage fees, or transportation to or from the airport are not included.