Renaissance Florence and the Birth of Modern Europe

  Italy

• Florence: 
Florence

Term: Summer 
Dates: June 28 - July 28

Description: Focusing on Renaissance Florence's contribution to modern European culture, this course studies the Florentine writers, Dante and Boccaccio, using their major works, Dante's Comedy and Boccaccio's Decameron, as source text, with supporting selections by Petrarch, Machiavelli, Michelangelo, and others, to explore how modern institutions, politics, and society were being invented in fourteenth and fifteenth century Florence. Making full use of the artistic and cultural legacy that the city of Florence and environs offer, the course considers how institutions and developments like banking (and early capitalism), universities, libraries, hospitals, the arts and sciences, and the struggle for free republics are represented in Florentine life and culture of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries.

Comparative Literature 180S (4 units)
Selected Topics in Comparative Literature
Lecture/discussion--3 hours; term paper. Prerequisite: completion of Subject A requirement and at least one course in literature. Study of a selected topic or topics appropriate to student and faculty interests and areas of specialization of the instructor. May be repeated once for credit when the topic differs.
GE credit: ArtHum, Wrt.

Comparative Literature 198 (4 units)na/o Studies 131 (4 units)
Directed Group Study
GE credit: None

Highlights: We will be undertaking explorations of the artistic and cultural legacy that Florence and its environs offer. Proposed field trips include: Santa Maria del Fiore and Baptistry, Santa Croce, the Accademia Gallery, Palazzo Vecchio, Bargello, Badiam, Guelf Headquarters, Santa Maria Novella, the San Miniato al Monte, Certaldo: house and burial place of Boccaccio, and Ravenna: Dante's burial place, San Vitale.

Florence:
* Santa Maria del Fiore and Baptistry
* Santa Croce
* the Accademia Gallery
* Palazzo Vecchio
* Bargello
* Badia
* Guelf Headquarters
* Santa Maria Novella
* San Miniato al Monte
* Fiesole: villa
* Assisi: double cathedral of St. Francis of Assisi
* San Gimignano: a well preserved medieval village, Palazzo del Popolo and Collegiata
* Certaldo: house and burial place of Boccaccio
* Ravenna: Dante's burial place, San Vitale
* Siena: Campo, Palazzo Publico, Museo Civico

Degree Level: Bachelors Degree (Undergraduate)

Minimum Education: High School

Cost in US$: $3806.00

UC Davis Summer Abroad Fees for
Renaissance Florence and the Birth of Modern Europe
$1200.00 Program Fee
(includes $300 non-refundable deposit)
$1176.00 Course Fee ($147/unit X 8 units)
$1430.00 (Shared Rooms in Apartment) Accommodations and Activities Fee

Students who enroll before the Accommodations and Activities Fee is posted will be notified via email as soon as the fee is available. If they choose to withdraw within 10 days of this notification, their deposit will be refunded.

* This fee level is based on the proposed governor's budget. The fees are subject to Regental, legislative, and gubernatorial action and may change without notice.

Experience Required: yes

Completion of the Subject A requirement and one literature course or consent of instructor.

This Program is open to American Participants.

Participants Travel to Italy Independently

Typically Participants Work in Groups of 16-25

Application Process Involves:

• Online Application plus Application Assessment

Post-Program Services Include:

• Exit Debriefing Abroad
• Job and Internship Network