ACM London & Florence: Arts in Context

  England

• London: 
London

  Italy

• Florence: 
Florence

Term: Spring 
Dates: Spring semester (January-May)

Description: The ACM London & Florence Program offers an interdisciplinary panorama of the arts and history. Focused on a variety of artistic media -- architecture, painting, sculpture, literature, and theatre -- the program enables students to observe art in its social context and political purpose.

While both London and Florence are Renaissance capitals, their evolution and history have produced dramatically different styles. By studying in and exploring the two cities, students learn how architecture, painting, and sculpture reflect and influence cultural and political values. Each city becomes a living laboratory, a text for the courses.

Students spend eight weeks in each city, with a one-week break between the two segments of the program for independent travel.

London and Florence are contrasting cities in the pace at which they move, the way they feel and what they have to offer. The program's courses reflect those contrasts in how they are taught, the kind of work required, and how they use the environment.

At the two sites, students explore the arts in lively and differing approaches, and profit from embracing the varied styles of learning that the cities present. The courses offered in each city reflect the special interests and expertise of the instructors, and are designed to make full use of the unique cultural strengths of the local environment. Since classroom instruction is closely integrated with a variety of out-of-class activities, students must participate in all courses.

Degree Level: Bachelors Degree (Undergraduate)

Cost in US$: Inquire for more information

Experience Required: no

This Program is open to Worldwide Participants.

Participants Travel Independently

Typically Participants Work in Groups of 25

Application Process Involves:

• Letters of Reference
• Online Application plus Application Assessment
• Transcript
• Written Application

Post-Program Services Include:

• Exit Debriefing Abroad
• Alumni Network
• Job and Internship Network

ACM - Associated Colleges of the Midwest's Mission Statement: The Associated Colleges of the Midwest, a consortium of residential liberal arts colleges, aims to strengthen its member colleges as leaders, and exemplars, in liberal arts education through significant, innovative, and sustainable collaborations. One key component of ACM is to provide exemplary liberal arts learning through a wide variety of off-campus study programs. Almost all of ACM's off-campus study programs around the world are open to students from any college or university.

Year Founded: 1958