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Living Italy: Contemporary Culture & Society
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This Course is Available through these Programs:
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Faith & Religion
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Global Business & Governance
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Liberal Arts & Sciences
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The Legacy of Modern Italy
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Academic Institution: CEA GlobalCampus: Rome
Location: Rome, ItalyPrimary Subject Area: Sociology
Other Subject Area(s): Cultural Studies
Level(s): 300
UNH Course Code: SOC320
Instruction in: English
Recommended Semester Credits: 3
Contact Hours: 45
Additional Fee Description: This course requires payment of an additional fee to cover active learning components that are above and beyond typical course costs, such as site visits, entrance fees and other expenses. Spring 2009 fee = $135; Fall 2009 fee = $135; Spring 2010 fee = $210; Fall 2010 fee = $210
Description
This dynamic course provides you with a thoroughly interactive introduction to life and culture in Italy, exploring a range of issues that characterize the country and its people. Our emphasis will be on helping you reach informed opinions about many traits of Italian culture and society, as well as understand some aspects in greater depth. Many site visits are planned, in addition to field research, carried out individually or in groups.
The fee for this course covers a class day trip to Siena where students tour the city with their professor, and have a special visit to a contrada (traditional neighborhood) and its museum from a local expert. It also includes a trip to RAI (national Italian TV) studios in Rome to take part in the filming of a well-known current affairs show.
Students will be thoroughly exposed to their host city, Rome, through visits to relevant sites like markets, places of religious worship, and immigrant communities. An important part of your learning will consist in documenting your knowledge and discussing your experiences with other students on a course blog, engaging in and presenting your own field research through conducting surveys and polls, and sharing your own experiences while traveling in Rome and other parts of the country. Guest speakers will provide personal views of life in Italy and Rome, which will be followed by student-led discussions and debates. You'll also attend film screenings which will illustrate key social, economic, and political issues in the development of postwar Italy.
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