Summer 2010

Painting in Italy

Professors Scott Schnepf and Grant Drumheller
May 24 - June 28, 2010

This is a five week/ four credit painting course. We will travel to Venice, Padua, Rome, Florence, and other important sites in Italy. The rich artistic and cultural heritage of Italy will be experienced first hand in numerous museums, churches, and archeological sites. When not on the road we will paint for 4 hours per day in and around the city of Ascoli Piceno. When traveling, work will be done in drawing and water media. Introductory Drawing and Introductory Painting are pre-requisites.

Intensive Italian

Professors Cristian Muscelli, Silvia Fanesi, and Simona Marinelli
May 24 - June 28, 2010

This is a five-week eight-credit program in elementary (ITAL 401-402) or intermediate (ITAL 503-504) Italian. We will travel to Venice, Padua, Rome, Florence, and other important sites to explore Italy’s rich cultural heritage. The language courses are team-taught and meet four hours per day.

Italian Renaissance Program

Professor Franco Masciandaro
June 20 - July 26, 2010 

Spend 5 weeks in Ascoli Piceno while studying Italian and exploring the literature of the Italian Renaissance. Course offerings for Summer 2009 include The Italian Renaissance (ITAL 500), Elementary Italian (ITAL 401 or 402), Intermediate Italian (ITAL 503 or 504), Advanced Conversation and Composition Italian ( ITAL 631). Students will enroll in ITAL 500 and one other course for a total of 8 UNH credits. Successful participation in ITAL 503 or 504 satisfies the UNH's General Education Group 5 Foreign Culture requirement; Ital 500 will satisfy Group 8 Gen. Ed.

The Renaissance in Italy was a time of great creative ferment, especially in literature and the arts. But it was also a time of crisis and of profound transformation in the economic, social, and political life. In this course we will encounter the most important personalities that characterize the spirit of the age--Petrarch, Boccaccio, Machiavelli, Leonardo, Ariosto, and Michelangelo. Selections from their works will be analyzed and discussed, and several films will be shown. There will also be excursions, including museum visits, in Ascoli and surrounding towns, and field trips to Florence and Rome. The program is taught in English.

Explorations in Culture and Nutrition

Professors Amy Boylan, Stephen Brunet, and Joanne Curran-Celentano
June 26 - July 29, 2010

Spend 5 weeks in Ascoli Piceno while enjoying this vibrant and unique medieval city off the Adriatic coast. Course offerings for Summer 2009 include Interdisciplinary Field Seminar in Italian Culture (ITAL 681, UNH Gen. Ed Group 4 or 8),  The Mediterranean Diet and Culture (NUTR 595),  Introductory Italian (ITAL 401 or 402), Intermediate Italian (ITAL 503 or 504), Advanced Conversation and Composition (ITAL 631), Building Rome (CLAS 510). Students will enroll in two courses for a total of 8 UNH credits. Successful participation in both NUTR 595 and ITAL 681 will satisfy the UNH's General Education Group 5 Foreign Culture requirement. ITAL 503 or 504 will also satisfy Group 5. CLAS 510 satisfies the General Education Group 6 requirement.