Study abroad summer program Italy - Montclair University

Montclair State University’s International Summer Institute in Sicily is a unique four-week program whose goal is to cultivate interest in the history and culture of Sicily and the southern Italian mainland. The Institute is open to undergraduate and graduate students (including non-MSU students); non-students may participate as auditors or for Professional Development Credits.

Program participants choose from courses such as, The Many Manifestations of Italian Culture which includes an intensive conversational Italian language component (accommodating all levels) and a historical component taught in English which provides an introduction to the Arabic poets of Sicily, Bellini’s operas, the geology of Mt. Etna, myths and legends, the history of the puppet theater, handmade carts, and cuisine and Kingdoms in the Sun: Sicily and Southern Italy in Antiquity and the Middle Ages which delves into the history of Sicily and the southern Italian mainland and the cultures that left lasting impressions on this diverse region. It explores Greek, Roman, Byzantine, Arab, Norman, German and French occupations of the region as well as the cross-fertilization of Christian, Jewish and Muslim cultures.

For detailed information on 2012 MSU program in Sicily click here.

Participants stay in a two-star hotel within walking distance of classrooms. Continental breakfast and use of the hotel’s pool are included along with a day-long excursion to Palermo and Monreale and a farewell Sicilian dinner. Students may elect to participate in a number of optional excursions and cultural activities, including Taormina’s famed arts festival.

For more information about the program, please call:

Wendy Gilbert-Simon,
MSU’s Global Programs Coordinator,
Phone: (973) 655-4185 or
e.mail: simonw@mail.montclair.edu