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ANTH 362: Environmental Anthropology

  • Available:
  • Course Type: Standard Courses
  • Taught in: English
  • Course Fee: TBA
  • Credits: 3
  • Instructor: Clelia Viecelli, Ph.D.
  • Course Travel: TBA

ANTH 375: Anthropology of Food and Eating: Understanding Self and Others

  • Available: Fall Semester 2024 Spring Semester 2025
  • Course Type: Standard Courses
  • Taught in: English
  • Course Fee: $110.00
  • Credits: 3
  • Instructor: Clelia Viecelli, Ph.D.
  • Course Travel: Excursions to typical Perugian restaurants and food artisans.

ANTH 375: Anthropology of Food and Eating: Understanding Self and Others (Summer)

  • Available: Summer Session I Summer Session II
  • Course Type: Standard Courses
  • Taught in: English
  • Course Fee: $ 125.00
  • Credits: 3
  • Instructor: Clelia Viecelli, Ph.D.
  • Course Travel: Excursions to typical Perugian restaurants and food artisans.

ARCH 325: Archaeology in Central Italy: the Etruscan and Roman Heritage

  • Available: Summer Session I
  • Course Type: Standard Courses
  • Taught in: English
  • Course Fee: 110 $
  • Credits: 3
  • Instructor: Giampiero Bevagna, M.A. Rebecca Schindler, Ph.D. Pedar Foss, Ph.D.
  • Course Travel: Day Trips to Assisi, Spello and Pietrafitta

ARCH 350: Archaeological Field Workshop

  • Available: Summer Session I
  • Course Type: Standard Courses
  • Taught in: English
  • Course Fee: 165 $
  • Credits: 3
  • Instructor: Giampiero Bevagna, M.A. Rebecca Schindler, Ph.D. Pedar Foss, Ph.D.
  • Course Travel: Day trips to Cortona, Chiusi and Chianciano

ARCH 351: Archaeological Field Workshop II

  • Available: Summer Session I
  • Course Type: Standard Courses
  • Taught in: English
  • Course Fee: 165 $
  • Credits: 3
  • Instructor: Giampiero Bevagna, M.A. Rebecca Schindler, Ph.D. Pedar Foss, Ph.D.
  • Course Travel: Day trips to Cortona, Chiusi and Chianciano

ART 215: Photography: Portfolio of Perugia

  • Available: Fall Semester 2024 Spring Semester 2025
  • Course Type: Standard Courses
  • Taught in: English
  • Course Fee: $ 40.00
  • Credits: 3
  • Instructor: Philippa Stannard, M.F.A., ATR (Registered Art Therapist)
  • Course Travel: No

ART 215: Photography: Portfolio of Perugia (Summer)

  • Available: Summer Session I
  • Course Type: Standard Courses
  • Taught in: English
  • Course Fee: $ 15.00
  • Credits: 3
  • Instructor: Philippa Stannard, M.F.A., ATR (Registered Art Therapist)
  • Course Travel: None

ART 250: Art Therapy

  • Available: Fall Semester 2024 Spring Semester 2025
  • Course Type: Standard Courses
  • Taught in: English
  • Course Fee: $30.00
  • Credits: 3
  • Instructor: Philippa Stannard, M.F.A., ATR (Registered Art Therapist)
  • Course Travel: No

ART 250: Art Therapy (Summer)

  • Available: Summer Session II
  • Course Type: Standard Courses
  • Taught in: English
  • Course Fee: $ 25.00
  • Credits: 3
  • Instructor: Philippa Stannard, M.F.A., ATR (Registered Art Therapist)
  • Course Travel: No

ART 260: Ceramics Traditions in Umbria and Central Italy

  • Available: Fall Semester 2024 Spring Semester 2025
  • Course Type: Standard Courses
  • Taught in: English
  • Course Fee: $ 105
  • Credits: 3
  • Instructor: Philippa Stannard, M.F.A., ATR (Registered Art Therapist)
  • Course Travel: No

ART 260: Ceramics Traditions in Umbria and Central Italy (Summer)

  • Available: Summer Session II
  • Course Type: Standard Courses
  • Taught in: English
  • Course Fee: $ 30.00
  • Credits: 3
  • Instructor: Philippa Stannard, M.F.A., ATR (Registered Art Therapist)
  • Course Travel: TBA

ARTH 260: Ceramics Traditions in Umbria and Central Italy

  • Available: Fall Semester 2024 Spring Semester 2025
  • Course Type: Standard Courses
  • Taught in: English
  • Course Fee: $ 105
  • Credits: 3
  • Instructor: Philippa Stannard, M.F.A., ATR (Registered Art Therapist)
  • Course Travel: No

ARTH 260: Ceramics Traditions in Umbria and Central Italy (Summer)

  • Available: Summer Session II
  • Course Type: Standard Courses
  • Taught in: English
  • Course Fee: $ 30.00
  • Credits: 3
  • Instructor: Philippa Stannard, M.F.A., ATR (Registered Art Therapist)
  • Course Travel: TBA

ARTH 310: The Italian Renaissance – Art, Invention, and Culture

  • Available: Fall Semester 2024 Spring Semester 2025
  • Course Type: Standard Courses
  • Taught in: English
  • Course Fee: $140.00
  • Credits: 3
  • Instructor: Jennifer Griffiths, Ph.D.
  • Course Travel: guided visits in museums of Perugia and Florence

ARTH 375 Green Art: The Aesthetics, Ethics, and Politics of Creativity in Today’s World

  • Available: Fall Semester 2024 Spring Semester 2025
  • Course Type: Standard Courses
  • Taught in: English
  • Course Fee: 25 USD
  • Credits: 3
  • Instructor: Jennifer Griffiths, Ph.D. Maddalena Vantaggi, MA, PMC
  • Course Travel: Field trip to Fuseum modern art park in Perugia

ARTH 380 – Saints and Sinners: Medieval Women in Central Italy

  • Available: Fall Semester 2024
  • Course Type: Standard Courses
  • Taught in: English
  • Course Fee: $50.00
  • Credits: 3
  • Instructor: Jennifer Griffiths, Ph.D.
  • Course Travel: Field Trip to Cortona

BUS 340: Global Sustainable Business

  • Available: Fall Semester 2024 Spring Semester 2025
  • Course Type: Courses with Service Learning
  • Taught in: English
  • Course Fee: $85
  • Credits: 3
  • Instructor: Francesca Hansstein, Ph.D.
  • Course Travel: Visit to a local Agriturismo

BUS 355: Digital Marketing: Wine and Wineries of Central Italy

  • Available: Fall Semester 2024 Spring Semester 2025
  • Course Type: Courses with Service Learning
  • Taught in: English
  • Course Fee: $110.00
  • Credits: 3
  • Instructor: Jacopo Cossater, M.A.
  • Course Travel: Field Trip to A Winery in Umbria

BUS 355: Digital Marketing: Wine and Wineries of Central Italy (Summer)

  • Available: Summer Session I Summer Session II
  • Course Type: Standard Courses
  • Taught in: English
  • Course Fee: $ 120.00
  • Credits: 3
  • Instructor: Jacopo Cossater, M.A.
  • Course Travel: Winery visit

BUS 460: Organizational Behavior: An Evidence-Based Approach

  • Available: Fall Semester 2024 Spring Semester 2025
  • Course Type: Courses with Service Learning
  • Taught in: English
  • Course Fee: $95.00
  • Credits: 3
  • Instructor: John Dennis, Ph.D.
  • Course Travel: Field Trip to Gramigna Brewery

CLAS 315: Roman Civilization and Daily Life

  • Available: Spring Semester 2025
  • Course Type: Standard Courses
  • Taught in: English
  • Course Fee: $295.00
  • Credits: 3
  • Instructor: Giampiero Bevagna, M.A.
  • Course Travel: Three-day trip to Ercolano, Pompei, and Naples

CLAS 325: Archaeology in Central Italy: the Etruscan and Roman Heritage

  • Available: Summer Session I
  • Course Type: Standard Courses
  • Taught in: English
  • Course Fee: 110 $
  • Credits: 3
  • Instructor: Giampiero Bevagna, M.A. Rebecca Schindler, Ph.D. Pedar Foss, Ph.D.
  • Course Travel: Day Trips to Assisi, Spello and Pietrafitta

CLAS 330: The Roman Empire – Baths, Wine & Sex

  • Available: Fall Semester 2024
  • Course Type: Standard Courses
  • Taught in: English
  • Course Fee: 295 $
  • Credits: 3
  • Instructor: Giampiero Bevagna, M.A.
  • Course Travel: 3-Day Trip to Pompeii

CLAS 350: Archaeological Field Workshop

  • Available: Summer Session I
  • Course Type: Standard Courses
  • Taught in: English
  • Course Fee: 165 $
  • Credits: 3
  • Instructor: Giampiero Bevagna, M.A. Rebecca Schindler, Ph.D. Pedar Foss, Ph.D.
  • Course Travel: Day trips to Cortona, Chiusi and Chianciano

COMM 290: Intercultural Communication

  • Available: Fall Semester 2024 Spring Semester 2025 Summer Session I
  • Course Type: Standard Courses
  • Taught in: English
  • Course Fee: $30.00
  • Credits: 3
  • Instructor: Gabriella Klein, Ph.D.
  • Course Travel: No

COMM 310: Social Media, Social Food

  • Available: Fall Semester 2024 Spring Semester 2025
  • Course Type: Courses with Service Learning
  • Taught in: English
  • Course Fee: $185.00
  • Credits: 3
  • Instructor: Alessandro Zaccaro, PP
  • Course Travel: field trip to San Pietro a Pettine

COMM 345: Communicating Taste – The Media and Journalism of Food & Wine

  • Available: Fall Semester 2024 Spring Semester 2025
  • Course Type: Standard Courses
  • Taught in: English
  • Course Fee: $130.00
  • Credits: 3
  • Instructor: Jacopo Cossater, M.A.
  • Course Travel: Excursions to typical Perugian restaurants

COMM 355: Digital Marketing: Wine and Wineries of Central Italy

  • Available: Fall Semester 2024 Spring Semester 2025
  • Course Type: Courses with Service Learning
  • Taught in: English
  • Course Fee: $110.00
  • Credits: 3
  • Instructor: Jacopo Cossater, M.A.
  • Course Travel: Field Trip to A Winery in Umbria

Direct Enrollment at Accademia Belle Arti

  • Available: Fall Semester 2024
  • Course Type: Courses taught in Italian
  • Taught in: Italian
  • Course Fee: TBA
  • Credits: TBA
  • Instructor:
  • Course Travel: No

EDUC 300: Experiencing Multicultural Psychology (MPP Core Course)

  • Available: Fall Semester 2024 Spring Semester 2025
  • Course Type: Curricular Concentration Core
  • Taught in: English
  • Course Fee: Included in MPP program fee
  • Credits: 1
  • Instructor: John Dennis, Ph.D.
  • Course Travel: Overnight Field trip to Reggio Emilia and Florence

EDUC 325: Multicultural & Intercultural Education – The Psychology of Cross-Cultural Development (Summer)

  • Available: Summer Session I
  • Course Type: Standard Courses
  • Taught in: English
  • Course Fee: None
  • Credits: 3
  • Instructor: Natascia Petringa, Ph.D.
  • Course Travel: TBA

EDUC 325: Multicultural & Intercultural Education: The Psychology of Cross-Cultural Development

  • Available: Fall Semester 2024
  • Course Type: Standard Courses
  • Taught in: English
  • Course Fee: None
  • Credits: 3
  • Instructor: Natascia Petringa, Ph.D.
  • Course Travel: TBA

EDUC 353: Education in Italy: Seminar and Practicum

  • Available: Spring Semester 2025
  • Course Type: Seminar & Practicum
  • Taught in: English
  • Course Fee: None
  • Credits: 3
  • Instructor: Natascia Petringa, Ph.D.
  • Course Travel: TBA

EDUC 354: Critical Disabilities Studies (Summer)

  • Available: Summer Session I
  • Course Type: Standard Courses
  • Taught in: English
  • Course Fee: $ 75
  • Credits: 3
  • Instructor: Natascia Petringa, Ph.D.
  • Course Travel: Yes

EDUC 430: Human Development in Culture

  • Available: Fall Semester 2024 Spring Semester 2025
  • Course Type: Courses with Service Learning
  • Taught in: English
  • Course Fee: $ 5
  • Credits: 3
  • Instructor: Natascia Petringa, Ph.D.
  • Course Travel: Local school visits

ENG 358: Writing Italian Food (Summer)

  • Available: Summer Session I
  • Course Type: Standard Courses
  • Taught in: English
  • Course Fee: $ 125.00
  • Credits: 3
  • Instructor: Teresa Cutler-Broyles, M.A.
  • Course Travel: Day trip to Di Filippo winery and artisanal gelato tasting

ENV 300: Experiencing Sustainable Italian Foodways (FSE Core Course)

  • Available: Fall Semester 2024 Spring Semester 2025
  • Course Type: Curricular Concentration Core
  • Taught in: English
  • Course Fee: n/a - Included in Program Supplement Fee
  • Credits: 1
  • Instructor: Clelia Viecelli, Ph.D. Zachary Nowak, PhD
  • Course Travel: Three-day Field Trip to Parma, Modena and Bologna

ENV 320: Water Resources: Environment, Society, and Power

  • Available: Spring Semester 2025
  • Course Type: Courses with Service Learning
  • Taught in: English
  • Course Fee: TBA
  • Credits: 3
  • Instructor: Neto Leão, Ph.D.
  • Course Travel: Yes

ENV 330: Sustainable Food Production in Italy: Local Traditions and Global Transformations

  • Available: Fall Semester 2024 Spring Semester 2025
  • Course Type: Courses with Service Learning
  • Taught in: English
  • Course Fee: $180.00 
  • Credits: 3
  • Instructor: Neto Leão, Ph.D.
  • Course Travel: Trip to Local Purchase Group Producers

ENV 340: Global Sustainable Business

  • Available: Fall Semester 2024 Spring Semester 2025
  • Course Type: Courses with Service Learning
  • Taught in: English
  • Course Fee: $85
  • Credits: 3
  • Instructor: Francesca Hansstein, Ph.D.
  • Course Travel: Visit to a local Agriturismo

ENV 345: Spiritual Ecologies

  • Available: Spring Semester 2025
  • Course Type: Standard Courses
  • Taught in: English
  • Course Fee: TBD
  • Credits: 3
  • Instructor: Neto Leão, Ph.D.
  • Course Travel: No

ENV 355 – Green Cities: A Sustainable Future

  • Available: Fall Semester 2024 Spring Semester 2025
  • Course Type: Standard Courses
  • Taught in: English
  • Course Fee: $10.00
  • Credits: 3
  • Instructor: Neto Leão, Ph.D.
  • Course Travel: No

ENV 362: Environmental Anthropology

  • Available:
  • Course Type: Standard Courses
  • Taught in: English
  • Course Fee: TBA
  • Credits: 3
  • Instructor: Clelia Viecelli, Ph.D.
  • Course Travel: TBA

ENV 370: Food & Environmental Policy in Italy & Europe

  • Available: Fall Semester 2024 Spring Semester 2025
  • Course Type: Standard Courses
  • Taught in: English
  • Course Fee: None
  • Credits: 3
  • Instructor: Alessandra Asteriti, Ph.D.
  • Course Travel: No

ENV 375 Green Art: The Aesthetics, Ethics, and Politics of Creativity in Today’s World

  • Available: Fall Semester 2024 Spring Semester 2025
  • Course Type: Standard Courses
  • Taught in: English
  • Course Fee: 25 USD
  • Credits: 3
  • Instructor: Jennifer Griffiths, Ph.D. Maddalena Vantaggi, MA, PMC
  • Course Travel: Field trip to Fuseum modern art park in Perugia

ENV 380: The Politics of Urban Agriculture – From Victory Gardens to Neoliberalism: Seminar and Practicum

  • Available:
  • Course Type: Seminar & Practicum
  • Taught in: English
  • Course Fee: $ 90
  • Credits: 3
  • Instructor: Zachary Nowak, PhD
  • Course Travel: TBA

FSST 300: Experiencing Sustainable Italian Foodways (FSE Core Course)

  • Available: Fall Semester 2024 Spring Semester 2025
  • Course Type: Curricular Concentration Core
  • Taught in: English
  • Course Fee: n/a - Included in Program Supplement Fee
  • Credits: 1
  • Instructor: Clelia Viecelli, Ph.D. Zachary Nowak, PhD
  • Course Travel: Three-day Field Trip to Parma, Modena and Bologna

FSST 325: The Science of Italian Food

  • Available:
  • Course Type: Standard Courses
  • Taught in: English
  • Course Fee: $50.00
  • Credits: 3
  • Instructor:
  • Course Travel: No

FSST 330: Sustainable Food Production in Italy: Local Traditions and Global Transformations

  • Available: Fall Semester 2024 Spring Semester 2025
  • Course Type: Courses with Service Learning
  • Taught in: English
  • Course Fee: $180.00 
  • Credits: 3
  • Instructor: Neto Leão, Ph.D.
  • Course Travel: Trip to Local Purchase Group Producers

FSST 345: Communicating Taste – The Media and Journalism of Food & Wine

  • Available: Fall Semester 2024 Spring Semester 2025
  • Course Type: Standard Courses
  • Taught in: English
  • Course Fee: $130.00
  • Credits: 3
  • Instructor: Jacopo Cossater, M.A.
  • Course Travel: Excursions to typical Perugian restaurants

FSST 349: The History and Culture of Food in Italy (Summer)

  • Available: Summer Session I Summer Session II
  • Course Type: Standard Courses
  • Taught in: English, Italian
  • Course Fee: $ 110.00
  • Credits: 3
  • Instructor: Rosa Sansone, Ph.D.
  • Course Travel: Tours and dinners at a local restaurants

FSST 350: The History and Culture of Food in Italy

  • Available: Fall Semester 2024 Spring Semester 2025
  • Course Type: Standard Courses
  • Taught in: English
  • Course Fee: $50.00
  • Credits: 3
  • Instructor: Rosa Sansone, Ph.D.
  • Course Travel: None

FSST 351: Food, Community, and The Mediterranean Diet in Italy

  • Available: Summer Session I
  • Course Type: Standard Courses
  • Taught in: English
  • Course Fee: $ 120
  • Credits: 3
  • Instructor: Christopher Fink, Ph.D.
  • Course Travel: Field Trip to Lago Trasimeno

FSST 355: Digital Marketing: Wine and Wineries of Central Italy

  • Available: Fall Semester 2024 Spring Semester 2025
  • Course Type: Courses with Service Learning
  • Taught in: English
  • Course Fee: $110.00
  • Credits: 3
  • Instructor: Jacopo Cossater, M.A.
  • Course Travel: Field Trip to A Winery in Umbria

FSST 358: Writing Italian Food (Summer)

  • Available: Summer Session I
  • Course Type: Standard Courses
  • Taught in: English
  • Course Fee: $ 125.00
  • Credits: 3
  • Instructor: Teresa Cutler-Broyles, M.A.
  • Course Travel: Day trip to Di Filippo winery and artisanal gelato tasting

FSST 370: Food & Environmental Policy in Italy & Europe

  • Available: Fall Semester 2024 Spring Semester 2025
  • Course Type: Standard Courses
  • Taught in: English
  • Course Fee: None
  • Credits: 3
  • Instructor: Alessandra Asteriti, Ph.D.
  • Course Travel: No

FSST 375: Anthropology of Food and Eating: Understanding Self and Others

  • Available: Fall Semester 2024 Spring Semester 2025
  • Course Type: Standard Courses
  • Taught in: English
  • Course Fee: $110.00
  • Credits: 3
  • Instructor: Clelia Viecelli, Ph.D.
  • Course Travel: Excursions to typical Perugian restaurants and food artisans.

FSST 375: Anthropology of Food and Eating: Understanding Self and Others (Summer)

  • Available: Summer Session I Summer Session II
  • Course Type: Standard Courses
  • Taught in: English
  • Course Fee: $ 125.00
  • Credits: 3
  • Instructor: Clelia Viecelli, Ph.D.
  • Course Travel: Excursions to typical Perugian restaurants and food artisans.

FSST 397: International Culture, Cuisine, and Culinary Practice

  • Available: Summer Session I
  • Course Type: Standard Courses
  • Taught in: English
  • Course Fee: $ 80.00
  • Credits: 3
  • Instructor: Amanda Donaldson, MS, CHE
  • Course Travel: Field Trip to Florence

GEOG 355 – Green Cities: A Sustainable Future

  • Available: Fall Semester 2024 Spring Semester 2025
  • Course Type: Standard Courses
  • Taught in: English
  • Course Fee: $10.00
  • Credits: 3
  • Instructor: Neto Leão, Ph.D.
  • Course Travel: No

GEOG 362: Environmental Anthropology

  • Available:
  • Course Type: Standard Courses
  • Taught in: English
  • Course Fee: TBA
  • Credits: 3
  • Instructor: Clelia Viecelli, Ph.D.
  • Course Travel: TBA

GEOG 380: The Politics of Urban Agriculture – From Victory Gardens to Neoliberalism: Seminar and Practicum

  • Available:
  • Course Type: Seminar & Practicum
  • Taught in: English
  • Course Fee: $ 90
  • Credits: 3
  • Instructor: Zachary Nowak, PhD
  • Course Travel: TBA

GSCI 320: Water Resources: Environment, Society, and Power

  • Available: Spring Semester 2025
  • Course Type: Courses with Service Learning
  • Taught in: English
  • Course Fee: TBA
  • Credits: 3
  • Instructor: Neto Leão, Ph.D.
  • Course Travel: Yes

GSCI 325: The Science of Italian Food

  • Available:
  • Course Type: Standard Courses
  • Taught in: English
  • Course Fee: $50.00
  • Credits: 3
  • Instructor:
  • Course Travel: No

HIST 315: Roman Civilization and Daily Life

  • Available: Spring Semester 2025
  • Course Type: Standard Courses
  • Taught in: English
  • Course Fee: $295.00
  • Credits: 3
  • Instructor: Giampiero Bevagna, M.A.
  • Course Travel: Three-day trip to Ercolano, Pompei, and Naples

HIST 330: The Roman Empire – Baths, Wine & Sex

  • Available: Fall Semester 2024
  • Course Type: Standard Courses
  • Taught in: English
  • Course Fee: 295 $
  • Credits: 3
  • Instructor: Giampiero Bevagna, M.A.
  • Course Travel: 3-Day Trip to Pompeii

HIST 340: History and Politics of the European Union

  • Available: Fall Semester 2024
  • Course Type: Standard Courses
  • Taught in: English
  • Course Fee: None
  • Credits: 3
  • Instructor:
  • Course Travel: TBD

HIST 349: The History and Culture of Food in Italy (Summer)

  • Available: Summer Session I Summer Session II
  • Course Type: Standard Courses
  • Taught in: English
  • Course Fee: $ 110.00
  • Credits: 3
  • Instructor: Rosa Sansone, Ph.D.
  • Course Travel: Tours and dinners at a local restaurants

HIST 350: The History and Culture of Food in Italy

  • Available: Fall Semester 2024 Spring Semester 2025
  • Course Type: Standard Courses
  • Taught in: English
  • Course Fee: $50.00
  • Credits: 3
  • Instructor: Rosa Sansone, Ph.D.
  • Course Travel: None

HIST 380- Saints and Sinners: Medieval Women in Central Italy

  • Available: Fall Semester 2024
  • Course Type: Standard Courses
  • Taught in: English
  • Course Fee: $50.00
  • Credits: 3
  • Instructor: Jennifer Griffiths, Ph.D.
  • Course Travel: field trip to Cortona

INT 499: Semester Plus Internships: The Umbra Institute – Various Disciplines

  • Available: Fall Semester 2024 Summer Session I
  • Course Type: Internship
  • Taught in: English
  • Course Fee: None
  • Credits: 0-4
  • Instructor: Zachary Nowak, PhD
  • Course Travel: N/A

INT 499R: Remote Internship: ISI Abroad Social Media Communications

  • Available: Fall Semester 2024 Summer Session I
  • Course Type: Internship
  • Taught in: English, Italian
  • Course Fee: None
  • Credits: n/a
  • Instructor:
  • Course Travel: N/A

INT 499S: Summer Internship: Cantina Terre Margaritelli

  • Available: Summer Session I
  • Course Type: Internship
  • Taught in: English, Italian
  • Course Fee: None
  • Credits: 0-6
  • Instructor: Zachary Nowak, PhD
  • Course Travel: n/a

INT 499S: Summer Internship: Orto Sole & Green Team

  • Available: Summer Session I Summer Session II
  • Course Type: Internship
  • Taught in: English, Italian
  • Course Fee: None
  • Credits: 0-6
  • Instructor: Zachary Nowak, PhD
  • Course Travel: N/A

IR 297/397/497: Independent Research

  • Available: Fall Semester 2024
  • Course Type: Independent Research
  • Taught in: English
  • Course Fee: TBA
  • Credits: 1-4
  • Instructor:
  • Course Travel: no

IR 400: Research Writing and Methodology

  • Available: Fall Semester 2024
  • Course Type: Faculty-Directed Research Courses Scholars Program
  • Taught in: English
  • Course Fee: none
  • Credits: 2
  • Instructor:
  • Course Travel: none

IS 298/398/498: Independent Study

  • Available: Fall Semester 2024
  • Course Type: Independent Study
  • Taught in: English
  • Course Fee: TBA
  • Credits: 1-4
  • Instructor:
  • Course Travel: no

ITAL 101: Living Perugia – Elementary Language, Culture, and Reflection

  • Available: Fall Semester 2024 Spring Semester 2025
  • Course Type: Standard Courses
  • Taught in: Beginner Italian
  • Course Fee: $95
  • Credits: 4
  • Instructor: Luca Gatti, PhD
  • Course Travel: No

ITAL 101U: Beginner Italian

  • Available: Fall Semester 2024 Spring Semester 2025
  • Course Type: UniStraPG Italian
  • Taught in: Italian
  • Course Fee: None
  • Credits: 4
  • Instructor: Summer Italian Program Instructors, UniStraPG
  • Course Travel: Cultural Activities Series

ITAL 102: Living Perugia: Pre-Intermediate Language, Culture, and Reflection

  • Available: Fall Semester 2024 Spring Semester 2025
  • Course Type: Standard Courses
  • Taught in: Italian
  • Course Fee: $95.00
  • Credits: 4
  • Instructor: Livia Matarazzo, M.A. Luca Gatti, PhD
  • Course Travel: No

ITAL 102U: Elementary Italian

  • Available: Fall Semester 2024 Spring Semester 2025
  • Course Type: UniStraPG Italian
  • Taught in: Italian
  • Course Fee: None
  • Credits: 4
  • Instructor: Summer Italian Program Instructors, UniStraPG
  • Course Travel: Cultural Activities Series

ITAL 201: Experiencing Perugia – Intermediate Language, Culture, and Reflection

  • Available: Fall Semester 2024 Spring Semester 2025
  • Course Type: Standard Courses
  • Taught in: Italian
  • Course Fee: $95.00
  • Credits: 4
  • Instructor: Livia Matarazzo, M.A.
  • Course Travel: No

ITAL 201U: Intermediate Italian I

  • Available: Fall Semester 2024 Spring Semester 2025
  • Course Type: UniStraPG Italian
  • Taught in: Italian
  • Course Fee: None
  • Credits: 4
  • Instructor: Summer Italian Program Instructors, UniStraPG
  • Course Travel: Cultural Activities Series

ITAL 202: Experiencing Perugia: Advanced Intermediate Language, Culture, and Reflection

  • Available: Fall Semester 2024 Spring Semester 2025
  • Course Type: Standard Courses
  • Taught in: Italian
  • Course Fee: $95.00
  • Credits: 4
  • Instructor: Livia Matarazzo, M.A.
  • Course Travel: No

ITAL 202U: Intermediate Italian II

  • Available: Fall Semester 2024 Spring Semester 2025
  • Course Type: UniStraPG Italian
  • Taught in: Italian
  • Course Fee: None
  • Credits: 4
  • Instructor: Summer Italian Program Instructors, UniStraPG
  • Course Travel: Cultural Activities Series

ITAL 203U: Intermediate Italian III

  • Available: Fall Semester 2024 Spring Semester 2025
  • Course Type: UniStraPG Italian
  • Taught in: Italian
  • Course Fee: None
  • Credits: 4
  • Instructor: Summer Italian Program Instructors, UniStraPG
  • Course Travel: Cultural Activities Series

ITAL 301: Perugia and Beyond – Advanced Grammar, Conversation and Cultural Reflection

  • Available: Fall Semester 2024 Spring Semester 2025
  • Course Type: Standard Courses
  • Taught in: Italian
  • Course Fee: $95.00
  • Credits: 4
  • Instructor: Livia Matarazzo, M.A.
  • Course Travel: No

ITAL 301U: Advanced-Intermediate Italian I

  • Available: Fall Semester 2024 Spring Semester 2025
  • Course Type: UniStraPG Italian
  • Taught in: Italian
  • Course Fee: None
  • Credits: 4
  • Instructor: Summer Italian Program Instructors, UniStraPG
  • Course Travel: Cultural Activities Series

ITAL 302U: Advanced-Intermediate Italian II

  • Available: Fall Semester 2024 Spring Semester 2025
  • Course Type: UniStraPG Italian
  • Taught in: Italian
  • Course Fee: None
  • Credits: 4
  • Instructor: Summer Italian Program Instructors, UniStraPG
  • Course Travel: Cultural Activities Series

ITAL 303U: Advanced-Intermediate Italian III

  • Available: Fall Semester 2024 Spring Semester 2025
  • Course Type: UniStraPG Italian
  • Taught in: Italian
  • Course Fee: None
  • Credits: 4
  • Instructor: Summer Italian Program Instructors, UniStraPG
  • Course Travel: Cultural Activities Series

ITAL 401: Attualità e Cultura Italiana

  • Available: Fall Semester 2024 Spring Semester 2025
  • Course Type: Courses taught in Italian
  • Taught in: Italian
  • Course Fee: 105.00 $
  • Credits: 3
  • Instructor: Luca Gatti, PhD
  • Course Travel: Day Trip to Brunello Cucinelli (Solomeo)

ITAL 401U: Advanced Italian I

  • Available: Fall Semester 2024 Spring Semester 2025
  • Course Type: UniStraPG Italian
  • Taught in: Italian
  • Course Fee: None
  • Credits: 4
  • Instructor: Summer Italian Program Instructors, UniStraPG
  • Course Travel: Cultural Activities Series

ITAL 402U: Advanced Italian II

  • Available: Fall Semester 2024 Spring Semester 2025
  • Course Type: UniStraPG Italian
  • Taught in: Italian
  • Course Fee: None
  • Credits: 4
  • Instructor: Summer Italian Program Instructors, UniStraPG
  • Course Travel: Cultural Activities Series

ITAL 403U: Advanced Italian III

  • Available: Fall Semester 2024 Spring Semester 2025
  • Course Type: UniStraPG Italian
  • Taught in: Italian
  • Course Fee: None
  • Credits: 4
  • Instructor: Summer Italian Program Instructors, UniStraPG
  • Course Travel: Cultural Activities Series

ITAL 407U: Advanced Italian: Grammar, Syntax & Conversation I

  • Available: Fall Semester 2024 Spring Semester 2025
  • Course Type: UniStraPG Italian
  • Taught in: Italian
  • Course Fee: None
  • Credits: 4
  • Instructor: Summer Italian Program Instructors, UniStraPG
  • Course Travel: Cultural Activities Series

ITAL 408U: Advanced Italian: Grammar, Syntax & Conversation II

  • Available: Fall Semester 2024 Spring Semester 2025
  • Course Type: UniStraPG Italian
  • Taught in: Italian
  • Course Fee: None
  • Credits: 4
  • Instructor: Summer Italian Program Instructors, UniStraPG
  • Course Travel: Cultural Activities Series

ITAL 409U: Advanced Italian Grammar, Syntax & Conversation III

  • Available: Fall Semester 2024 Spring Semester 2025
  • Course Type: UniStraPG Italian
  • Taught in: Italian
  • Course Fee: None
  • Credits: 4
  • Instructor: Summer Italian Program Instructors, UniStraPG
  • Course Travel: Cultural Activities Series

ITAL 501U: Advanced Review Modern Italian I

  • Available: Fall Semester 2024 Spring Semester 2025
  • Course Type: UniStraPG Italian
  • Taught in: Italian
  • Course Fee: None
  • Credits: 4
  • Instructor: Summer Italian Program Instructors, UniStraPG
  • Course Travel: Cultural Activities Series

ITAL 502D Advanced Review Modern Italian II

  • Available: Fall Semester 2024 Spring Semester 2025
  • Course Type: UniStraPG Italian
  • Taught in: Italian
  • Course Fee: None
  • Credits: 4
  • Instructor: Summer Italian Program Instructors, UniStraPG
  • Course Travel: Cultural Activities Series

ITAL 503D Advanced Review Modern Italian III

  • Available: Fall Semester 2024 Spring Semester 2025
  • Course Type: UniStraPG Italian
  • Taught in: Italian
  • Course Fee: None
  • Credits: 4
  • Instructor: Summer Italian Program Instructors, UniStraPG
  • Course Travel: Cultural Activities Series

JOUR 345: Communicating Taste – The Media and Journalism of Food & Wine

  • Available: Fall Semester 2024 Spring Semester 2025
  • Course Type: Standard Courses
  • Taught in: English
  • Course Fee: $130.00
  • Credits: 3
  • Instructor: Jacopo Cossater, M.A.
  • Course Travel: Excursions to typical Perugian restaurants

NUTR 351: Food, Community, and The Mediterranean Diet in Italy

  • Available: Summer Session I
  • Course Type: Standard Courses
  • Taught in: English
  • Course Fee: $ 120
  • Credits: 3
  • Instructor: Christopher Fink, Ph.D.
  • Course Travel: Field Trip to Lago Trasimeno

PSCI 340: History and Politics of the European Union

  • Available: Fall Semester 2024
  • Course Type: Standard Courses
  • Taught in: English
  • Course Fee: None
  • Credits: 3
  • Instructor:
  • Course Travel: TBD

PSCI 370: Food & Environmental Policy in Italy & Europe

  • Available: Fall Semester 2024 Spring Semester 2025
  • Course Type: Standard Courses
  • Taught in: English
  • Course Fee: None
  • Credits: 3
  • Instructor: Alessandra Asteriti, Ph.D.
  • Course Travel: No

PSCI 375 Green Art: The Aesthetics, Ethics, and Politics of Creativity in Today’s World

  • Available: Fall Semester 2024 Spring Semester 2025
  • Course Type: Standard Courses
  • Taught in: English
  • Course Fee: 25 USD
  • Credits: 3
  • Instructor: Jennifer Griffiths, Ph.D. Maddalena Vantaggi, MA, PMC
  • Course Travel: Field trip to Fuseum modern art park in Perugia

PSCI 380: The Politics of Urban Agriculture – From Victory Gardens to Neoliberalism: Seminar and Practicum

  • Available:
  • Course Type: Seminar & Practicum
  • Taught in: English
  • Course Fee: $ 90
  • Credits: 3
  • Instructor: Zachary Nowak, PhD
  • Course Travel: TBA

PSYC 249: Criminal Behavior

  • Available: Fall Semester 2024 Spring Semester 2025
  • Course Type: Standard Courses
  • Taught in: English
  • Course Fee: None
  • Credits: 3
  • Instructor: Julia Rogers, JD
  • Course Travel: No

PSYC 250: Art Therapy

  • Available: Fall Semester 2024 Spring Semester 2025
  • Course Type: Standard Courses
  • Taught in: English
  • Course Fee: $30.00
  • Credits: 3
  • Instructor: Philippa Stannard, M.F.A., ATR (Registered Art Therapist)
  • Course Travel: No

PSYC 250: Art Therapy (Summer)

  • Available: Summer Session II
  • Course Type: Standard Courses
  • Taught in: English
  • Course Fee: $ 25.00
  • Credits: 3
  • Instructor: Philippa Stannard, M.F.A., ATR (Registered Art Therapist)
  • Course Travel: No

PSYC 290: Intercultural Communication

  • Available: Fall Semester 2024 Spring Semester 2025 Summer Session I
  • Course Type: Standard Courses
  • Taught in: English
  • Course Fee: $30.00
  • Credits: 3
  • Instructor: Gabriella Klein, Ph.D.
  • Course Travel: No

PSYC 300: Experiencing Multicultural Psychology (MPP Core Course)

  • Available: Fall Semester 2024 Spring Semester 2025
  • Course Type: Curricular Concentration Core
  • Taught in: English
  • Course Fee: Included in MPP program fee
  • Credits: 1
  • Instructor: John Dennis, Ph.D.
  • Course Travel: Overnight Field trip to Reggio Emilia and Florence

PSYC 315 – Pathways to Wellness: Exploring Mental Health, Diagnosis, and Clinical Interventions (Psychopathology)

  • Available: Fall Semester 2024 Spring Semester 2025
  • Course Type: Standard Courses
  • Taught in: English
  • Course Fee: $140.00
  • Credits: 3
  • Instructor: Juan Maillo, MA, MFT
  • Course Travel: Field Trip to a former Mental Health Asylum

PSYC 325: Multicultural & Intercultural Education – The Psychology of Cross-Cultural Development (Summer)

  • Available: Summer Session I
  • Course Type: Standard Courses
  • Taught in: English
  • Course Fee: None
  • Credits: 3
  • Instructor: Natascia Petringa, Ph.D.
  • Course Travel: TBA

PSYC 325: Multicultural & Intercultural Education: The Psychology of Cross-Cultural Development

  • Available: Fall Semester 2024
  • Course Type: Standard Courses
  • Taught in: English
  • Course Fee: None
  • Credits: 3
  • Instructor: Natascia Petringa, Ph.D.
  • Course Travel: TBA

PSYC 353: Education in Italy: Seminar and Practicum

  • Available: Spring Semester 2025
  • Course Type: Seminar & Practicum
  • Taught in: English
  • Course Fee: None
  • Credits: 3
  • Instructor: Natascia Petringa, Ph.D.
  • Course Travel: TBA

PSYC 354: Critical Disabilities Studies (Summer)

  • Available: Summer Session I
  • Course Type: Standard Courses
  • Taught in: English
  • Course Fee: $ 75
  • Credits: 3
  • Instructor: Natascia Petringa, Ph.D.
  • Course Travel: Yes

PSYC 355: Critical Disabilities Studies: Seminar and Practicum

  • Available: Fall Semester 2024 Spring Semester 2025
  • Course Type: Seminar & Practicum
  • Taught in: English
  • Course Fee: $105.00
  • Credits: 3
  • Instructor: Natascia Petringa, Ph.D.
  • Course Travel: Dinner at Numero Zero Restaurant

PSYC 360: Social Psychology – Science, Humans, and Society

  • Available: Fall Semester 2024 Spring Semester 2025
  • Course Type: Standard Courses
  • Taught in: English
  • Course Fee: None
  • Credits: 3
  • Instructor: Filippo M. Sposini, Ph.D. Chelsey Pienaar, MBusSc
  • Course Travel: No

PSYC 385 – Psychology Research: From Idea to Discovery

  • Available:
  • Course Type: Standard Courses
  • Taught in: English
  • Course Fee: None
  • Credits: 3
  • Instructor: John Dennis, Ph.D.
  • Course Travel: No

PSYC 430: Human Development in Culture

  • Available: Fall Semester 2024 Spring Semester 2025
  • Course Type: Courses with Service Learning
  • Taught in: English
  • Course Fee: $ 5
  • Credits: 3
  • Instructor: Natascia Petringa, Ph.D.
  • Course Travel: Local school visits

PSYC 450: Positive Psychology – The Science of Behavioral Change

  • Available: Fall Semester 2024 Spring Semester 2025
  • Course Type: Courses with Service Learning
  • Taught in: English
  • Course Fee: $ 70
  • Credits: 3
  • Instructor: John Dennis, Ph.D.
  • Course Travel: Visit to Fondazione Città del Sole

PSYC 460: Organizational Behavior: An Evidence-Based Approach

  • Available: Fall Semester 2024 Spring Semester 2025
  • Course Type: Courses with Service Learning
  • Taught in: English
  • Course Fee: $95.00
  • Credits: 3
  • Instructor: John Dennis, Ph.D.
  • Course Travel: Field Trip to Gramigna Brewery

PUBH 320: Water Resources: Environment, Society, and Power

  • Available: Spring Semester 2025
  • Course Type: Courses with Service Learning
  • Taught in: English
  • Course Fee: TBA
  • Credits: 3
  • Instructor: Neto Leão, Ph.D.
  • Course Travel: Yes

REL 345: Spiritual Ecologies

  • Available: Spring Semester 2025
  • Course Type: Standard Courses
  • Taught in: English
  • Course Fee: TBD
  • Credits: 3
  • Instructor: Neto Leão, Ph.D.
  • Course Travel: No

REL 380 – Saints and Sinners: Medieval Women in Central Italy

  • Available: Fall Semester 2024
  • Course Type: Standard Courses
  • Taught in: English
  • Course Fee: $50.00
  • Credits: 3
  • Instructor: Jennifer Griffiths, Ph.D.
  • Course Travel: field trip to Cortona

SM 310: Social Media, Social Food

  • Available: Fall Semester 2024 Spring Semester 2025
  • Course Type: Courses with Service Learning
  • Taught in: English
  • Course Fee: $ 185.00
  • Credits: 3
  • Instructor: Alessandro Zaccaro, PP
  • Course Travel: field trip to San Pietro a Pettine

SOC 249: Criminal Behavior

  • Available: Fall Semester 2024 Spring Semester 2025
  • Course Type: Standard Courses
  • Taught in: English
  • Course Fee: None
  • Credits: 3
  • Instructor: Julia Rogers, JD
  • Course Travel: No

SOC 360: Social Psychology – Science, Humans, and Society

  • Available: Fall Semester 2024 Spring Semester 2025
  • Course Type: Standard Courses
  • Taught in: English
  • Course Fee: None
  • Credits: 3
  • Instructor: Filippo M. Sposini, Ph.D. Chelsey Pienaar, MBusSc
  • Course Travel: No

SOC 375: Anthropology of Food and Eating: Understanding Self and Others

  • Available: Fall Semester 2024 Spring Semester 2025
  • Course Type: Standard Courses
  • Taught in: English
  • Course Fee: $110.00
  • Credits: 3
  • Instructor: Clelia Viecelli, Ph.D.
  • Course Travel: Excursions to typical Perugian restaurants and food artisans.

SOC 375: Anthropology of Food and Eating: Understanding Self and Others (Summer)

  • Available: Summer Session I Summer Session II
  • Course Type: Standard Courses
  • Taught in: English
  • Course Fee: $ 125.00
  • Credits: 3
  • Instructor: Clelia Viecelli, Ph.D.
  • Course Travel: Excursions to typical Perugian restaurants and food artisans.

SOC 430: Human Development in Culture

  • Available: Fall Semester 2024 Spring Semester 2025
  • Course Type: Courses with Service Learning
  • Taught in: English
  • Course Fee: $ 5
  • Credits: 3
  • Instructor: Natascia Petringa, Ph.D.
  • Course Travel: Local school visits

SUST 300: Experiencing Sustainable Italian Foodways (FSE Core Course)

  • Available: Fall Semester 2024 Spring Semester 2025
  • Course Type: Curricular Concentration Core
  • Taught in: English
  • Course Fee: n/a - Included in Program Supplement Fee
  • Credits: 1
  • Instructor: Clelia Viecelli, Ph.D. Zachary Nowak, PhD
  • Course Travel: Three-day Field Trip to Parma, Modena and Bologna

SUST 330: Sustainable Food Production in Italy: Local Traditions and Global Transformations

  • Available: Fall Semester 2024 Spring Semester 2025
  • Course Type: Courses with Service Learning
  • Taught in: English
  • Course Fee: $180.00 
  • Credits: 3
  • Instructor: Neto Leão, Ph.D.
  • Course Travel: Trip to Local Purchase Group Producers

SUST 340: Global Sustainable Business

  • Available: Fall Semester 2024 Spring Semester 2025
  • Course Type: Courses with Service Learning
  • Taught in: English
  • Course Fee: $85
  • Credits: 3
  • Instructor: Francesca Hansstein, Ph.D.
  • Course Travel: Visit to a local Agriturismo

SUST 349: The History and Culture of Food in Italy (Summer)

  • Available: Summer Session I Summer Session II
  • Course Type: Standard Courses
  • Taught in: English
  • Course Fee: $ 110.00
  • Credits: 3
  • Instructor: Rosa Sansone, Ph.D.
  • Course Travel: Tours and dinners at a local restaurants

SUST 350: The History and Culture of Food in Italy

  • Available: Fall Semester 2024 Spring Semester 2025
  • Course Type: Standard Courses
  • Taught in: English
  • Course Fee: $50.00
  • Credits: 3
  • Instructor: Rosa Sansone, Ph.D.
  • Course Travel: None

SUST 355 – Green Cities: A Sustainable Future

  • Available: Fall Semester 2024 Spring Semester 2025
  • Course Type: Standard Courses
  • Taught in: English
  • Course Fee: $10.00
  • Credits: 3
  • Instructor: Neto Leão, Ph.D.
  • Course Travel: No

ANTH 308: Urban Agriculture in the US and Italy – Theory & Practice

  • Available: Summer Session II
  • Course Type: Standard Courses
  • Taught in: English
  • Course Fee: $ 60.00
  • Credits: 3
  • Instructor: Caroline Boules, Ph.D.
  • Course Travel: Visits to local gardens and markets

FSST 355: Digital Marketing: Wine and Wineries of Central Italy (Summer)

  • Available: Summer Session I Summer Session II
  • Course Type: Standard Courses
  • Taught in: English
  • Course Fee: $ 120.00
  • Credits: 3
  • Instructor: Jacopo Cossater, M.A.
  • Course Travel: Winery visit

GEOG 308: Urban Agriculture in the US and Italy – Theory & Practice

  • Available: Summer Session II
  • Course Type: Standard Courses
  • Taught in: English
  • Course Fee: $ 60.00
  • Credits: 3
  • Instructor: Caroline Boules, Ph.D.
  • Course Travel: Visits to local gardens and markets

COMM 355: Digital Marketing: Wine and Wineries of Central Italy (Summer)

  • Available: Summer Session I Summer Session II
  • Course Type: Standard Courses
  • Taught in: English
  • Course Fee: $ 120.00
  • Credits: 3
  • Instructor: Jacopo Cossater, M.A.
  • Course Travel: Winery visit

EDUC 355: Critical Disabilities Studies: Seminar and Practicum

  • Available: Fall Semester 2024 Spring Semester 2025
  • Course Type: Seminar & Practicum
  • Taught in: English
  • Course Fee: $105.00
  • Credits: 3
  • Instructor: Natascia Petringa, Ph.D.
  • Course Travel: Dinner at Numero Zero Restaurant

Direct Enrollment at the University of Perugia

  • Available: Fall Semester 2024
  • Course Type: Courses taught in Italian
  • Taught in: Italian
  • Course Fee: TBD
  • Credits: TBD
  • Instructor:
  • Course Travel: None

ITAL 101: Living Perugia – Elementary Language, Culture, and Reflection (Summer)

  • Available: Summer Session I
  • Course Type: Standard Courses
  • Taught in: Beginner Italian
  • Course Fee: $95
  • Credits: 3
  • Instructor: Italian Faculty, TBD
  • Course Travel:

ITAL 211S: Intensive Italian through Culture: Intermediate

  • Available: Summer Session I
  • Course Type: Standard Courses
  • Taught in: Italian
  • Course Fee: Included
  • Credits: 8
  • Instructor: Italian Faculty, TBD
  • Course Travel: Cultural Activities Series Included

ITAL 311S: Intensive Italian through Culture: Advanced Intermediate

  • Available: Summer Session I
  • Course Type: Standard Courses
  • Taught in: Italian
  • Course Fee: Included
  • Credits: 8
  • Instructor: Italian Faculty, TBD
  • Course Travel: Cultural Activities Program Included