Summer Abroad Programs- Rome

Want to get more out of your summer study? Explore Europe while taking classes unique to the JFRC experience. Because the JFRC summer program condenses the best elements of the semester program into a shorter time frame, it's perfect for students who have commitments preventing them from studying abroad during the school year.

Summer Session I: five-week classes meet Monday-Thursday, allowing students three-day weekends to travel throughout Rome, Italy, and Europe. Students will select from three options: two courses (six credit hours) of their own choosing from fourteen courses offered, six credit hours of intensive language (ITAL 101 and ITAL 102), or a global health pairing (GNUR 203 and PSYC 273).

Bridging Summer I into Summer Session II: JFRC's popular four-week fusion experiences combining on-campus classes with classes on-the-road. Students begin their study on the JFRC campus in Rome and then travel to another region of Italy, earning credit through two paired courses.  

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A unique feature of the JFRC Summer Program is the Fusion Experience.  Three integrated learning experiences will be offered:

• Discovering Italy: Food, Wine & Photography of Rome and Abruzzo
• Digging up Sicily: Hidden Treasures & Lost Cities of the Ancient World
• Disegni di Perugia: Learning Italian through Drawing in Rome and Perugia

Students selecting a Fusion Experience will start and end at the JFRC campus, but travel to Umbria, Sicily, or the Abruzzo region for the time in-between.  Students are required to enroll in both classes that constitute a fusion experience.

Benefits of a Fusion Experience:

• These experiences fuse content from two different subject areas.  The two classes connected to each experience have been intentionally selected so that the courses complement each other.
• These experiences fuse theory with practice, as students will be applying what is learned in the classroom to out of the classroom, hands-on experiences.
• These experiences fuse two different regions of Italy into one experience, e.g., Lazio (Rome) with Abruzzo OR Lazio (Rome) with Sicily OR Lazio (Rome) with Umbria (Perugia), providing a comparative perspective.

Course Offerings

See Summer 2020 Course Offerings Click onto the title of a course to view the syllabus for that course when it becomes available (syllabi for summer 2020 classes will be available before registration begins in February 2020). 

Program Fees

The basic program fee for summer abroad at the JFRC covers tuition (requiring enrollment in six credit hours each session), room, partial board (lunch Monday through Thursday and a declining euro card to cover breakfast, snacks, or dinner in Rinaldo's Cafe), activities' fees, select additional course fees, and single-day excursions.

A mandatory charge for CISI (Cultural Insurance Services International), the student international health insurance plan, will also be billed on a student's LOCUS account to cover the entire JFRC summer.

Roundtrip airfare (USA-Rome-USA) is not included in the program fee and is the personal responsibility of the student. Optional week-end trips are also not included but will be available at a student's own expense.

Summer Session Scholarships

All scholarships are need-based; need will be determined based on a student's current academic year's financial need assessment.  Opening date for applications is January 15, 2020.  Information can be found on the JFRC website here. 

Included in the Cost

Orientation

• During the five-week sessions, day-long trips will be offered to nearby towns in central Italy; options may include Assisi, Herculaneum, Tivoli, and Orvieto

These Day Trips will be led by the Student Life Staff at the JFRC. The cost for each of these trips is included in the student fees. 

Things to Consider

Please be aware that, when making your flight reservations, participants in the JFRC 2020 summer program are expected to arrive at the JFRC between 10:00 am and 1:00 pm on Friday, May 15th, for the first summer session and Saturday, June 20th, for the fusion experiences.

There are no school-sponsored student group flights during the summer; all students must book their own round-trip tickets and get themselves to the JFRC campus. Confirmed students should book their flights as early as possible, taking note of the date they are due on campus and the date they must leave.  Booking to arrive a day or two early is not recommended, as there is a specific move-in date, and students will not be able to move-in earlier than the specified date. 

Students will reside in double rooms on campus while enrolled in the program. Administrative and student life support will be provided by JFRC staff.

Students must enroll in two courses during each session. Paired courses must be taken as a pair; students may only choose two courses if those courses are not paired together. Courses will be subject to cancellation if enrollment is low.

Application Process

The online application for Summer 2020 opens in late August 2019! The deadline for summer JFRC applications is March 15, 2020, though registration for summer starts on February 10, 2020.  Decisions about admission are sent via e-mail.

When applying for Summer 2020, pay close attention to the option you want; there are six different options and two sessions!  

Summer at the JFRC 

Session I:

• Rome, Italy - Session I (5-weeks) - any two courses of your choosing
• Rome, Italy - Session I (5-weeks) - ITAL 101 and ITAL 102 (Italian Studies = intensive Italian language)
• Rome, Italy - Session I (5-weeks) - GNUR 203 and PSYC 273 (Global Health Studies)

Session I-II:

• Rome, Italy - Session I-II (4-week fusion experience): ClSt 276 / ClSt 334R Digging Up Sicily: Hidden Treasures & Lost Cities of the Ancient World
• Rome, Italy - Session I-II (4-week fusion experience): FnAr 113 / Ital 101 Disegni di Perugia: Learning Italian through Drawing in Rome and Perugia
• Rome, Italy - Session I-II (4-week fusion experience): FnAr 115 / Litr 268R Discovering Italy: Food, Wine & Photography of Rome and Abruzzo

Students wishing to attend a five week program and a four-week fusion experience should apply for each option separately.