PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS AND GENERAL INFORMATION
- Minimum 2.75 G.P.A.
- Completed API application
- Advisor signature form
- One letter of recommendation
- One official transcript
- Classes taught in English and Italian
- Housing: apartments with other API students
- Entry requirements: valid passport
TOTAL CREDIT HOURS
EXCURSIONS
SUMMER 1 STUDENTS
- Catania
- Cava Grande
- Palermo
- Rome
- Taormina
SUMMER 2 STUDENTS
- Catania
- Mt. Etna
- Palermo
- Rome
- Vendicari Nature Preserve
THE FOLLOWING TRIPS ARE TIED TO SPECIFIC COURSES AND MAY NOT BE AVAILABLE TO ALL STUDENTS:
- Agrigento
- Mt. Etna
- Noto & Vendicari
- Pantalica, Anapo Valley & Foothills of Monti Iblei Piazza Amerina & Morgantina
- Plemmirio Coastal Reserve
ACADEMIC PROGRAM
API students in Syracuse attend courses at the Mediterranean Center for Arts and Sciences. MCAS specializes in classical studies (including language, philosophy, history and archaeology) and Mediterranean studies (including art history, language, literature, politics, history and the natural environment). Many classes include academic field trips as a component of the course. Regardless of individual course choices, all students are offered an
inclusive co-curricular program of excursions and weekly local events designed to introduce students to the cultural context of Sicily, Italy and the Mediterranean.
Students complete one or two classes and receive 3-7 credit hours per summer session, or 3-4 credits per course. The program fee varies according to the number of classes taken. The 6-credit Italian course counts as two classes.
Italian language courses are taught at all levels. Most other courses are taught in English. API recommends that students obtain pre-approval from their home university for courses that they plan on taking abroad.
Not all courses are offered every session. The course selection may vary and no course is guaranteed. Some courses may require additional fees for books, labs, equipment, etc. These fees are not included in the program cost. Students are encouraged to make course selections from the online listings when completing the program application as course listings, descriptions, prerequisites and/or lab fees are subject to change.
TRANSCRIPTS
Upon completion of coursework at the Mediterranean Center for Arts and Sciences in Syracuse, the student’s transcript is issued by Fairfield University, a four-year, fully accredited U.S. university in Fairfield, Connecticut.
