MEDITERRANEAN CENTER FOR ARTS AND SCIENCES

MCAS - SYRACUSE

SUMMER

PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS AND GENERAL INFORMATION

  • Minimum 2.75 G.P.A.
  • Good academic standing at home institution
  • Completed API application
  • 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

  • 3-7 semester credits
 

EXCURSIONS

 

SUMMER 1 STUDENTS

  • Catania
  • Cava Grande
  • Rome
  • Syracuse Sailing Trip

 

SUMMER 2 STUDENTS

  • Catania
  • Rome
  • Syracuse Sailing Trip
  • 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.

 

 

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.

 











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