Cagli Program Overview

The course is a hybrid that combines classroom instruction and lab work with aspects of internship and practicum courses, including field work in a setting unfamiliar to student participants. Students work to produce a dynamic web documentary with faculty members serving as supervisors. Faculty work with students to master certain trades and apply those skills.

Students participating in the Cagli Project will use classroom and lab experiences as a method for learning about the wonderful environment of Cagli. Students will work in teams to find, shape, and tell stories about life and people in Cagli. They will get to explore the community and turn what they discover into stories through writing, still photos, a video, and a web page. In addition to the course in Cagli, students on this program will participate in various excursions throughout Italy, including the 2-day program opening in Rome.

Because of its setting, students will have a unique opportunity to learn how to access a foreign culture and to acquire practical language skills, rapidly -- using an immersion technique. The ability to assimilate quickly and to hone in on another culture’s values are indispensable tools for anyone preparing for a career in a field where globalization and multi-culturalism are becoming increasingly important. At the micro level, students will learn how “to read” another culture on its own terms, by living in a different culture and appreciating those differences. At the macro level, students will be ready to become facilitators in the inter-cultural dialogue that the modern world requires.

Program Type

This is a short-term, faculty-led, Marquette program. Federal and Marquette aid applies to this program.

Living

Students live in apartments.

Dates

May 30-June 26, 2009

Eligibility

The program is open to all undergraduate and graduate students.

Language

The course is taught in English.

Cost

Tuition: Marquette summer tuition 6 credits
Program fee: $1350

Program Fee

The program fee includes the following:

1. Housing for the entire program
2. Excursions
3. Some meals
4. Cell phone
5. On-Site support
6. Orientation program