The Siena Internship program offers students the opportunity to live and work in one of Tuscany’s most enchanting Gothic hill towns. For seven weeks students will become well acquainted with this beautiful medieval city and its ancient walls, narrow cobbled lanes, profusion of churches and small museums, and one of the most beautiful city squares in Italy, Il Campo, where families and individuals come to kick a soccer ball, savor gelato, and watch the scene. Siena also provides an ideal central location in Tuscany with easy access to many important cities such as Pisa and Florence which we will also visit during the program. Before traveling to Siena and beginning internship work, we will spend the first week exploring the splendors of Classical and Baroque Rome. Students may request internships in their individual fields of interest. Past students have worked in the hospital, with social services, city accountants, museum curators, at a radio station, at the Jazz University, assisting the legal team of a non-profit organization advising refugees, and teaching Italian and English to refugees.
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DATES
Spring Term: Approximately 26 April–19 June 2020
HOUSING
Housing in Siena will be with host families, two students to a family. Families will provide breakfasts and dinners. Living with a host family is a cultural experience. Special dietary needs may not be accommodated in host families.
Housing in Rome will be in a hotel which provides breakfast.
COURSES
Students will be enrolled for a minimum six credit hours during the program in the following courses
Required: ITAL 363 Italian culture (3 credit hours)
Required: ITAL 399R Italian Internship (3 credit hours)
Optional: IAS 201R Siena Walks (1 credit hour)
Participants may not take any other courses on this program, including BYU Online courses, without approval by the program director and ISP.
COST
Approximately $5,500–6,000 (for Spring Term)
Includes: BYU Latter-day Saint undergraduate tuition, housing, group transportation on field trips, museum entrances on group field trips, and international health insurance coverage.
Does not include international airfare, some meals (lunch), personal expenses, or passport.
PREPARATION
Students are required to complete ITAL 201 prior to departure for the program.
Accepted students are required to participate in HCOLL 396R section 003, an international and cross-cultural preparation course held Thursdays from 5:00 to 6:50 p.m. during the second block of winter semester.
Accompanying spouses of students will need to be credit-bearing participants on the program. Spouses will also need to apply online, take the preparation course, and pay for a minimum number of BYU credits and international health insurance coverage.
FUNDING SOURCES
Regular BYU tuition scholarships, Pell grants, and Federal Insured Student Loans may be applied to study abroad programs.
Students who submit the financial aid section of the International Study Programs (ISP) application and who have a current FAFSA form on file at the Financial Aid office (A-41 ASB) will be considered for ISP Financial Aid.
Academic departments and colleges may assist with scholarships and grants. The College of Humanities has funding specifically for majors and minors. Please see Jennifer Haraguchi for details.
Private grants and scholarships outside of BYU may assist: kennedy.byu.edu/scholarships.
APPLICATION PROCESS
Complete the online application at kennedy.byu.edu/apply.
Contact the director for an initial interview once your application is complete.
Students will be notified via e-mail of their acceptance into the program.
Deadline: 1 Feb 2020
FACULTY
Jennifer Haraguchi, associate professor of Italian in the French and Italian Department, is the director of the program.
jennifer_haraguchi@byu.edu
801-422-8179
3139 JFSB
College of Humanities | Department of French and Italian
SCHEDULE AND TIME COMMITMENT
Due to the Schengen Treaty, students are allowed to be in Italy and Europe for no longer than 90 days.
INTERESTED STUDENTS SHOULD CONTACT
International Study Programs
101 HRCB
801-422-3686
isp@byu.edu
kennedy.byu.edu/isp
PROGRAM ADJUSTMENTS
ISP reserves the right to cancel this program, revise its offerings, or make any adjustments to the preliminary cost estimates due to conditions beyond its control.