The Rome Internship Program offers BYU students the opportunity to live and work in the Eternal City, gaining cultural and professional competencies that will prepare them for life after the university. Intermediate and advanced students of Italian may request internships in their individual fields of interest. Past interns have worked in marketing, engineering, athletic training, cinedubbing, museums, a dental clinic, and with refugees teaching English and Italian. To supplement this intensive work experience, the program also offers a weekly refresher language course, two cooking classes, and a guided study of Italian history, art, and architecture with once-a-week visits to the catacombs, Colosseum, Roman Forum, Galleria Borghese, St. Peter’s, the Sistine Chapel, and a 3-day stay in Florence where we will climb to the top of the Duomo, and see the David, the Uffizi, Palazzo Pitti, and Boboli Gardens.
Rome Internship
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DATES
Spring Term: 25 April – 17 June 2022 (8 weeks)
HOUSING
Housing in Rome will be with Italian families, preferably with 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.
COURSES
Students will be enrolled for a minimum of six credit hours during the program in the following courses (both of which count toward the requirements for a major/minor in Italian):
REQUIRED:
ITAL 363 – Italian culture (3 credit hours)
ITAL 399R – Academic Internship: Italian Language Field Experience (3 credit hours)
Participants may not take any other courses on this program, including BYU Online courses, without approval by the program director and ISP.
COST
$6,000-6,500
Includes BYU Latter-day Saint undergraduate tuition, housing, breakfast and dinner, and international health insurance coverage. It also includes a 3-day stay in Florence as well as all museum entrances in Rome and Florence.
Does not include international airfare, some meals (lunch), personal expenses, or passport.
TRAVEL
Students are responsible for purchasing their own airfare to and from the program. Airfare reservations must be made through BYU Travel. Students should contact a BYU Travel agent.
BYU Travel
801-422-6293 | travel@byu.edu | 280 HRCB
PREPARATION
Students must have completed ITAL 201 prior to departure for the program.
Accepted students are required to participate in HCOLL 396R sec 2 for 1 credit hour, an international preparation course held Thursdays from 5:00 to 6:50 p.m. during second block of winter semester.
Accompanying spouses of students 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.
All participants are required to show proof of complete COVID-19 vaccination (including booster) at least two weeks prior to departure.
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 ISP application and who have a current FAFSA form on file at the Financial Aid Office (A-41 ASB) will be considered for a Study Abroad scholarship.
Academic departments and colleges may assist with scholarships and grants. Private grants and scholarships outside of BYU may also assist (see kennedy.byu.edu/scholarships).
The College of Humanities may have funding specifically for majors in that college. Please check with Jennifer Haraguchi for details.
APPLICATION PROCESS
Students must be adults 18 years of age or older.
Complete the online application at kennedy.byu.edu/apply
The application requires a $35 fee.
Applicants will be interviewed once the application is complete.
Students will be notified via e-mail of their acceptance into the program.
The first payment is due upon acceptance. Please refer to the 2022 Payment Information document (see kennedy.byu.edu/isp-forms/ISPpayments2022.pdf).
Deadline: 10 December 2021
FACULTY
Jennifer Haraguchi, associate professor of Italian in the French and Italian Department, is the faculty 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
PROGRAM ADJUSTMENTS
International Study Programs (ISP) reserves the right to cancel this program, revise its offerings, or make any adjustments to the preliminary cost. If it becomes necessary for ISP to cancel a program, all program payments made to BYU ISP will be refunded to the student’s BYU financial account. ISP is the only office authorized to cancel any of its programs.