This travel program will help participants develop an understanding of historical and contemporary cities through the example of Venice. The program will present site as a key cultural determinant, so studies will focus on relationships between Venetian history, geography, culture, architecture and art.
The program offers a 9-credit, 5-week study-abroad experience satisfying the Hammons School of Architecture study-abroad requirement. Non-majors and HSA students who have had the requirement waived due to the Covid-19 pandemic (graduating classes of 2023-25) would have the option of attending a shortened 3-week (Venice only) version of this trip, but may also opt for the full 5-weeks (contact program faculty for more information about the 3-week option).
The 5-week program will also satisfy 9 of the 12 required hours for the International Immersion themed certificate. Students seeking this certificate will also need to take (on-campus) SOCI 360 Community Studies either before or after the trip
3 credit hours
In this internationally based course, specific study-abroad locations will be examined through disciplined observation, recording, and analysis of the diversity of practices, customs, histories, spatial organizations, and artistic production apparent in the particular study-abroad location. Students will employ written, graphic, and/or artistic methods appropriate to their major field(s) of study in order to observe and present responds to a given location and culture.
In this internationally based course, students will develop foundational knowledge and understanding of how specific study-abroad locations are shaped by significant social, cultural, and historical forces and events. Particular emphasis will be given to examining how contemporary place-based qualities connect to broader historical contexts and cultural customs.
Prerequisites: FUSE 320, FUSE 350, GREE 101; or FUSE 320, FUSE 350, FREN 101; or SOCI 360, FUSE 320, FUSE 350; or, PHIL 316, HIST 205, ENGL 212; or HIST 273, PLSC 312, RELG 202; or HIST 223, FREN 102, FREN 201. This course will allow students to engage their study-abroad experience and coursework to respond to focused issues relevant to the study-abroad location and culture. Students will devise project-based responses expressed through written and/or creative projects.
Dates of Travel:
Students depart US individually or in groups as arranged by students – Friday May 27, 2022
Students arrive in Venice, met by faculty for move-ins to apartments – Saturday May 28
Classes begin – Monday May 30
Final class meeting – Friday July 1
Students free to extend travels or return to US – Saturday July 2
Program fee: $4,610
Program fees include program housing, program-related travel, museum and site entry fees, group events, supplemental health insurance coverage, administration fees, and faculty expenses.
Estimated Tuition and Fees (9 credit hours): $3,037
Estimated Personal Expenses: $3,610
Personal expenses include roundtrip airfare to Venice, daily spending on food and other items. These figures may vary depending on individual spending habits, variation in cost of flights, passport fees, etc.
Total estimated cost for five-week program: $11,257
Please note that this program will only run if a sufficient number of students apply. Costs are current estimates and may be revised prior to 1 April 2022.
Program Fee Payment Deadlines
Initial Deposit of $400 due by Friday 1 October 2021
Remaining Program Fee Balance (minus deposit) due by Friday 1 February 2022
Enrollment in the program is limited and is based on good academic standing with the Dean of Students office and payment of deposit. Payments can be made by check, made out to Drury University (please add “Venice/Amsterdam 2022/Weddle” on memo line) and paid in the Business office in Burnham 100, or on-line through your My Drury account. Be sure you receive a receipt.
Refunds (of deposits only) will be available for students for an illness certified by a doctor or for a family emergency. Students may transfer their position to another student, but only with permission of the instructors.
For more information, please contact:
Dr. Robert Weddle
Professor of Architecture
rweddle@drury.edu
(417) 873-7450
Dr. Saundra Weddle
Professor of Architecture
sweddle@drury.edu
(417) 873-7437
