<p>D is looking for a summer program in Italy with an art/design/architecture focus and where classes are taught in English.</p>
<p>The Syracuse programs were too cold ("pre" architecture) or too hot (for 4th year students pursuing a prof degree in arch)</p>
<p>The URoch prgm looks just about right. </p>
<p>Any other suggestions?</p>
<p>Thanks in advance.</p>
<p>If your d can do study abroad for a semester (not summer), you may want to check out Wells College program at Lorenzo de Medici Institute in Florence. Courses are in English and they had an extensive list of classes in the arts/design and I think architecture too as well as the social sciences, communication etc.
My d is student at Cornell, but they accepted the Wells/deMedici program.
You might be able to check de Medici directly to see if they have a summer classes (I think they do) but you may have to make arrangements with the school directly- I know Wells only has a fall/spring semester program.</p>
<p>My d absolutely loved studying in Florence for the semester.</p>
<p>My daughter just spent 6 weeks in Florence. She attends RIT (graphic design major) and did the Arcadia pgm. I know they have other summer programs in Italy because she considered the Rome program but preferred the Art History/Michelangelo course in Florence (Accademia Italiana - a design school). She also took a photography class. Florence is a smaller, more manageable city - she could walk to everything. Her apt was very close to the school. There were sightseeing trips offered every weekend. Her classes counted toward her major and were taugnt in English. I believe they have an intensive design program also but that is taught in Italian and my d doesn't speak Italian.</p>
<p>WUSTL's art and architecture school has a summer program in Florence which is open to students from other schools. My daughter took a photography class a couple of summers ago, and enjoyed it immensely. She found the course to be much less intense than similar courses taken at WUSTL, with ample opportunities for appreciating the art of Florence and traveling to other parts of Italy.</p>