GEO: Siena - Study Abroad Programs in Siena

Individual programs available to non-UO students include:

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  Social Media and Marketing in Siena: This program will explore the topics of marketing and social media marketing in Siena, Italy, using the wine and tourism industries of Tuscany to illustrate classroom topics. You will take advantage of experiential learning opportunities offered through comparative studies and excursions to locations in and around Siena and the Tuscan region.

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  Studio Art in Siena: Siena: City as Subject is an introductory drawing course that focuses on expressive approaches to rendering architectural and landscape imagery. You will develop the fundamental techniques and concepts of linear perspective, observational drawing, and modeled lighting with traditional materials. Throughout the program the instructor will introduce and discuss visual examples of historically relevant principles and concepts that you will explore in your drawings. Weekly demonstrations connect specific materials and techniques to studio-based exercises, while comprehensive projects encourage you to construct personal perspectives of the unique city that surrounds you. Studio exercises and individualized projects emphasize spatial illusion and personal expression. Sketching and drawing the historic architecture and terrain of Siena, participating in local cultural events, and attending the Venice Biennale enhance classroom study.

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  Food and Culture in Siena: The Siena Food and Culture program allows you to develop fuller understandings of complex food-related issues and gain new insights into the ways in which food mediates social, political, environmental, cultural and economic processes. You will study Italian food and culture in the contexts of Siena and Tuscany, famous for their beautiful landscapes, quality of cuisine and wine, and as the birthplace of the agritourism movement. All courses are taught in English; there is no language requirement and the program is open to all majors.

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  Italian Language and Culture in Siena: Combine the study of Italian language (for absolute beginners to advanced) with courses in fields including anthropology, art history, communications, economics, food and culture, history and political science. You can elect to enroll in Italian semi-intensive language courses for 50 contact hours at the beginning, intermediate or advanced levels. You will enroll in the intercultural communications (ICC) course and, combined with a community placement, can elect to earn service learning credit. If you opt to enroll in service learning, you can select from a variety of opportunities, including placements at a pottery arts program for the disabled, a day care center, an elementary school, the Social and Rescue Services or with a retirement center. In addition to Italian language and the ICC course, you can enroll in one to three additional courses offered on-site to round out your Italian cultural experience. In addition to the GEO courses offered on-site, you can also opt to enroll in an extra-curricular Italian cooking course (for an additional fee).

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  Pre-Business in Siena : This program is designed to help you fulfill potential pre-business and general education requirements. The statistics and economics courses are geared to meet the basic concepts needed to fulfill introductory statistics requirements for pre-business and economics majors. In many cases, these courses may also fulfill campus degree requirements in math and or science as well as social sciences. The Cross-Cultural Communications course is required along with these two courses