Summer Study Abroad in Cremolino, Italy
The Department of Landscape Architecture offers a six-week summer program at Villa Casa Wallace in Cremolino, Italy. Landscape Architecture students must have completed their first two design studios and have at least a 2.5 GPA to be eligible to apply. The six-credit design studio may be used as a substitute for six credits of the third-year design studio and the Italian Hill Towns and Urban Centers course may be used as a substitute for Arch 483: Urban Theory (Landscape Architecture majors only.)

Summer 2008
Dates of Program: June 4 - July 15, 2008

The Landscape Architecture Department in partnership with Casa Wallace will offer a 6 week Summer Program at the Casa Wallace Vineyard in Cremolino, Italy. Cremolino is located in the Piedmont region of Northern Italy with the cities of Genoa, Turin and Milan within easy distance by train. Casa Wallace is situated in an idyllic landscape of rolling hills, vineyards and deciduous forests with the ancient Roman city of Acqui Terme only 10 minutes away by car. Students attending the program will reside and study at the villa while participating in a number of field trips throughout Italy and the Piedmont region. Students may take up to 11 credits hours of course work.

Program Courses
Landscape Architecture Summer Studio; 6 credits Italian Hill Towns; 3 credits The Italian Experience; 2 credits Total Credits;  11 credits

LArc 364 Landscape Architecture Summer Studio: An intermediate level landscape architecture design studio exploring the relationships between urban form, community and the landscape with a focus on landscape architecture and the bioregional landscape. The historical villages and landscapes of the Piedmont region of northern Italy provide an excellent context for exploring the relationship between site planning, landscape ecology, and social and economic sustainability. (Landscape Architecture students may elect to substitute this studio for either LArc 356/357, LArc 361/362 or a 6-credit combination any of two of these four, 8-week studios.

LArc 390 Italian Hill Towns and Urban Centers: A readings, lecture and field trip course to study the Italian hill town as a resource for understanding the foundations and morphology of urban form and the relationship between landscape and community. Students will attend lectures and take three extended field trips to Piedmont, Liguria, Tuscany, Umbria and Lazio, visiting significant cities such as Lucca, Florence, Siena, Genoa, Milan, Cinque Terre and Rome in addition to a number of hill towns noted for their place in the history of the Italian landscape.

LArc 382 The Italian Experience:  Landscape, Language and Tradition: This course emphasizes the relationship between the regional landscape, language and sense of place. Students will study the Italian language under the tutelage of an Italian language instructor, utilizing the institutions, hill towns, gardens, historic sites and markets of the regional Piedmont communities of Ovada, Cremolino and Acqui Terme as a source for developing beginning Italian language skills. Students will also receive weekly instruction from experts in the historical traditions of regional Italian cuisine.

Guest Faculty and Professionals
Guest faculty from other programs and professional landscape architects participate in the program and provide studio critique and additional evening lectures. Faculty from the University of Genoa and planners from the cities of Ovada and Acqui Terme assist in teaching as well.

Estimated Program Costs
Costs for the Summer 2007 program were as follows. (These may vary for the 2008 program depending on changes to university fees and the value of the Dollar against the Euro. 2008 estimated costs will be posted shortly.)

Program and Housing Cost;  $2750*

Field Trip Fee;  1,000**

Summer Tuition and Fees;  $2200 (For 11 credit hours; LArc 390 is optional)

International Program Fee;  $100

Estimated Airfare;  $1,200

Estimated Spending;  $800

*Includes Bed/Breakfast, weekly laundry service, Internet access, cooking classes and evening cultural events

**Includes all field trip hotels, train and bus fares as well as required museum and garden entrance fees.

Application
Students must apply for the program through the University of Idaho International Program’s Office. A minimum GPA of 2.5 is required. If numbers succeed capacity, students will be prioritized based on GPA.

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Scholarships and Financial Aid

Scholarships for study abroad are available through the University of Idaho International Programs Office.  Students are encouraged to apply for these scholarships and to seek other forms of financial aid through their Financial Aid Office. Please remember to fill out your FASFA forms online by the required deadline.

Transportation and Arrival
Students are responsible for arranging their own air travel to and from Italy and should fly into the Malpensa Airport in Milan Italy. Travel takes about 2 1/2 hours by train from Milan to Casa Wallace and the hill town of Cremolino. Students arriving at the Malpensa Airport before 4:00 PM on June 3 will be met by a Casa Wallace van and taken directly to the villa. Students arriving after this time or on other days will be required to take the train from Milan to the Prasco/Cremolino train station on their own. The program begins on June 4 with a half-day orientation. The program finishes on July 15. Do not make air travel arrangements to leave Italy before July 16.

More Information
To receive a DVD of the Landscape Architecture Summer Program In Italy, and program updates, please contact Krystal Flack.