STEP ONE:
REVIEW UPDATES

COURSE ANNOUNCEMENTS

COURSE NUMBER CHANGE:

Numbers for the following courses have changed. Course syllabus, requirements, and expectations have not changed.

• HOA/ARC 437 - Renaissance Architecture in Italy: 1400-1600 (formerly HOA 400.2/ARC 300.2)

• NSD 452 - Mediterranean Food and Culture: A Florence Experience (can no longer be registered for history credit as HST 300)

ADDITIONAL SECTIONS:

Due to high demand, additional sections have been added to the updated Schedule of Classes for these courses: 

• ANT 300.2 - Food, Culture and Identity meets MW 11:15-12:45

• CRS 383.2/LIT 300.2 - Rhetoric in Popular Culture: Italian Popular Culture meets MW 1:30-3:00

• HOA 320.4 - Italian Renaissance Art meets TTh 9:15-10:45

If your priority is to take one of the above courses, note that you may need to re-work your schedule in order to do so.

COURSE CANCELLATIONS

Due to insufficient interest, the following courses will not be offered this spring:

• ECN 361.2 - Economics of European Integration (Th 3:30-6:30) NOTE: students originally interested in this course are encouraged to enroll in the other section, ECN 361.1

• HOA 200.1 - Modernism and After: 20th Century European Art

• PSC 451 - Italian Politics: Laboratory of Populism

• SOM 354 - Managing in a Global Setting

COURSES IN HIGH DEMAND

Based on information from submitted Student Advising Forms, some courses are likely to reach capacity and close during registration. Be sure to have some alternative classes identified (and even placed in your Shopping Cart in MySlice), in case a class you would like to take is closed when you register. If you need to re-work your schedule, we've identified other courses to consider.

Listed below are classes with demand at or near capacity (this should NOT be interpreted as a complete list of all classes that may close):

• ANT 300 - Food, Culture and Identity (both sections) - NOTE: we have opened a second section meeting MW 11:15-12:45

• CRS 383/LIT 300 - Italian Popular Culture (both sections) - NOTE: we have opened a second section meeting MW 1:30-3:00

• FST 300 - Vine to Table: Italian Wines in Context (all sections)

• HOA/HST 300/CRS 360 - History of Fashion (both sections)

• HOA 320 – Italian Renaissance Art (all sections); consider another HOA listed on our Schedule of Classes as an alternative

• HST/SPM 300.1 - Sports History and Culture TTh 1:30-3:00pm section - NOTE: there are likely to be open seats in section 2 meeting TTh 3:30-5 pm

• HST 418/SOC 418 The Italian Mafia (both sections) 

• NSD 452.1 Mediterranean Food and Culture: Florence Experience MW 3:30-5:00 section - NOTE: there may be open seats in the section 2 meeting MW 5:15-6:45pm

• PSY 376.1 Why Good People Do Terrible Things TTh 3:30-5:00 section - NOTE: there are likely to be open seats in section 2 meeting TTh 5:15-6:45

• ITA 101 sections meeting at 11:00 am NOTE: there are seats for all in these required language courses but you may need to register for an 8:30 section (see more below under Register for Italian)

• NOTE for Studio courses: for Spring 2024, most studio art courses are expected to be filled by Studio Arts Program students. Other students interested in taking one of these courses may have an opportunity to add after arrival in Florence, pending availability.

SPECIAL PROGRAM REGISTRATION

• Architecture Program Students

Be sure you have completed the ITA placement survey/exam AND have no holds preventing registration!

You will be administratively registered for your required classes:

• ARC 407/408

• ARC 571

• ARC elective assigned by your School of ARCH advisor

• ITA language

• CAS 200.1

• Studio Arts Program Students

The following are courses that will likely fill due to high interest:

• ARI 261 Painting Studio I

• ARI 361 Painting Studio II/ARI 400.1 Advanced Painting

CREDIT LIMIT

During online registration, MySlice will not allow you to register for more than 17 credits of Florence courses. If you attempt to, you will receive the error message “Maximum term student unit load exceeded.” If you need to register for more than this typical course load, email the Florence Academic Team PRIOR to the start of online registration to explain your academic need for a heavy load during an abroad semester.

REGISTRATION RESTRICTIONS

1. Enrollment priority for the following courses goes to Food Studies, Nutrition Science, and related majors who may register for no more than two. Non-majors should not register for more than one course:

• • FST 300 - Vine to Table: Italian Wines in Context (any section)

  • FST 402 - Feeding the City: Urban Food Systems

  • NSD 452 - Mediterranean Food and Culture: Florence Experience (any section)

2. Students may not register for both of the following courses, since similar content is covered in each:

3. • ANT 300 - Food, Culture and Identity (either section)

   • NSD 452 – Mediterranean Food and Culture: Florence Experience (any section)

3. Plan to register for only one of these introductory art history courses:

• HOA 203 – Italian Arts from Antiquity to Michelangelo (any section)

• HOA 320 – Italian Renaissance Art (any section)

4. Students may not register for both of these art history courses, since similar content is covered in each:

• HOA 320 – Italian Renaissance Art (any section)

• HOA 424 – Sixteenth Century Italian Art and Identity

Students who disregard these directives will be dropped from the additional restricted course (MySlice will not prevent you from registering for more than one of these courses).

Other courses are open only to students admitted to Florence Special Programs as noted on the Schedule of Classes.

ITALIAN LANGUAGE REGISTRATION

Study of Italian language is a program requirement. Note that your ITA registration level and time slot is subject to review and confirmation before classes start in January. Many more of you requested 11 am sections of ITA 101 than there are seats available. If your preferred time slot is full when you register, select an alternative section meeting at 8:30 am. Our office can only assist with requests to get into a closed 11 am section if you have a conflict with other required courses preventing you from taking both MW and TTH 8:30 sections.

How to Register for your Required ITA Class(es)

1.  Matriculated Syracuse University students: If you have not taken ITA at SU, be sure you have taken the online placement exam/survey. If you don’t do this first, you will not be able to register for ITA!

2.  If you are at the beginning levels (equivalent of fewer than 2 semesters of college-level Italian), will you also take the optional 2-credit companion Community and Culture class?

• If yes, be sure to register for the level that corresponds to your 4-cr course:

o   ITA 117 is the companion course to ITA 101

o   ITA 118 is the companion course to ITA 102

COURSE FEES

Many courses get you out of the classroom and into museums and cultural centers where you will view or experience what you are studying. Some of these courses carry fees for study tours, site visits, activities, or supplies that are an integral part of the course. Please carefully review the course fee sheet and also share it with your parents/guardians if they are financially responsible for your fees.

If you register for any course with a mandatory study tour, you must participate in this field study. Do not plan personal travel until you get to Florence and know when you may be required to take part in any class-related study tours, all-program trips, make-up classes, exam periods, and other academic commitments.

SCHEDULE ADJUSTMENT

You will have an opportunity to make changes to your registration—drop and add classes—online starting in early January. Details will be available in December.