All undergraduate students are required to take a minimum of 12 Florence-based credits.
Those on the Signature Seminar will need to enroll in an additional 12 credits, aside from the Seminar.
Due to Italian immigration requirements, you may not drop below 12 credits at any point during the semester.
You may not enroll in more than 19 total credits without approval from your home college (visiting students seek approval from Syracuse Abroad); registration over 19 credits is subject to additional per-credit tuition charges.
All undergraduate students are required to take the following:
CAS 200.1 – Mapping Italy: This one-credit class begins online before your arrival in Florence and will continue asynchronously during the semester.
This 1 credit course will be added to your schedule before online registration begins.
Italian Language or Literature course(s): 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 11am 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 8:30am. 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 8:30am sections.
1. Matriculated Syracuse University students: If you have not taken a college level ITA course, 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 or intermediate levels, 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
o ITA 217 is the companion course to ITA 201
o ITA 218 is the companion course to ITA 202
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.
If you have requested to do an internship then you will be administratively registered for BPS 400 - The Global Workplace: Intercultural Communication and Change (1-3 credits). The course meets for one hour a week, EITHER on Mondays or Wednesdays from 2-3pm, regardless of your internship placement or hours. You will be placed into one of these sections and notified before online registration. You will then need to enroll for an additional 12 credits to ensure you will still be full-time should you later opt to drop the internship. If you no longer wish to do an internship, please email us before registration opens so we can drop you from this course.
Architecture Program Students
Be sure you have completed the ITA placement survey/exam AND have no holds preventing registration!
You will register online for your Italian language course and Architecture elective (or alternative course). You will be administratively registered for your other required classes prior to the registration period:
ARC 407
ARC 571
CAS 200.1
Design 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 DES classes in the upcoming week:
IND 481
DES 304
Your preferred DES elective
CAS 200.1
You will complete your schedule by registering yourself for ITA language and any additional courses during the online registration period.
Engineering Program Students
Be sure you have completed the ITA placement survey/exam AND have no holds preventing registration!
You will be administratively registered for CAS 200.1 and your required Engineering specific courses in the upcoming week, according to your CPF submission. You will complete your schedule by registering yourself for your ITA language course and any additional courses during the online registration period.
Studio Arts Program Students
Be sure to enroll in 2-3 studio courses, your ITA language course, and any Florence Center course(s) to fill your schedule.
The following are studio courses that may fill due to high interest:
ARI 280.3 Printmaking I
ARI 280.4 Serigraphy
ARI 280.6 Creative Jewelry TTh 9:15-12:00
ARI 280.7 Creative Jewelry TTh 1:00-3:45
ARI 333 Drawing II: Representation to Conceptualization/ARI 467 Experimental Advanced Drawing
ARI 361 Painting Studio II/ARI 400.1 Advanced Painting
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