Battalion/Page 3
March 2, 1982
n Ea^tudies in Italy
offered in summer
by Julie Farrar
Battalion Reporter
A study abroad program that
ill allow students to visit Italy’s
ia ny cultural centers and
multaneously earn course cre-
it is being offered this summer.
“We feel it’s important for an
[dividual in today’s society to
av e an international experi-
' ' nC e,” Dr. Dan MacGilvray,
/ ssistanl dean of the College of
’ architecture and Enviornmen-
il Design, said.
MacGilvray is coordinator of
five-week program in Italy
fferedMay 15 through June 18
^ ) undergraduate students. The
c rogiain is sponsored by the
? lollege of Liberal Arts in con-
> , iration with the College of
' Lrchitecture.
Students who participate may
egister for courses in English,
istory, philosophy and en-
ironmental design. Each stu-
ent must take at least two
burses and will receive six
loins credit, he said.
Bffhe focus of the courses will
icon the Renaissance period, he
> take off an aid. since much of what is stu-
eak’*” *' ec ^ t0(la y ev °l vet * from forms
nd ideas developed during this
ime
“ 4'The English courses will in-
lude the study of novels and
Bry as well as music and thea-
er that originated during this
>eriod in Italy, MacGilvray said.
The history courses offered
will emphasize the life and
works of Italian scientists, while
the philosophy courses will con
sider developments of thought
and man’s relationship to the
world, he said.
Environmental design stu
dents will concentrate on the
sculptures, murals and architec
ture of Italy as well as the works
of great artists there.
All students will take the same
tours, no matter in which course
they are enrolled, MacGilvray
said, because the courses are all
interrelated. Many students may
choose to take the philosophy of
art along with the history of art,
he said. Any two courses like
these will complement each
other and give the student a
broader view of the subject.
W’hile in Italy, students and
faculty will stay at the La Pogger-
ina monastery in Figline, Italy,
near Florence. The monastery,
also known as the Italart Study
Center, will provide excellent
living accommodations and clas
sroom environments, MacGil
vray said.
“Students will be exposed to
all the faculty members, he said,
since they will live and work in
the same place,” MacGilvray
said. "1 here will be all sorts of
opportunities for interaction
that you don’t have on campus.’
Estimated cost of the trip is
students
Peru
from $2,100 to $2,300, he said.
Phis includes air fare, excur
sions, room, board, tuition and a
small amount for personal ex
penses.
So far, about 20 people have
paid a $200 deposit and 15 more
are expected to do so soon, he
said.
“If we get 30 people and they
all take two courses, then we ll
have enough to go,” he said.
Financial aid will be available
through the Financial Aid
Office for eligible students, he
said. Short-term loans of $750
are available to anyone, but must
be paid back within one year,
MacGilvray said.
Students who are interested
should inquire at the Financial
Aid Office as soon as possible, he
said.
Students normally register
for classes in study abroad prog
rams when they would be regis
tering for summer school clas
ses, but since the group will leave
on May 15, before summer
school registration starts, a spe
cial registration will be arranged
during late April, he said.
by Debbie Schard
Battalion Reporter
College credit and a chance to
study abroad are being offered
to students in the College of
Agriculture this summer.
The Department of Agricul
tural Education is sponsoring a
trip to Peru for junior and
senior students who are in
terested in international agricul
tural development.
The three credit hour field
experiences course involves
travel to Peru “to examine agri
cultural developing efforts in a
developing country,” Dr. Gary
Briers, associate professor in
agricultural education, said.
I he trip, which will cost ab
out $1,200 including food, air
fare and accommodations, will
leave Houston May 15, arriving
in Lima, Peru the next day. Stu
dents will return to Houston
May 29.
While in Peru, students will
stay in Lima, Huancayo, Tarma
and San Ramon. Field trips have
been arranged to the National
Agrarian University in La Moli
na and Cuzco, which is near the
lost city of the Incas.
Enrollment in the program is
limited to 15. Students in
terested in the trip should con
tact Briers at 845-2951 for
further details. -
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Rry as well as music and thea- opportunities for interaction have enough to go, he said. tering tor summ
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JI £3(4i Bod in Italy, MacGilvray said. Estimated cost of the trip is through the Financial Aid on May 15, bt
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M° their % Battalion Reporter
'ents before - A group of high school stu-
170. debts will leave for Italy on June
swears tlul as part of an overseas study
such things program co-sponsored by the
nist newspapff e p as A&M Gifted and
finer driien Talented Institute and the Gen-
ter tor free Enterprise,
g governmerJ* The q TI established in
1980, provides educational ser-
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Allende wa' school-age youth who have out-
), it was by ^standing academic and creative
ntransigencf abilities. The institute offers
onsulting us# ram i n g for professionals in-
' own initiatflB es ■ * n l he education of
vinced as well l as !' e -
. . „„„ search opportunities in the edu-
'' I cationofthe gifted and talented,
s own couptjl? “\y e w iii off er a three-week
program in June for about 15
lent later saidhigh-ability high school students
; military wa iilt grades nine through 12,” Dr.
1973, the da;'W illiam Nash, director of the
also heard i Gifted and Talented Institute,
lers were g s . a ' c *’ conjunction with that, a
y did nol four-hour undergraduate field
?rybody, ind
tide’s govern
; other things^
ion rate upH
experience course, Educational
Psychology 484, will he offered
for about the same number of
undergraduate students, he
said.
The undergraduate students
will attend the Italy program
with the high school students,
help with the instruction and su
pervision of the students and get
experience working with high-
ability young people in the pro
cess, Nash said.
Texas A&M University stu
dents who are accepted for the
program will spend the first
four days in classes preparing
for the trip, Nancy Roberts, in
structor and program coordina
tor, said.
During that week, Roberts
plans to discuss the various
methods of identifying a gifted
child and how to develop prog
rams suited to the needs of the
high-ability student.
While in Florence, the group
will stay in a villa near the La
Poggerina monastery, she said.
Total cost of the overseas seg
ment is $1,800, which includes
round-trip air fare, food, lodg
ing and trips around Italy, she
said. Registration and fees are
not included.
The entire program will run
from June 1 to June 26, she said,
and students will register on
May 31.
In a kind of buddy system,
each undergraduate will be
assigned to one high school stu
dent, she said.
The students will visit art gal
leries, museums and industries
and factories such as shoe and
leather factories, a glass factory
and artisan workshops. Side
trips are also planned to Assisi
and Venice, she said.
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