Study Communication in Cagli, Italy this Summer.
For the eighth summer, Gonzaga University’s Master’s in Communication and Leadership Program is offering its Summer International/Intercultural Multi-Media Institute. The Program begins in Florence, Italy and then moves into the beautiful, medieval, Appenine Mountain village of Cagli, where students in the Cagli Project are assigned to teams and develop multi-media storytelling projects. Time is spent in class, in the field researching and producing stories, and in the lab completing assignments and coordinating the elements of each story. This year there are five specific course modules: Intercultural Communication, Italian language and culture (these modules include Journaling), Profile Writing, Photography, and Digital Design. The Program ends in the development of a website, the creation of a book, and a closing exhibition on the main Piazza.
Because of the setting of this program, students will have a unique opportunity to learn how to access a foreign culture and to acquire practical language skills rapidly by using an immersion technique. The ability to assimilate quickly and to hone in on another culture’s values are indispensable tools for anyone preparing for a career in a field where globalization and intercultural communication are becoming increasingly important. At the micro level, students will learn how “to read” another culture on its own terms — thereby eliminating cultural bias. At the macro level, students will be ready to become facilitators in the intercultural dialogue that the modern world requires. This program is open to graduating seniors and graduate students. Free weekend travel and a day-trip to Urbino There are two sessions: June 21- July 7 and July 9 – July 25. For details go to coml.gonzaga.edu or contact:
Dr. John Caputo,
Chair and Walter Ong, S.J., Scholar
Gonzaga University
caputo@gonzaga.edu
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