Study Abroad Opportunities
Summer 2023 Opportunities
- CofC in Italy-Spoleto: Memoir and Travel Writing | May 18-June 9, 2023*
- View program here
- Apply by February 15
- Courses:
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ENGL 339: Advanced Creative Writing
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ENGL 370: Special Topics: Major Literary Genres
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For over a decade, students from the College of Charleston have spent parts of May and June in Spoleto, Italy—a hilltop town with ancient roots, great food, and gorgeous views—studying and practicing the art of autobiography and travel writing. The two courses offered provide credits toward the College's general education requirement and they also fulfill English major/minor credits.
The program fee includes transport to Spoleto from the Rome airport and back, apartment-style accommodations with a shared bedroom (separate beds) at Villa Tota in downtown Spoleto, a crash course in Italian language and culture, an all-inclusive three-day drip to Florence filled with food and cultural experiences, a day-trip to Assisi, explorations of Spoleto and its environs, a winery experience, truffle-hunting, a cooking class with a master chief, three formal group dinners, and some additional meals and snacks along the way: gelato! pizza on the terrace!
English Majors have studied abroad in many different countries including:
| UK | Havanna, Cuba | Dublin, Ireland |
| Greece | Italy | Santiago, Chile |
| India | Thailand | Tangier, Morocco |
| Russia | France | Japan, Various Cities |
| Spain | New Zealand | Bocas del Toro, Panama |
| Australia | Belize | Poland and Germany |
| Netherlands | Ghana | Cambodia and Vietnam |