Gustolab International

OVERVIEW

This program may be delivered in a virtual learning environment due to COVID-19. Read the program overview.

During this unique interdisciplinary program, you can take up to five academic courses. The courses focus on the critical study of culture, systems and politics of food in Italy. Specifically, you will study the food culture of Italy, food media and communications, architecture of ancient Rome, art history, social dynamics, economy, and the language and culture of Italy. Learn more about our courses.

HIGHLIGHTS

• Open to students and professionals
• Possibility to choose among various courses taught by local professors holding a Ph.D., professionals in the field as well as professional instructors
• Add on a virtual academic internship for an extra fee
• Take part in unique virtual activities during your online courses
• Get the support of a learning facilitator who will provide cross-cultural education and mediation.
  
• Support to petition for credits
• Tuition fee includes:  instruction and materials, virtual activities, orientation.

OVERVIEW

This 4-week program gives students the opportunity to learn and experience the Italian culture through courses that focus on food systems and sustainability. For example, topics range from the critical analysis on food systems and sustainable agriculture, to how culture and ethnicity affect dietary practices and nutrition, to the use of media and storytelling to communicate food and sustainable practices, to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), to developing literacy and understand policies related to food waste.

The courses offer unique co-curricular opportunities that include a 3-day overnight field school to the south of Italy, visits to farms and food businesses, meeting with food producers, and tastings..Go to all courses page

You have the opportunity to add a 4-week summer academic internship in various locations throughout Italy.

HIGHLIGHTS

• Choose up to 3 courses.
• Experiential activities, practicums, overnight field studies, meetings with specialists and experts
• Shared housing in furnished apartments in the city center
• Group airport pickup and transfer, check-in support, housing orientation
• A learning facilitator to support students in their new life studying abroad and to provide cross-cultural education and mediation.
• Safety and Wellness support
• An interdisciplinary program that fosters dialogue among students from different fields of study and backgrounds.

OVERVIEW

The study of food is a new and interdisciplinary field linking ecology with the biological, social, and cultural sciences. It is best augmented by extended sojourns in rich and different learning environments – settings where students can observe and reflect upon differences in ecology and culture between their homes and this new place they have entered. GLi has pioneered use of the Italian peninsula as a natural laboratory for providing students with such a learning environment. In GLi’s programs, the integration of coursework, fieldwork, and projects affords participants a unique perspective for engaging Italy. This engagement is driven by personal experience in markets, neighborhoods, and rural areas as well as reflection on important and timely academic issues. For our fall program, these focus on issues of sustainability. This study program will assist students in understanding sustainable food supply chains in Italy through the study of its markets, products and processes. Go to all courses page

HIGHLIGHTS

• Possibility to choose among various course configurations, including an academic internship
• Experiential activities, practicums, overnight field studies, meetings with specialists and experts
• Shared housing in furnished apartments in the city center
• Group airport pickup and transfer, check-in support, housing orientation
• A learning facilitator to support students in their new life studying abroad and to provide cross-cultural education and mediation.
• Safety and Wellness support
• An interdisciplinary program that fosters dialogue among students from different fields of study and backgrounds.

Explore the possibility of doing a fantastic customized internship in any field. Would you like to gain skills working in a new culture? Want to expand your network? Do you have to do an internship for your school? Are you thinking of switching majors or careers and want to try interning in a specific sector before doing so? Do you have a passion that you want to explore? Curious about a specific sector in Italy and want to learn more about it? Our Academic Internships include a research and language component. The placements are in Rome and in other parts of Italy such as Emilia Romagna, Calabria, Campania, Sicily. Learn more.