Professor Michael DeAngelis is teaching his annual MCS Study Abroad course in Rome this summer!
Rome Film Studies Program
Summer: June 22 – July 30, 2015
Application Deadline: February 1, 2015
Program Overview:
Spend your summer in Rome in this exciting and popular program, now in its 5th year! Study how Italian culture and identity are portrayed through films from such classics as Bicycle Thieves and Roman Holiday to contemporary works like La Grande Bellezza, last year’s winner of the Academy Award for Best Foreign Film. Visits to Roman film sets, locations, and studios illuminate how cinema uses setting to shape our experience of a city, a nation, and its culture. Workshops and discussions with acclaimed film industry representatives provide an insider perspective on the Italian filmmaking process. The program includes a survival Italian course, a trip to Bologna for a major film festival, a weekend excursion to Florence and Tuscany, and a day at a beach on the Mediterranean Sea.
Courses and Credits:
Students enroll in two Media & Cinema Studies courses for a total of 8 credit hours.
Spaces of Cinema in Rome (MCS 251/DC 395, Prof. Michael DeAngelis) integrates film screenings and site visits to investigate how cinema shapes our perception of historical and cultural space. The sites include the Coliseum, the Pantheon, the Baths of Caracalla, and several Roman neighborhoods.
Contemporary Italian Culture through Film (MCS 252, Prof. Carolina Ciampaglia) focuses upon contemporary filmmakers who use cinema to comment upon national issues such as organized crime, immigration and emigration, transformations of family structure, and the social problems facing younger generations. The course features presentations by famous film directors, screenwriters, editors, actors, and actresses, along with guest lectures by cultural historians.
The courses fulfill Liberal Studies requirements in Junior Year Experiential Learning, Arts & Literature, and Self, Society and the Modern World. They also count towards the new International Communication minor offered by the College of Communication.
Students elect final projects in film/video production, screenwriting, photojournalism, media analysis, or cultural studies. All projects are tailored to students’ individual interests.
Living Arrangements:
Students are housed in comfortable apartments in a vibrant historical neighborhood in the city center. All apartments have kitchens, televisions, and free wireless internet.
Program Costs:
Costs include a program fee of approximately $3,800 covers accommodation, several group dinners, the weekend excursions, the beach excursion, public transportation in Rome, and study abroad insurance. Students must plan their budgets to cover tuition expenses for eight credit hours, round-trip airfare, course texts, other meals, passport fees, and personal expenses.
For more detailed information, please contact the program director:
Michael DeAngelis, Associate Professor, Media & Cinema Studies, College of Communication (mdeangel@depaul.edu) (312-362-7703)
The online application is now available at http://studyabroad.depaul.edu.
