Welcome to the Study Abroad Program in Sicily, Italy webpage of the Center for Italian Studies "Babilonia" in Taormina!

Full information can be found on our dedicated website for

This webpage has been especially developed for U.S. University students who want to learn Italian in Italy and attend a study abroad program in Italy, and particularly in Sicily, and have their independent studies for Italian language and culture in Italy granted academic credits.

Students attending U.S. Universities and enrolled in our short-term Italian language programs and full-immersion programs, wanting to get academic credits for their study abroad in Italy program, can have their Italian language courses, Italian history courses, Italian art history courses reviewed for college and academic credits.

Each U.S. University has its unique procedures for approval of independent course work completed by its students in programs abroad so it is vital that students follow their university guidelines.

Since each university also has its own regimen of determining numbers of credits earned for courses taken, students registering to earn academic credits at their universities for their study abroad Italian language and culture courses taken at our Center for Italian Studies are advised to follow the following procedures:

· Determine courses in which you would like to enroll and identify courses for which you will be earning academic credit when registering for your study abroad Italian language and culture classes at Center for Italian Studies:

· ITA 101 Elementary Italian
· ITA 102 Elementary Italian
· ITA 111 Intermediate Italian
· ITA 112 Intermediate Italian
· ITA 201 Advanced Italian
· ITA 202 Advanced Italian
· ITA 211 High Advanced Italian
· ITA 212 High Advanced Italian
· ITA 301 Superior Italian
· ITA 302 Superior Italian
· IT400 "History of Sicily" course (in Italian)
· HI401 "History of Sicily" course (in English)
· IT410 "Art History in Sicily" course (in Italian)
· FA411 "Art History in Sicily" course (in English)
· IT420 "The Sicilian writers in the Italian Literature" course (in Italian)
· LI403 "The Sicilian writers in the Italian Literature" course (in English)
· Many Manifestations of Italian Culture

UP TO DATE INFO ON OUR STUDY ABROAD WEBSITE

Our Academic Advisor will be happy to supply your Professor or your Study Abroad Office with syllabi for our courses.

· Contact your academic advisor for course approval

· Send the name, email address and mailing address of your academic advisor to Babilonia's Study Abroad Academic Advisor:

Donnamarie Kelly Pignone
Academic Advisor - Center for Italian Studies BABILONIA
tel/fax in USA: 603-894-5552
cellphone in US: 978-828-3228
e.mail: studyabroad@studiareitaliano.com

· Complete a Transcript Request Form upon arrival at Center for Italian Studies "Babilonia"

Final grades follow the U.S. system of letter grades and are based on a 4-point scale. Course grades are based on a combination of attendance and participation, written assignments and a final exam.

Upon completion of your Italian language course, an Official Transcript will be sent to the Registrar's Office or Study Abroad Office whichever is identified on the Transcript Request Form.

Our Academic Advisor for Study Abroad programs in Sicily will be happy to answer all of your questions and all of your requests by e.mail studyabroad@studiareitaliano.com or from our office in the U.S. (Tel/Fax 603-894-5552 ). Don't hesitate to contact her!

We wish to welcome you soon in Taormina, Sicily and give you the opportunity to discover our island so full of history, so full of culture, so full of inspiration!

Study & learn Italian in Italy with BABILONIA - Centre for Italian Studies - Taormina, Sicily

AP COURSES - Advanced Placement Program for Italian language and culture