Summer 2025 in Italy

Summer 2025 Study Abroad in Montepulciano, Italy

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Study geography abroad in Montepulciano, Italy, a beautiful, historic Tuscan hill town, in Summer 2025 through the KSU in Tuscany program! I'll be teaching two geography courses (GEOG 1101 Introduction to Human Geography and GEOG 3312 Geography of Europe) at KSU's facility, a refurbished fortezza, in Montepulciano during Session I of the KSU in Italy Summer 2025 education abroad program in Montepulciano, Italy.

Program Details, Courses, and Faculty

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GEOG 1101: Introduction to Human Geography – Discovering Cultural, Economic, and Political Globalization in Italy (social science gen ed)

We live in a dynamic world! Geography and Geospatial Sciences equip us with the perspectives, skills, and tools to apply knowledge to better understand the world and its many diverse physical and human processes, and to contribute to sound decision-making about those processes, from the local to the global scale. Geography and maps are a fundamental language for understanding the world. They provide a framework for organizing and communicating our knowledge. Increasingly geography is used in virtually every field of human endeavor, providing a universal language for understanding, communicating ideas, and providing insights. Geography asks the big questions—Where? How? Why? What if?—and gives you the perspective to answer them with advanced technology and a solid knowledge of the world in which we all live. Through this human geography course, we’ll explore global geographic patterns of resources, population, culture, economic, political, and urban systems and their local level impacts while being immersed in a foreign culture and landscape. We will explore defining concepts in geography by focusing on the stories of real people, global trends, topics that transcend borders, and how these patterns affect local places. In essence, how do global patterns shape local lives, near and far? While in Italy, we’ll observe broader concepts as they occur on the Italian landscape, allowing us to compare and contrast these patterns with our home culture.
GEOG 3312: Geography of Europe – Peoples, Cultures, and Environments of Europe with an Italian Twist

Europe has profoundly shaped our modern world! We’ll explore concepts about the regional geography of Europe as they occur on the landscapes of Italy. We’ll examine the physical setting and environment, population and migration, languages and religions, cultures, towns and cities, and geopolitical organization. We’ll consider these concepts within the framework of the European Union and broader global processes restructuring local social, cultural, economic, and political landscapes in Italy. While in Italy, we’ll observe concepts as they occur on the Italian landscape, allowing us to compare and contrast these patterns with our home culture.

How to apply for this program?

To learn more about the specific details (program details, cost, application process, health and safety, and scholarships) and to apply to this program, please visit the official KSU Education Abroad Office program webpage.

Why go?

In addition to completing courses in an amazing location, this is your opportunity to visit many famous bucket list places in Italy. Field trips to many prominent cities and sights within them are included as part of the program, including: Rome, Siena, Florence, Orvieto, and Bologna. You'll also have weekends (Friday, Saturday, and Sunday) free to explore on your own! You might choose to remain in Montepulciano, explore some of the other nearby Tuscan hill towns and countryside of Tuscany, or travel further afield to places such as Milan, Venice, Genoa, Naples (and Pompeii and the Amalfi Coast), the Italian Lake District (including Lake Como and Lake Garda), the Italian Alps and Dolomites, the Italian Riviera (including Cinque Terre), or visit another country, and much, much more!

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