CHINA

Connections: Boomtowns of the Yangtze River – A Traveling Investigation of the Transformation of China’s River Cities (4 weeks)
2.5 Credits – SOCL 229, HIST 396, ENVS123 (.5 Credit)

This exciting new program will offer an interdisciplinary investigation into the historical, social, and environmental transformation of the Yangtze River and three of its megacities (Chongqing, Wuhan, and Shanghai). The first week of the program will be spent in Hartford. Students will then travel to China where they will cruise the Yangtze river, stopping in each of the three cities. The program will be led by Dean Xiangming Chen, Associate Professor Michael Lestz, and Associate Professor Joan Morrison. A number of partial and full scholarships are available for this program.

ITALY

Trinity Rome Campus Summer Program (6 weeks)

2 Credits – (Offerings include Art History, Italian, Economics, History, and Cultural Studies)

Trinity’s Rome Campus will again be offering their Summer Program, complete with seven different course options. Students will choose two courses from a list that includes Italian 101 & 201, two Art History Courses, The City of Rome, 20^th Century Italy, and Economics of Public Choice. Students will be housed at the dormitory on the Aventine Hill, where they have access to the Rome Campus facilities and are just minutes from the Coliseum and the Roman Forum. The program includes an excursion to Naples, Pompeii, and Capri, as well as the opportunity to explore Rome through each of the courses.

Trinity Rome Campus – Science in Art (3 weeks)

1 Credit – Chemistry 150

Still haven’t done your science requirement? Do it this summer in Rome, at a special intensive 3-week program at Trinity's Rome Campus! The program offers an engaging introduction to art conservation in the heart of Ancient, Renaissance, and Baroque civilizations, with a focus on Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel frescoes. The course will feature visits to museums, monuments, and conservation laboratories. Students will be housed and have complete access to Trinity’s Rome Campus and the program will be led by Professor Henry DePhillips.

SPAIN

Trinity-in-Barcelona Summer Program (4 weeks)

1 Credit – HISP 227

This program offers students the opportunity to experience Barcelona in a 4-week, one course Summer session.  This course provide an in-depth analysis of the cultural history of Barcelona over the past century and a half, a time in which the city has emerged as one of the world’s prime laboratories of urban innovation. Students will study the foundations of this innovation and just what the “Barcelona Model” can bring to analyses of urban problems throughout the world. The program also features an intensive one-week Spanish course (no previous Spanish is required, but some knowledge of the language is recommended.) The program will be led by Associate Professor Tom Harrington

URUGUAY AND ARGENTINA

Montevideo, Uruguay & Buenos Aires, Argentina (4 Weeks)

1 Credit – HISP 227

Participants start in Montevideo, Uruguay, where they spend three weeks taking an intensive, full immersion, advanced Spanish language and culture course on history, contemporary politics, immigration, culture, gender, and human rights in South America.  HISP227 ends in Buenos Aires, Argentina for the last week, where students will explore human rights issues within the urban setting of one of Latin America’s mega-cities.  Students will meet with human rights leaders and organizations and attend lectures by experts on issues such as gender and indigenous rights.

For Pricing, Applications, and more information, contact Jason Fenner at the OIP, oip@trincoll.edu, x2005