Travel to Sicily Summer Session 2008

We will visit Catania, Mt. Etna, Taormina, Siracusa, Palermo, Monreale, Piazza Armerina, Segesta, Cefalu

DATES: May 18 - 26, 2008
WHERE:3 Nights Taormina & 3 Nights Palermo
COST: $2,790 + tuition $529 for one course ($375 single room supplement)
Includes breakfasts daily and 4 dinners.
(See the Financial Aid Office about including this in your aid package)

IT341B Seminar in Sicily Explores the history and culture of this island region of Italy. Unique in its central location in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily has been conquered by successive waves of foreigners, leading to a composite culture with architectural remnants of the Greeks, the Romans, the Arabs, the Normans, the Hohenstaufens, the Spanish and the Bourbons. Students will do readings in the history and art of Sicily, keep a journal while in Sicily and prepare a research paper upon returning home. Satisfies core requirement

AH341C and AH314D The Art & Architecture of Sicily Explores the magnificently rich 2500 years of Sicilian art and architecture impacted by many civilizations: Sicani, Greek, Carthaginian, Roman, Byzantine, Arab, Norman and Spanish. Students will do readings in the art and architecture of Sicily, keep a daily journal while in Sicily and prepare a research paper upon returning home. Satisfies core requirement AH 122. AR314D will concentrate on Sicilian art and architecture before 1400. Satisfies Major/Minor AH212 and elective.

Total cost includes, roundtrip air from JFK, round trip transfers,6 nights accommodations at first class hotels, Eurofly Air, buffet breakfast daily, 4 dinners, All sight seeing including entrance fees, Professional Tour Guide, Deluxe air conditioned motor coach, Hotel taxes & service charges, 1 piece of luggage porterage. Registration begins on Monday, January 14th in the Center for Graduate & Continuing Studies. You must have a $300 non-refundable deposit to secure your place.

Students can now use the Caldwell College Trip to Sicily (May 18-26,2008) to take a sociology or an anthropology course. The courses offered are AN341D The Culture of Sicily and SO341D The Italian American Experience. Please contact Dr. Weber if you are interested: 973-618-3397 or .

Contact Dr. SallyJo Weber at 973-618-3397, OR Dr. Joanne Ryan, 973-618-3254, for additional information.