Siena Siena
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Dates & Deadlines
Arrival
09/04/25 01/15/26
Departure
12/20/25 05/02/26
2025: 05/29
2026: 05/28
2025: 07/26
2026: 07/25 May 1 October 1 March 1
Curriculum
Fall/Spring: 1 semester’s worth of Italian + 3 or 4 electives OR 2 semesters’ worth of Italian + 2 or 3 electives
Summer: 1 semester’s worth of Italian + 2 electives OR 2 semesters’ worth of Italian + 1 elective
Courses
ITALIAN LANGUAGE Open to all levels, absolute beginner to advanced.
ELECTIVES (3 credits)
• Artificial Intelligence
• Computer Systems & Organization 2*
• Computer Game Design
• Contemporary Italian Cinema
• Critical Conceptions of the Global
• Database Systems
• Discrete Math & Theory 2
• European Banking System
• Evolution of Media in Italy
• Foodscapes in Women’s Writing
• Intercultural Communication
• International Energy Policy
• Italian & European Politics
• Italian Cultural History
• Operating Systems
• Roman Art & Archaeology
• Sienese Art & Architecture
*4 credit elective
Highlights get out of the classroom
Immerse in Italian life in Siena
Live in a homestay with a local family or an apartment with CET peers and a local roommate
Supportive on-site staff
...and into the city. CET courses take learning on the road:
• Visit Monte dei Paschi di Siena, the oldest bank in the world, with European Banking Systems.
• Perfect your coffee order by practicing at a café with your Italian class.
• Visit an applied sciences high school with your computer science courses.
• Explore a medieval abbey with Sienese Art & Architecture.
