Siena Siena
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Dates & Deadlines
09/04/25 01/15/26
2025: 05/29
2026: 05/28
2025: 07/26
12/20/25 05/02/26
2026: 07/25 May 1 October 1 March 1
Highlights
UVA Direct Credit
Live in a homestay with a local family or an apartment with CET peers and a local roommate
Supportive on-site staff
get out of the classroom
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. 1 semesters’ worth (3-4 credits) OR 2 semesters’ worth (6-8 credits)
ELECTIVES (3 credits)
• ARTH 2054 Roman Art & Archaeology
• ARTH 3525 Sienese Art & Architecture
• CS 3120 Discrete Math & Theory 2
• CS 3130 Computer Systems & Organization 2 (4 credits)
• CS 4414 Operating Systems
• CS 4710 Artificial Intelligence
• CS 4730 Computer Game Design
• CS 4750 Database Systems
• GSGS 2310/ANTH 2541 Intercultural Communication
• GS 3100 Critical Conceptions of the Global
• ITTR 2710 Italian Cultural History
• ITTR 3107/MDST 3107 Evolution of Media in Italy
• ITTR 3670 Contemporary Italian Cinema
• ITTR/WGS 3680 Women’s Writing, Culture, & Society
• PLCP 2110 Italian & European Politics
• PLIR 3500 International Energy Policy ...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.
• PLIR 2500 European Banking System
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