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The Gonzaga-in-Florence academic program offers courses to challenge, maximize, and enhance your study abroad experience in Italy. Be inspired to understand your world. Link classroom lectures to the sights and sounds of firsthand encounters. Expand your mind as you expand your horizons.

  • Classes Monday - Thursday
  • Classes taught in English
  • Interdisciplinary plenary sessions
  • No prior knowledge of Italian language is required
" The Gonzaga-in-Florence program changed my life. The well-established program, rich in tradition and a culture all its own, offers things that cannot be learned in any classroom. It is just one of the many things that makes Gonzaga an incredible place to get a world class education."
- Jason Koch, GIF Alumnus
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ACADEMIC TRACKS
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link Education Track
link Renaissance Track

Gonzaga-in-Florence Renaissance Track





 ACADEMIC STANDARDS
  • In keeping with our Jesuit ethos, the GIF faculty and staff are committed to academic excellence and offer a liberal arts and business curriculum that enhances the development of the total self. By taking full advantage of the resources in Florence, the faculty challenges students to think critically and to create global awareness.
  • Gonzaga-in-Florence is a campus of Gonzaga University (GU) based in Spokane, Washington. GU ranks fourth among the top Master’s I universities in the west according to U.S. News and World Report, 2011.
 ITALIAN REQUIREMENT

With the exception of students pursuing the Engineering Track, all students attending the year must complete Italian 101 and 102 by the end of the program. Students attending one semester must complete Italian 101. This requirement may be fulfilled prior to or during your time abroad.

 

 

 

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