Foundations in Italy – Asbury University
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Foundations in Italy

Previous Travel Course Dates: May 7-20, 2024

Led by Dr. Brian Shelton and Dr. Dan Strait

Participants pick one of two courses to take as they travel together through Rome, Florence, Venice, and Verona, Italy.

TH 250 Foundations in Christian Thought: This particular study abroad course “Italy” immerses students into the culture and history of Italy in order to discover the foundational knowledge traditionally learned in TH 250 Foundations of Christian Thought. If offers experience at sites where Christian theology took hold and found application. Historical and theological sites are studied as samples of Christian Thought and visited for first-hand theological learning. 

ENG 205 Literature and Culture: A survey of selected literature of the Western World from the ancients to the present. This particular iteration of the course studies Dante Alighieri’s Purgatorio, Michelangelo Buonarotti’s poetry, and William Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar. Sites visited will follow the lives of Dante and Michelangelo and the writings of Shakespeare.

Academic Credit

  • 3.0 Credit Hours: EITHER TH 250 Foundations in Christian Thought OR ENG 205 Literature and Culture
  • Eligible for Cross-Cultural Engagement Requirement (CCE 150EX)

Contact

Dr. Brian Shelton or Dr. Dan Strait