Italia America as Text

FIU HONORS COLLEGE
ITALIA STUDY ABROAD
JW BAILLY

PROJECT DESCRIPTION
Students must examine an aspect of America that has been influenced by Classical Rome, Roman Catholicism, Renaissance Florence, or Capitalist Venice. The project should be multidimensional: examine commonalities, highlight differences, and explore ambiguities. Each student must select one topic and no other student may explore that same topic.

TOPICS TO EXPLORE
Below is a list of subjects for research. If the students wishes to select another, that choice needs to be approved by the professor. Each topic may only be selected by one student.

Architecture – private
Architecture – public
Beauty
Capitalism
Commercial Trade
Food
Civic structure – Executive
Civic structure – Judicial
Civic structure – Legislative
Family structure
Imperialism
Law
Military strategy
Military structure
Multiculturalism
Poetry
Painting
Religious – imagery
Religious – practice
Republican Government
Sculpture
Sexuality
Sports
Theatre
Urban Planning