Courses Offered by SRISA:
All SRISA courses follow the US grading and credit system and are accredited through Maryville University St. Louis. All courses are taught in English with the exception of upper-level Italian classes. Not all courses listed below are offered each term.
Semester Specific Course Lists:
Note: You must select the term you are interested in to see the term specific offerings. The list on this page is the historic course catalog.
SRISA Historic Course Catalog (REFER ABOVE FOR TERM SPECIFIC OFFERINGS):
Fine Arts Department
3D and 4D
- Advanced Sculpture
- Advanced Studio Practices: Sculpture
- Fibers in Art
- Installation Art
- Introduction to Sculpture
- New Genres: Installation, Performance, New Media, and Site Specificity
- Performance Art
- Sculpture: The Medium is the Message
- The Book as Object and Artifact
- Video and Sound Art
Painting and Drawing
- Advanced Drawing
- Advanced Studio Practices: Drawing
- Beginning Painting
- Drawing Florence
- Drawing I
- Drawing II
- Drawing in the Expanded Field
- Figure Drawing
- Painting Florence
- Painting II
- Painting III
- Painting IV
- Renaissance Drawing and Painting Techniques
- Renaissance Drawing Techniques
- Renaissance Painting Techniques
- The Florentine Sketchbook: Exploring Florence Through Art
Photography
- Advanced Photography
- Advanced Photography: Analog and Digital Photography
- Advanced Studio Practices: Photography
- Digital Photography
- Discovering Florence Through Photography
- Discovering Florence Through Photography: Digital
- Experimental Photography
- Florence by Night: Light Painting and Stop Motion Digital Photography
- History of Photography: A Hands-on Approach
- Independent Project Photography
- Introduction to Photography: Analog and Digital Photography
Printmaking and Book Arts
- Advanced Book Arts
- Book Arts
- History of the Book: A Hands-on Approach
- Monotype Printmaking
- Printmaking and the Book
- Printmaking I
- Printmaking II
- Printmaking: Concept and Process
- Printmaking: Expanding the Matrix
- Serigraphy
- The Artist's Book
- The Book as Object and Artifact
Special Programs Fine Arts
Liberal Arts Department
Art History
- Aesthetics of Performance Art
- Archaeology and Art of Ancient Italy (ISI)
- Art and Politics
- Art History: The Cinquecento
- Art History: The Italian Renaissance
- Art History: The Quattrocento
- Art Now: Contemporary Trends in Europe
- Curatorial Practices
- Feminism in Art
- Florentine Mannerism
- History of Contemporary Art
- History of Italian Design (ISI)
- History of Photography: A Hands-on Approach
- History of the Book: A Hands-on Approach
- Italian Architecture: Layers of a City
- Italian Architecture: Romanesque to Gothic
- Michelangelo, Bernini, and Caravaggio
- Neuroesthetics: Creativity and the Brain
- Romanesque to Gothic: Art in Tuscany
- Twentieth Century Italian Art
Childhood and Art Education
- Childhood Education: Teaching & Multicultural Competence (ISI)
- Place Based Learning and Art Education
- Teaching Methodologies: Introduction to Education in Italy, from Montessori to Reggio Emilia
Communications
- Brand Promotion in the Digital Environment
- Intercultural Communications (ISI)
- New Media Communication: Marketing and Social Media
- Public Speaking: Communication Skills for Artists, Designers and Professionals
- UX Research Methods for Design
Gender Studies
History
- Ancient Roman and Etruscan Civilizations
- Ancient Roman History
- Ancient Rome: Civilization and Legacy (ISI)
- Archaeology and Art of Ancient Italy (ISI)
- Florence: The Story of the City (ISI)
- History and Politics of Modern Italy: Twentieth Century (ISI)
- History of Florence
- History of Italian Mafia
- History of Mafia and Global Crime (ISI)
- History of Medieval and Renaissance Florence
- History of Modern Italy
- History of Psychology and Psychoanalysis
- History of Science from the 13th to the 18th Century (ISI)
- History of the Jews in Italy: Renaissance to the Present (ISI)
- Italians Abroad: History of Italian Migration, 1861 to Present
- Mafia and the Italian Sociopolitical Controversy
- The Scientific Revolution (ISI)
- Women's History and Gender Equality Policies (ISI)
Italian Language
- Italian I
- Italian II
- Italian III
- Italian IV: Italian Culture and Advanced Language
- Qui si parla Italiano! Italian Conversation (Beginning Only)
Italian Studies
- Discovering Florence: Culture and Lifestyle of its Neighborhoods
- Exploring Florence: Italian Culture and Sustainable Living
- History of Italian Fashion
- History of Italian Opera
- Italian American Film: FF Coppola and Martin Scorsese
- Italian Cinema
- Italian Food and Culture
- Landscape as Monument: Nature and Gardens through the Ages
- Teaching Methodologies: Introduction to Education in Italy, from Montessori to Reggio Emilia
Literature and Writing
- 14th Century Italian Literature: Dante, Bocaccio, Petrarca
- Contemporary Italian Literature
- Creative Writing
- Dante’s Inferno
- English Literature: Florence and the Grand Tour
- Travel Writing Workshop
Marketing and Business
- Brand Management: Made in Italy (ISI)
- Brand Promotion in the Digital Environment
- Family Business in Italy (ISI)
- Marketing Strategy for the Arts
- Marketing: The Italian Wine Industry
- The Business of Art: the Economics and Management of Culture (ISI)
- The Italian Luxury Industry
Political Science and Economics
- Contemporary Italy: Literature, Cinema, Politics, and Culture
- Italian Politics and Government
- The Economic History of Europe
- The European Union (ISI)
- Women's History and Gender Equality Policies (ISI)
Psychology and Sociology
- Abnormal Psychology (ISI)
- Addiction: from Theory to Treatment (ISI)
- Behavioral Science: the Art of Persuasion (ISI)
- Clothing and Society
- Cross-Cultural Psychology (ISI)
- Discovering Florence: Culture and Lifestyle of its Neighborhoods
- Diversity in Italy (ISI)
- Forensic Psychology (ISI)
- History of Psychology and Psychoanalysis
- Humanism and Humanistic Psychology (ISI)
- Identity and Culture in Italy: A Comparative Approach (ISI)
- Social Psychology of Intergroup Relations
Science and Mathematics
- Electricity and Magnatism Lab (ISI)
- Experimental Physics II: Electricity and Magnetism (ISI)
- Function and Development of Organisms (ISI)
- Mathamatical Methods for Physics II (ISI)
- Modern Physics (ISI)
- Organic Chemistry II (ISI)
Special Programs Liberal Arts
Design Department
Architecture and Interior Design
- Advanced Interior Design Studio: Contemporary Design in an Historical Setting
- Architecture Design Studio V (ISI)
- Architecture Design Studio VI (ISI)
- Architecture in Italy: History and Preservation (ISI)
- Feng Shui and Holistic Design
- History of Interiors
- History of Italian Design (ISI)
- Interior Design: Small Spaces Studio
- Italian Architecture: Layers of a City
- Italian Materials and Design
- Landscape Architecture: The Villa and the Garden (ISI)
- Landscape as Monument: Nature and Gardens through the Ages
- Material, Light, and Surface
- Sketchbook Studies: Italian Architecture and Interiors
- Urban Florence: Traveling Across Layers (ISI)
Communication Design
- Branding Design
- Design and Social Movements in History
- Florence Type-ologies
- Graphic Design for Artists: Photoshop(c), InDesign(c) and Illustrator (c)
- Graphic Design Studio
- Graphic Design: Florence, Signs of the City
- Illustration Studio: From the Verbal to the Visual
- Interactive Media Design
- Self Promotion and Portfolio
- Sustainable Print Design
- Typography
- UX Research Methods for Design
Fashion Design
- Advanced Fashion Illustration I
- Advanced Fashion Illustration II
- Advanced Patternmaking and Tailoring
- Clothing and Society
- Creative Accessories Design
- Design Studio: Re-Fashion
- Fashion Design Studio: Illustration and Construction
- Fashion Illustration I
- Fashion Illustration II
- Fashion Studio: Advanced Draping
- Fashion Studio: Knits and Wovens
- Fashion Studio: Menswear
- Fiber Manipulation
- Garment Construction I
- Garment Construction II
- History of Italian Fashion
- Patternmaking
- Special Topics: Fashion and Sustainability
- Sustainable Clothing and Ethical Fashion
- The Italian Fashion Industry
Fashion Merchandising
- Fashion Branding
- Fashion Product Development
- Fashion Promotion and Show Production
- Import/Export within the Fashion Industry
- Introduction to Fashion Buying
- Introduction to Fashion Merchandising
- Luxury Fashion
- Textiles for the Fashion Industry
- Trends Forecasting for the Fashion Industry