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ÐÓ°É is proud to offer a Signature Summer Program in Sorrento, Italy at the Sant'Anna Institute. This culturally rich program is designed to spark creativity through global study and the use of strategic social media, digital video storytelling, multimedia content creation, and the contemporary significance of the local tile mosaics while experiencing the Italian culture. Partnering with the Sant’Anna Institute, on the majestic cliffs of Sorrento, Italy, this program is offered exclusively during Summer 2027.

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Program Overview

The five- week program includes coursework with cultural excursions and guided field experiences on location in Sorrento, Italy, the Amalfi Coast, and the Naples region of Southern Italy. Students will examine, explore, and experience the Amalfi Coast while actively learning the art and craft of strategic social media, content creation, storytelling, and historical relevance of the tile works that preserves the cultural identity of the Mediterranean region. This program is designed for undergraduate students seeking to enhance their strategic social media skills and dive into the historical identity and contemporary significance of the local tile mosaics while experiencing the Italian culture through active engagement, experiential learning, and studying abroad.  

Course work

This summer session is designed for students studying communication, marketing, and strategic social media. The cross listed course can fulfill major and minor required courses. Specifically, students can use COMM 452/IS 305 as a Communication or Marketing elective, to satisfy the EL graduation requirement, and count the course towards the Strategic Social Media Minor or Certificate. In addition, this course is approved to count as IS 305 and could be counted as fulfilling the IS core requirement. 
 For the art course, students will enroll in ART 376: S/T Maiolica & Mediterranean Motifs: The Tiled Art of the Amalfi Coast, a special topics course focused on the history, visual language, and ceramic traditions of Southern Italy. Coursework will explore Mediterranean decorative motifs, hand-painted tile traditions, surface design, and the cultural significance of maiolica across the Amalfi Coast and Naples region. This course is approved to fulfill the Fine Arts requirement of the JU general education and EL graduation requirement.   

Students will take both COMM 452/IS 305 AND ART 376 courses on this program.  
Space is limited to 15 full time undergraduate academically qualified students in good standing with the university.

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• Application & $350 non-refundable deposit deadline:  February 16, 2027
  
  

Course Credits 

Students taking both courses for a total of (8) credits will be given priority consideration in the program.

• COMM 452: Communication, Culture, and the Amalfi Coast (4 credits) or IS 305: Communication, Culture, and the Amalfi Coast (4 credits) 
• ART 376: S/T Maiolica & Mediterranean Motifs: The Tiled Art of the Amalfi Coast (4 Credits) 

Important  Dates

Program Dates: May 31- July 4, 2027*
*Dates may vary

Application & $350 non-refundable deposit deadline: February 16, 2026

Final Payment Deadline: March 9, 2026

Price & Inclusions

Program Fee: $7,310-$7,810*
*Program fees vary depending on the number of students participating 

• 2 Courses and 8 Credits: $6,560 
• Italy Program Fee (paid by all students): $750
• Internship Fee: $500 (fee for students taking internships to acquire permit from Italian gov't to intern)

 Program fees include:

• Pre-Departure & On-site Orientations
• Airport pick up & transfer to Sorrento
• Housing in double or triple occupancy on site dormitories
• Program related excursions
• 24 hour on-site support
• International medical & accident insurance

Not Included:

• Airfare
• Meals 
• Incidentals

Faculty Leader

Dr. Annmarie Kent-Willette

Executive Director, Global Academic Partnership
Professor, Communication

• awillet@ju.edu 
• 904-256-7396 

Professor Tiffany Leach

Director, Study Abroad and Away and Chair, Fine Arts
Professor, Art

• twhitfi@ju.edu 
• 904-256-7861

Contact Us

JU Study Abroad & Away

• abroad@ju.edu 
• (904) 256-7295