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Use Florence and greater Italy as your classroom during this 4-week, 6-credit program. Your program will consist of lectures, cultural activities, excursions and school visits. These activities and visits will help you use Italy as a case study to examine issues of cross-cultural psychology and how they affect education in different countries. Additionally, you will have the opportunity to complete a research project of your own choosing, with the ability to gather data in Italy while working under the guidance of a Pitt professor.

Florence is the ideal setting to study the differences between early childhood education in the US and Italy. This program utilizes classroom lectures, guest lectures, and visits to educational institutions around the city.  On this program you will get an introduction to language and literacy practices for children birth through grade 4 in the U.S. and Italy. You will also be introduced to the varied theories and practices of teaching young English Language Learners as well as Best Instructional Practices used in the ESL classroom and the mainstream classroom.

Pitt in Ghana is an interdisciplinary program established by the Center for African Studies (CAS) in collaboration with the Department of Africana Studies, the Department of Music, and the School of Public Health, as well as other departments including History, Anthropology and Political Science, at the University of Pittsburgh. This six-week, ten-credit summer program is designed to provide students with a unique educational opportunity to immerse themselves in the culture, society, and language of West Africa.

A country that faces challenges very different from those in the U.S., Bolivia is an exciting place to learn about contemporary issues facing a diverse and largely indigenous population. During this 6-week program students will take two academic courses on culture and infectious diseases specific to the Andean country. During the first two weeks, students will also take a 1.0 credit Spanish language course with a local instructor. Students of all levels of Spanish (including NO EXPERIENCE AT ALL) are welcome to apply to the program.

Explore Amsterdam in the summer and learn how cities are increasingly designed to be environmentally friendly from one of the most environmentally friendly cities in the world.  As an estimated 4 out of 5 people in developed countries are urban dwellers, this topic is becoming highly relevant and this program will give you an insight into future development  and city planning trends.