Courses

ARGD - Graphic Design - Summer

Graphic Design These courses are offered on the Summer Program. Students will develop communicative concepts using combinations of photography, traditional materials, and imported or digitally...

ARHI - Art History - Spring, Summer, & Fall

Art History Offered Spring, Summer, & Fall Semesters During the summer semester all students are strongly encouraged to take Art History as it is an integral part of the program experience. The...

ARID - Interior Design - Summer

Interior Design These courses are offered on the Summer program. For centuries Italians have been recognized for their distinctive sense of style and design aesthetic. Students are surrounded by...

ARST - Drawing - Spring, Summer, & Fall

Drawing Offered Spring, Summer, & Fall Semesters. A variety of subject matter: twisted olive trees, rolling vineyards, and a variety of landscape and cityscape textures and patterns provide drawing...

ARST - Jewelry & Metalwork - Summer & Fall

Jewelry and Metalwork Offered Summer & Fall Semesters. The Jewelry and Metalwork Studio is located in an old monastery above Cortona overlooking the vast Val di Chiana. It is a creative environment...

ARST - Painting - Spring, Summer, & Fall

Painting Offered Spring, Summer, & Fall Semesters Fundamental ideas of Western painting have essentially been an outgrowth of the aesthetic approaches originated during the Italian Renaissance in...

ARST - Papermaking and Bookarts - Spring & Summer

Book Arts Offered Spring & Summer Semesters In the papermaking class, the student studies the methods and materials for making paper by hand. Students learn the traditional craft of forming paper...

ARST - Photography - Spring, Summer, & Fall

Photography These courses are taught on the UGA Cortona Spring, Summer, & Fall Programs. "During the day a haze hovers over the earth...This phenomenon cannot easily be seen in nature more...

ARST - Printmaking - Spring & Summer

Printmaking Courses are offered Spring & Summer Semesters. Printmaking students work in a fully equipped intaglio and relief studio in Cortona. All basic equipment, accessories, and inks are...

ARST - Sculpture - Spring, Summer, Fall

Sculpture These courses have been taught on the Spring, Summer, & Fall Programs in the past; please check with the UGA Cortona staff concerning course availability. UGA Cortona sculpture courses are...

ARST - Thematic Inquiry - Fall

Thematic Inquiry in the Arts This course is offered on the Fall Program. Advanced cross-media research and studio production on a topical theme in contemporary art. ARST 4915/6915 - Thematic Inquiry...

BCMB, ARHI - Science and Art History - Maymester

Science and Art History These courses are taught in combination on the UGA Cortona Science and Art History Maymester Program. BCMB 3433 - Biology for Medicine. 4 credit hours. Prerequisite: BIOL...

CHEM - Chemistry in the Arts - Summer

Chemistry in the Arts Offered Spring and/or Summer; check with the Cortona office for updated offerings Have you ever thought about what happens when you etch a metal plate in printmaking? Have you...

FHCE - Financial Management - Fall

Financial Management Offered Fall Semester FHCE 3200 Introduction to Personal Finance (Fall) (Undergraduate) No prerequisite. The intent of this course is to provide students with a fun and engaging...

INTB, ARST - Business & Image - Maymester

Business & Image These courses are offered on the UGA Cortona Terry Business and Image Maymester Program. This course is a study of international business in Italy. The topics discussed will focus...

ITAL - Italian Language - Summer

Italian Language Offered Summer Semester PROGRAM DESCRIPTION The area of Tuscany in which Cortona lies is noted by linguists for the purity of the spoken Italian. Since Cortona is a small town,...

LAND - Landscape Architecture - Summer

Landscape Architecture These courses are offered on the Summer Program. Italian landscapes and townscapes are complex urban and rural environments that are remarkably contemporary while retaining...

PATH, HORT, FDST - Viticulture and Enology - Maymester

Viticulture and Enology This course is taught on the UGA Cortona Viticulture and Enology Maymester Program. PATH (HORT) (FDST) 3050 Viticulture and Enology in the Mediterranean Region. Maymester 4...

PSYC - Psychology - Summer

Psychology This course is offered on the Summer program. Introduction to special topics in the field of psychology. PSYC 3100 - Special Topics in Psychology - Introduction to the psychology of art....

THEA, DANC - Theatre & Dance - Maymester

Theatre & Dance These course are offered on the UGA Cortona Theatre & Dance Maymester Program. *NOT OFFERED EVERY YEAR Theater courses taught by Professor Ray Paolino; Actor, Director and Teacher,...

WMST - Women's Studies - Spring

Women's Studies This course is offered on the Spring Program. This course is an interdisciplinary survey of the lives and work of multicultural women in the United States. In this class, students...

Cortona Courses