The academic offerings at the Italy Center are built from the Jesuit Education basis that encourages students to become educated in all aspects of life. The majority of the courses are considered “core” classes by education standards meaning that they are generally mid-level offerings in numerous areas of study. Students will typically plan with their adviser to take a number of the core requirements and/or electives while studying abroad. Additionally, students sometimes save their foreign language requirements to complete while living abroad.

The Italy Center has also been adamant in creating a curriculum that integrates social justice issues into our student’s academic work. Be it “Road Work” assignments that students complete in preparation for and during their Social Justice Tour or taking our students outside the classroom and engaging them into the world around them. Our faculty is dedicated to encouraging student development and growth through current events and things their students can see and touch—not just things they read about in books or articles.