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Michelangelo's David, Giotto's campanile, Ghiberti's bronze doors, Botticelli's Birth of Venus... Discover Florence, where art is a part of everyday life and masterpieces await you around every corner. The CAPA Program Center is located in the historic area of Sante Croce, just minutes away from the historic cathedral, the Duomo. Our Fine... read moreMichelangelo's David, Giotto's campanile, Ghiberti's bronze doors, Botticelli's Birth of Venus... Discover Florence, where art is a part of everyday life and masterpieces await you around every corner. The CAPA Program Center is located in the historic area of Sante Croce, just minutes away from the historic cathedral, the Duomo. Our Fine Arts Studio houses all the creative tools required for courses in oil and watercolor painting, drawing, sculpture, photography and fresco design.
CAPA Florence Program: Designed for students looking to study liberal arts, language, and art in Italy, the CAPA Florence Program is designed to be fully inclusive with courses designed to help you study the city of Florence. Northeastern University provides transfer credit for both courses and internships. and therefore affordable to all types of students. Students live in shared apartments or homestay accommodation and have the option to participate in academic internships, which allow them to live and learn among the local Italian people.
Overview: Our special blend of academic and experiential education gives you the best possible in-class and out-of-class learning experience. Our courses are designed to engage you in critical thought and challenge you to pursue subjects in depth through academic research and field research in Florence. The CAPA Fine Arts Center offers courses which rely on your experiences in Florence as an artistic influence. Course examples are: Oil Painting, Frescos, Sculpture, Watercolor and Life Drawing. CAPA instructors will integrate events and activities that draw upon Florence's cultural wealth and diversity to enrich your education abroad.
CAPA's My Education program offers students the opportunity and independence to decide how they want to learn about culture according to how they enjoy learning. A menu of different activities, events, lectures, visits and self-directed tours organized around key themes is offered and students select what will teach them the most about Italy and Europe. Less
I had a great time in Florence, and I felt like the CAPA program inhanced that. CAPA was constantly trying to immerse you in the Italian culture through their classes, programs, and special experiences they offered to the students. CAPA is a small program which is convenient for making close friends in which I feel like I will keep forever. Read more
Professors conformed to the expectations of study abroad students as they integrated field work into classroom learning, allowing us to immerse ourselves better into the culture on a continuous basis and through a variety of settings. CAPA was great at accommodating students 'within the city walls' of Florence. Although my apartment was further away from the CAPA center than most apartments, we were overly compensated with the elegance of our apa... Read more
The CAPA program was a great pick for me. The staff was awesome; they helped you with whatever I needed. They provided different items to introduce and educate me on the Italian culture. It was overall a great experience and I'm very satisfied with the outcome. Read more
Going to Florence with CAPA was one of the best experiences of my life. It has definitely changed the way I view the world and has even changed my future professional goals. The CAPA staff was really one of the best aspects of the experience- they were so friendly, funny and extremely helpful. I really hope to go to Florence again some day! Read more
Going to Florence with CAPA was one of the best experiences of my life. It has definitely changed the way I view the world and has even changed my future professional goals. The CAPA staff was really one of the best aspects of the experience- they were so friendly, funny and extremely helpful. I really hope to go to Florence again some day! Read more
The CAPA program was a great pick for me. The staff was awesome; they helped you with whatever I needed. They provided different items to introduce and educate me on the Italian culture. It was overall a great experience and I'm very satisfied with the outcome. Read more
Professors conformed to the expectations of study abroad students as they integrated field work into classroom learning, allowing us to immerse ourselves better into the culture on a continuous basis and through a variety of settings. CAPA was great at accommodating students 'within the city walls' of Florence. Although my apartment was further away from the CAPA center than most apartments, we were overly compensated with the elegance of our apa... Read more
I had a great time in Florence, and I felt like the CAPA program inhanced that. CAPA was constantly trying to immerse you in the Italian culture through their classes, programs, and special experiences they offered to the students. CAPA is a small program which is convenient for making close friends in which I feel like I will keep forever. Read more
I had a great time in Florence, and I felt like the CAPA program inhanced that. CAPA was constantly trying to immerse you in the Italian culture through their classes, programs, and special experiences they offered to the students. CAPA is a small program which is convenient for making close friends in which I feel like I will keep forever. Read more
Professors conformed to the expectations of study abroad students as they integrated field work into classroom learning, allowing us to immerse ourselves better into the culture on a continuous basis and through a variety of settings. CAPA was great at accommodating students 'within the city walls' of Florence. Although my apartment was further away from the CAPA center than most apartments, we were overly compensated with the elegance of our apa... Read more
The CAPA program was a great pick for me. The staff was awesome; they helped you with whatever I needed. They provided different items to introduce and educate me on the Italian culture. It was overall a great experience and I'm very satisfied with the outcome. Read more
Going to Florence with CAPA was one of the best experiences of my life. It has definitely changed the way I view the world and has even changed my future professional goals. The CAPA staff was really one of the best aspects of the experience- they were so friendly, funny and extremely helpful. I really hope to go to Florence again some day! Read more
