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CEA offers many housing options while you’re studying abroad in Florence. Standard CEA housing is included in your overall program price. You may also have the option of arranging your own independent housing, but we recommend letting us do the work for you! For more information on housing, connect with your site specialist.
Florence study abroad programs offer several housing options for students depending on their preferences. Most of CEA Florence’s housing options are located close to campus or in the city center, about a 5- to 25-minute walk away from the CEA Florence Center and Santa Reparata International School of Art (SRISA).
Florence housing options include:
*Housing options may change term over term and will be confirmed on the housing application form prior to the start of the term. Below are the housing options that have been offered in the past.
Founded in 2007, the CEA Florence Center provides instruction in the disciplines of liberal arts, business, and social sciences. Courses turn the city of Florence into a living classroom. Here, you’ll choose from a wide array of courses offered in English, actively improving your language skills while settling into daily life in a city rich in culture and history.
Designed to exploit the educational opportunities that make Florence and Italy remarkable, programs feature courses in art history, anthropology, business, history, gender studies, Italian language, management, marketing, political science, and sociology. Lessons incorporate activities that take you out of the classroom and into the city and community to visit museums, local businesses, food markets, artisans’ workshops, and immigration centers. CEA Florence Center faculty are committed to fostering intellectual and cultural growth, encouraging you to apply classroom learning to daily life experiences and draw connections between formal and informal lessons. Active study allows you to gain a historical, social, and commercial understanding of Florence and Italy, while developing an international cultural fluency that can help you succeed in our increasingly globalized world.
CEA Florence Center courses will urge you to critically reflect upon and articulate your own national, cultural, and social identities. Active class participation provides the opportunity for interaction and collaboration—both critical factors in academic and professional success.
Courses taught at the CEA Florence Center have been designed in conjunction with, and approved by, the University of New Haven (UNH). In addition, faculty appointments have been approved by UNH. After the successful completion of a session at the CEA Florence Center, you will receive credit for your work from UNH. Located in Connecticut, the University of New Haven is a student-focused, comprehensive university that’s fully accredited by the New England Commission of Higher Education (NECHE). The agreement between CEA and UNH follows the highest standards of good practice in education abroad and satisfies the rigorous requirements of the University's institutional accreditor, making credits earned at the CEA Florence Center easily transferable to US-accredited institutions. Learn more about UNH's service as the School of Record for CEA
Professors at the CEA Florence Center will carefully evaluate your work and progress throughout the academic session. When calculating final grades, instructors consider written and oral exercises, homework assignments, attendance, classroom participation, and exam performance.
The CEA Florence Center uses the following grading system:
CEA Grading Scale (Effective Spring 2017) |
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Letter Grade |
Numerical Grade Low Range |
Numerical Grade High Range |
Percentage Range |
Quality Points |
A+ |
9.70 |
10.00 |
97.0 - 100% |
4.00 |
A |
9.40 |
9.69 |
94.0 - 96.9% |
4.00 |
A- |
9.00 |
9.39 |
90.0 – 93.9% |
3.70 |
B+ |
8.70 |
8.99 |
87.0 – 89.9% |
3.30 |
B |
8.40 |
8.69 |
84.0 – 86.9% |
3.00 |
B- |
8.00 |
8.39 |
80.0 – 83.9% |
2.70 |
C+ |
7.70 |
7.99 |
77.0 – 79.9% |
2.30 |
C |
7.40 |
7.69 |
74.0 – 76.9% |
2.00 |
C- |
7.00 |
7.39 |
70.0- 73.9% |
1.70 |
D |
6.00 |
6.99 |
60.0 – 69.9% |
1.00 |
F |
0.00 |
5.99 |
0 - 59.9% |
0.00 |
W |
Withdrawal |
|
|
0.00 |
INC |
Incomplete |
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|
0.00 |
Completion of a course is defined as a receipt of a letter grade (A+ to F) as opposed to Withdrawal or Incomplete.
In order to determine a quality point ratio, each letter grade from a completed course is assigned a quality point value. The quality point value for each grade earned during a semester is multiplied by the number of semester hours assigned to that course. The sum of these points is the total number of quality points earned during the semester. It is divided by the number of semester hours completed to obtain the quality point ratio (QPR).
Santa Reparata International School of Art (SRISA) is an independent, non-profit institution established in 1970. SRISA upholds a strong reputation in studio art and liberal arts instruction, and is comprised of two campuses near the historic convent of San Marco.
SRISA’s hands-on studio art and lecture courses provide an enriching study abroad experience in the city where the Renaissance began. Your classes will expose you to Florence’s rich cultural heritage and encourage you to use Florentine artistic tradition to inform your own work. In addition to the fine arts, SRISA has also created a department dedicated to the study of design.
As a CEA student at SRISA, you’ll have access to drawing, painting, fashion, and photography studios, as well as printing presses after classroom hours. Computers are available for design courses, as is an extensive library.
SRISA professors hail from various countries, though the school’s curricula and class schedules follow a U.S. university model. As SRISA alone is not an accredited institution, SRISA has a School of Record relationship with Maryville University in St. Louis (accredited by The Higher Learning Commission, North Central Association of Colleges and Schools), which grants credit for courses successfully completed at SRISA during the semester and summer academic programs. In addition to the SRISA transcript, you’ll receive a Maryville University transcript representing the work completed at SRISA. While CEA recommends using the Maryville University course code designations and transcript for credit transfer purposes, it is at the discretion of your home institution to determine the transfer of credit for SRISA courses. Please check with an academic advisor at your home institution for transferability of SRISA/Maryville University credit.
Maryville University & SRISA Course Numbering System
Maryville University and SRISA have a slightly different system for numbering courses. In general, lower division courses correspond to 1st and 2nd year courses at the U.S. university level. Most of these courses do not require pre-requisites. Upper division courses correspond to 3rd and 4th year courses at the U.S. university level. These courses require either a pre-requisite or a placement exam.
Maryville University Course Numbering System |
SRISA Course Numbering System |
100-299: Lower Division Courses |
1000: Lower level, Freshman |
SRISA is recognized by the Italian Ministry of Education as an educational institution. SRISA is affiliated with a School of Record, Maryville University in St. Louis, which is fully accredited through The Higher Learning Commission, North Central Association of Colleges and Schools.
Letter Grade |
Grade Points |
Verbal Grade |
A |
4.0 |
Outstanding |
A- |
3.7 |
|
B+ |
3.3 |
|
B |
3.0 |
Above Average |
B- |
2.7 |
|
C+ |
2.3 |
Average |
C |
2.0 |
|
C- |
1.7 |
|
D |
1.0 |
Below Average |
F |
0.0 |
Failure |
IN |
0.0 |
“Incomplete” is given at the discretion of the instructor. Incompletes must be made up by the end of the successive semester |
CR |
0.0 |
Successful completion of all course work under the credit/no credit option |
W |
0.0 |
”Withdrawal” indicates that the student was passing at the time of withdrawal. |
EX |
|
Expelled |