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Benvenuto! Welcome to the VIA Program! This page is intended to provide you with information needed to enroll in the UF Vicenza Institute of Architecture, register for the proper courses, making your personal travel arrangements, bring appropriate clothing and materials, and confirm the spring schedule for your semester in Italy. Please read this letter carefully and thoroughly, as it provides you with vital information to make your semester in the VIA Program as successful, meaningful, enjoyable and uncomplicated as possible.

Please be aware that you must (a) pre-register for you VIA courses in Gainesville before leaving the United States (which you may do over TeleGator telephone registration system or the ISIS online system) by using the section numbers listed below) and (b) make sure that the UF Office of the Registrar has a correct mailing address on file for you.  Your tuition bill will be sent to the address on file for you — be sure that it does not get forwarded to Italy, but to an address at which there is someone who can pay this bill for you.  For most of you, your permanent home address is most likely the best choice for billing while you are in Vicenza.

Once in Italy, the only way to change your course schedule is to call the TeleGator system from Vicenza during the Drop/Add period.   The office staff does not handle drops or adds via fax or e-mail.  Plan ahead and register responsibly to avoid complications!  You alone are responsible for registering for the correct courses and number of credits dictated by your departmental, degree program and financial aid requirements. 

Listed below are the VIA course:

Architecture
Undergraduate 		 ARC 3291 VIA Individual Studies
 1-3 credits Elective
ARC 3291 VIA Italian Language and Culture
 3 credits Required
ARC 4220 Architectural Theory 2 3 credits Required
ARC 4322 Architectural Design 7
 6 credits Required
Architecture
Graduate 		 ARC 6356 Advanced Studio 3
 6 credits Required
ARC 6911 VIA Individual Studies
 1-6 credits Elective
ARC 6912 VIA Italian Language and Culture 3 credits Required
ARC 6913 MRP/Thesis Research
 3 credits Required


VIA PROGRAM SCHEDULE

Classes in the VIA Program begin with a studio orientation, tour of the town and introduction of course work.  The following schedule will be normative for the duration of the program, with changes for longer field trips, variations in program emphasis, etc.

  9–11am 11am–12:30pm 12:30–2pm 2– 5pm
M
Italian Language Theory 2 Break Studio
T
 Italian Language MRP/Thesis Break Studio
W
 Italian Language Theory 2 Break Studio
R
 Italian Language MRP/Thesis Break Studio
F
 Required VIA Field Trip: Assignment for studio/seminar research included, due following Monday.
S/S
 Optional extensions on Friday field trips led by faculty: travel costs for these optional trips are paid by each individual student.  (An estimated $1,000 dollars; necessary funding has been listed with the UF Financial Aid Office.)

There will be slight deviations from this generic schedule, such as the required field trips to Florence and Rome; nonetheless, you should anticipate a “full-time” seven-days-a-week commitment to the program. Classes start at 9 a.m. each day. Travel on field trips generally begins at 7:30 a.m. or earlier.

REQUIRED TEXTBOOKS

All students : Blue Guide to Italy
Palladio : James Ackerman
Watermark : Joseph Brodsky
Undergraduates : Modern Architecture : A critical History : Kenneth Frampton
Graduates : The Human Condition : Hannah Areudt

 

STUDIO

The VIA studio is now equipped with a wireless connection for the internet and e-mail. Students are strongly encouraged to bring your computer with wireless connection card. For graduate students this is an essential means of communicating with your MRP chair.