De Rada at UNICAL Home 

Course Descriptions

Program Fees and Accommodations

 Sample Itineraries and Labs

Application
Form and Schedule 

De Rada Program at

Università della Calabria

June 2-30 & July 1-28, 2015

(Workshop: July 3-12, 2015)

For High School and College Students

& for Middle and High School Teachers

 Studia l'Italiano e Scopri la Cultura del Mediterraneo
Study Italian and Discover Mediterranean Culture

Program Fees

Professional Development Workshop for teachers  (July 3-12, 2015)

$1700 (with breakfast and dinner) $1750 (with lunch and dinner)

The cost of the workshop includes 35 contact hours, orientation, single room with private bath+AC, dinners and lunch or breakfast at Università della Calabria, one welcome dinner and one farewell dinner, 2 excursions to the beach, a guided tour of Cosenza with dinner, Lamezia Terme Airport pick up and return service.  

Teachers participating in the workshop who will organize a small group of students for one of our summer sections, will receive a discount and will pay only $1000 (option A) or $1050 (option B).

Courses for students and adult learners (June 2-30 & July 1-28)

$3700 (shared room)         $4100 (single room) 

Group airfare and teacher/chaperone offers available upon request

Studenents eating at UNICAL dining service

The students and adult learners fee includes:

Other features not covered by the program fee:

1) Airfare and passport fee: All students and faculty are responsible for their own airfare to and from Italy.

2) Books and course package material: The list of books for each course will be sent to students enrolled in the program together with their pre-departure material. 

3) Health care: Please note that the UNICAL public health care will cover students for primary care assistance and emergency room care. In case of a more serious medical emergency, transportation to the hospital will be provided by UNICAL. Once at the hospital, students may be asked to pay a fee for further treatment.  For this reason, we recommend that they have their own travel insurance card. 

4) Additional course fee: A payment of $450 is required for any additional course of 3 credits. All courses may be audited for free.

5) Telephone Correspondence:  In order to telephone the United States and other places inside (locally) and outside (internationally) of Italy, the following are also available to students:

 

A)  Phone slips/cards (scheda telefonica); they come in 5 and 10 Euro denominations, 2 hours and 4 hours respectively.  From the local telephones students can make calls with a  slip/card, sold locally.

B)  In the United States, it is possible to purchase a quad band cellular phone, which operates all around the world.

C) In Italy, students can purchase phones, starting at 20 Euro, which use TIM or SIM cards.  The cards are purchased in increments of 10 Euro, and they are placed directly into the phone.  There is NO charge for incoming calls.

D) Last but not least: students can bring their laptop and use Skype in order to call their friends and family for free (if the family and friends are Skype members) or by buying Skype credit online. For more information, please visit www.skype.com.

Preferred method of payment with no additional fees: check or money order.