Discovery Florence
The offerings listed below are representative of courses typically open to first-year students. This program fulfills the same curricular requirements as those pursued by freshmen studying on Syracuse University’s main campus, while providing a course schedule unique to the Florence experience.
Required Courses:
CAS 101 First Year Forum (1 credit)WRT 105 – Studio 1: Practices of Academic Writing (3 credits)
ITA 101 Italian I (6 credits)
Optional Courses:
You will round out your schedule by selecting two of the following optional courses:
CLA/LIT/REL 421 Classical Mythology (3 credits)HOA 203 Italian Arts from Antiquity to Michelangelo (3 credits)
PSC 141 Liberty and Power from the Ancient World to Modernity (3 credits)
EAR 100 Introduction to Geology (3 credits)
LIT 423 Italian Cinema: 1945-Present (3 credits)
Discovery Madrid
The Discovery Madrid program fulfills the same curricular requirements as those pursued by freshmen studying on Syracuse University’s main campus, while providing a course schedule unique to the Madrid experience.
Required Courses:
Mapping MadridCAS 101: First Year Forum (1 credit)
HST 300.1: Clash of Titans, Meeting of Minds: When Early Islam Met Early Christianity In The Mediterranean (3 credits)
WRT 105 – Studio 1: Practices of Academic Writing (3 credits)
SPA 101 or higher (3-4 credits, depending on level)
Optional Courses:
You will round out your Madrid schedule with one to two of the courses below.
ANT 356: Ancient Rituals and Beliefs in Modern Spain (3 credits)CHE 180.1 & CHE 180.2: General Chemistry and Laboratory I (4 credits)
EAR 104 & EAR 105: Earth Sciences Laboratory and Lecture (1 + 3 credits)
MAT 295: Calculus I (4 credits)
HOA 209: Arts of Spain (3 credits)
HST 412/PSC 422: Understanding 20th Century Spain (3 credits)
REL/HUM/JSP/MES 321: Christians, Jews, and Muslims: Historic Encounters in the Mediterranean (3 credits)
SOC/WGS 300.1: Gender, Race, Migration and Family in Spain (3 credits)
Discovery: Engineering and Computer Science (Madrid)
This specialized Discovery program fulfills the same curricular requirements for first-year students focusing on Engineering and Computer Science on Syracuse University’s main campus, while providing a course schedule unique to the Madrid experience.
Required Courses:
ECS 101: Introduction to Engineering and Computer Science (3 credits)CHE 180.1 & CHE 180.2: General Chemistry and Laboratory I (4 credits)
MAT 295: Calculus I (4 credits)
SPA 101 or higher (3-4 credits, depending on level)
WRT 105: Studio 1: Practices of Academic Writing (3 credits)
Optional Courses:
If you have met any of the above requirements through Advanced Placement, International Baccalaureate, or other college-level credit, you may round out your schedule with one or two of these optional courses:
ANT 356: Ancient Rituals and Beliefs in Modern Spain (3 credits)EAR 104 & EAR 105: Earth Sciences Laboratory and Lecture (1 + 3 credits)
HOA 209: Arts of Spain (3 credits)
HST 412/PSC 422: Understanding 20th Century Spain (3 credits)
REL/HUM/JSP/MES 321: Christians, Jews, and Muslims: Historic Encounters in the Mediterranean (3 credits)
SOC/WGS 300.1: Gender, Race, Migration and Family in Spain (3 credits)
Discovery Strasbourg
Students participating in the Discovery Strasbourg program will enjoy a rich and varied introduction to France through a semester-long curriculum. The program fulfills the same curricular requirements as those pursued by freshmen studying on Syracuse University’s main campus, while providing a course schedule unique to the Strasbourg experience.
Required Courses:
CAS 101 – First Year Forum (1 credit)FRE 101 – French I (4 credits)
WRT 105 – Studio 1: Practices of Academic Writing (3 credits)
Plus either
PHI 191 - Ethics and Contemporary Issues (3 credits)OR
HST 200.1 - Hostile Friends? France and the U.S., 1916-2016 (3 credits)Optional Courses:
You will round out your schedule by selecting one of the following optional courses:
REL 356/PSC 456 – Religion and Conflicts in Contemporary Europe (3 credits)HOA 458 - Art of Romanticism (3 credits)
LIT 301 – French Cinema versus Hollywood (3 credits)
PSC 350/HST 415 – Europe, Russia and the Eastern Borderlands (3 credits)