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May 2025

аÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ Italy and the Department of Secondary & Middle Grades Education

аÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ has a permanent international education site in the Renaissance town of Montepulciano, Italy. аÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ Italy offers students the chance to live and study in Italy while earning course credit toward a degree. Bagwell College of Education offered a Maymester experience in Montepulciano in 2017, and the Department of Secondary and Middle Grades Education (SMGE) is very excited to have renewed those partnerships for 2026. Other programs and colleges offering programming in Montepulciano are General Education, Coles College of Business, Wellstar College, and World Languages. SMGE will offer a section of EDUC 2130, Exploring Teaching and Learning, in Montepulciano in Maymester, 2026. Our partners are Professor Marco Mosconi, leading the Licei Poliziani secondary school and Professora Caterina Mangiaracina, leading the Sculoa Primaria lower secondary school. SMGE is most excited about what this opportunity provides to our аÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ students. Students can earn up to 9 credit hours in their four weeks in Italy – they earn 3 hours for EDUC 2130, 3 hours for an undergraduate research internship, and they can take a proficiency test in Italian for 3 hours of credit upon their return after taking a course in Italian while abroad.