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Semester Courses


The Siena Art Institute offers a variety of semester courses for undergraduate and post-baccalaureate students.  Our classes are taught by both Italian and international artists and professors. Students benefit from our small class sizes, which enables them to develop their skills by working closely with our faculty. Our courses are available to students of any experience level because the small student-to-faculty ratio allows our instructors to tailor their classes to the individual needs and levels of the students.   Click on the course listings below for further details on our semester course offerings:

Required Courses:
  •  Art and Society Course
  •  Italian Language and Culture

Studio Elective Courses:
  • Digital Multimedia and Installation
  • Painting 
  • Photography 
  • Creative Writing

Independent Studies: (hours and availability depend on semester schedules):
  • Ceramics
  • Silversmithing
  • Drawing 
  • Sculpture
  • Internships
  • Book Arts*

(*The Book Arts independent study is a has an additional 500 euro tuition charge, meeting for 20 hours (2 hrs/week) for 3 suggested credits).

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The following Humanities Electives are also offered through our partner institution, the Siena School for Liberal Arts:

-  Art History:
  • Art History: Medieval and Renaissance Art in Siena & Florence
  • Art Restoration

-Deaf Studies (spring semester only):
  •  LIS (Italian Sign Language) & Deaf Culture

- Special Topics Studies**:  (hours and availability depend on semester schedules):
  • Art Criticism
  • History of Contemporary Art
  • Literature: Italo Calvino
  • History of Italian Cinema
  • Italian Contemporary Political Thought
  • Music History & Performance I: Italian Madrigals
  • Music History & Performance II: Making Music in Siena and Beyond
  • Italian Literature 
  • Art History: Iconography and Iconology
  • Medieval History

  (**Special Topics Studies through the Siena School for Liberal Arts have an additional 500 euro tuition charge, meet for 20 hours (2 hrs/week),  and have 3 suggested credits).
Siena Art Institute Onlus, office@sienaart.org , tel (+39) 0577 247 739
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