Human Rights & Law in Sicily

Spend your semester exploring human rights, migration, and law—all contemporary topics that shape Sicily and the surrounding Mediterranean region. Engage with local communities through field visits and excursions connected to your coursework. The research course allows you to focus on an area of interest, and be mentored by a local expert. 

Live in furnished apartments with shared bedrooms with other students on the program. Generally apartments are 2–4 bedrooms, with 4–8 students per apartment. Meals are not included, but kitchen supplies are available for you to cook your own meals.

Full day excursions around the island of Sicily will be included in the program fee. Excursions could include places like the Baroque cities of Noto and Modica, the ancient Greek art and architecture site of Valley of the Temples, the Necropolis of Pantalica, which dates from the 13th to 7th centuries BC, etc. Additionally, classes will have excursions around Siracusa and Catania, tied to course content. 

The Learning Abroad Center works with Village Travel, a local travel agency, to arrange a coordinated flight for program participants. The flight is optional, and is arranged for those who want to fly with other program participants. Group flight information is typically available by the program application deadline, if not before.

If you take the group flight, or are able to arrive before the group flight and wait, our staff will meet you at the airport and bring you to your housing at no added cost. If you do not take the group flight, you will need to make your own way to the center in Siracusa upon arrival. Specific arrival instructions will be sent out prior to your departure.

For immigration purposes, you should purchase a round-trip ticket, since you must be able to show your entry and exit dates from Italy.