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Adaptive Decision Making and Intellectual Styles

• Francesco Sofo 0 ,
• Cinzia Colapinto 1 ,
• Michelle Sofo 2 ,
• Salvatore Ammirato 3

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, Department of Management, Ca' Foscari University, Venice, Italy

Faculty of Education, University of Canberra, Canberra, Australia

University of calabria, arcavacata rende, italy.

• Provides the reader with a theoretical and practical approach to adaptive decision making for effective functioning in a fast-paced world
• Considers many different cognitive styles for decision making
• Contextualizes decision making across many different cultures
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Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in Psychology (BRIEFSPSYCHOL, volume 13)

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Front matter, decision making in the social sciences.

• Francesco Sofo, Cinzia Colapinto, Michelle Sofo, Salvatore Ammirato

Critical Thinking and Intellectual Style

Analytical exploration of intellectual style and critical thinking, practical application and the emergence of adm 3.0, back matter.

• cross cultural decision making
• intellectual styles and decision making
• perspectives on decision making
• self perception and critical thinking
• sociology of decision making
• theories of transfer of knowledge

Francesco Sofo

, Department of Management, Ca' Foscari University, Venice, Italy

Cinzia Colapinto

Michelle Sofo

Salvatore Ammirato

Professor Francesco Sofo is the Director of the Centre for Research in Transnational Education Leadership and Performance in the Faculty of Education, University of Canberra Australia. He is a Fellow of the Australian Human Resource Institute and past winner of the Best Paper Award at the Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management conference. His current research focuses on the area of educational leadership; teaching effectiveness and the effectiveness of work teams; transfer of learning, team performance and emotional intelligence and on the intellectual styles of leaders in China and Australia. He has published extensively about thinking styles, virtual teams, critical thinking, corporate psychopathy and compliance.

Dr. Cinzia Colapinto is Assistant Professor of Management at the Ca’ Foscari University of Venice (Italy). She obtained a PhD in Business history and Management from the University of Milan (Italy), where she has been post-doc fellow. She has been a Visiting Researcher at the Department of Media and Communications, London School of Economics and Political Science (United Kingdom), and at the Communications and Media Policy Institute, University of Canberra (Australia). Her main research topics are media management and economics, decision making and innovation management.

Dr. Michelle Sofo obtained her PhD from the University of Canberra at the age of 27 after being awarded two Chancellor’s Commendations, an Australian Postgraduate Award and a nomination for the Herbert Burton University Medal. Between 2004 and 2011, Michelle was a sessional lecturer of the University of Canberra’s Faculty of Education where she has been teaching in the first year core units of the Bachelor of Social and Community Studies. In the last five years, Michelle’s publication output totals three book chapters, 16 refereed journal articles and nine refereed conference papers. Michelle continues to be research active, withcurrent interests in white collar crime, online consumer fraud, law enforcement, critical thinking, cross-cultural comparative studies and the transfer of learning. Michelle is currently an Adjunct Professional Associate to the Faculty of Education, Science, Technology and Maths.

  Dr. Salvatore Ammirato is a Researcher and Assistant Professor at the Department of Electronics, Computer Science and Systems, University of Calabria, Italy, and External Researcher at the Centre for research in Transnational Education, Leadership and Performance, University of Canberra, Australia. Since 2005, he has been teaching undergraduate and graduate courses in Information Management and Business Process Management. His main research interests are organizational learning, collaborative networks and business information management.

Book Title : Adaptive Decision Making and Intellectual Styles

Authors : Francesco Sofo, Cinzia Colapinto, Michelle Sofo, Salvatore Ammirato

Series Title : SpringerBriefs in Psychology

DOI : https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6708-3

Publisher : Springer New York, NY

eBook Packages : Behavioral Science , Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)

Copyright Information : The Author(s) 2013

Softcover ISBN : 978-1-4614-6707-6 Published: 18 March 2013

eBook ISBN : 978-1-4614-6708-3 Published: 19 March 2013

Series ISSN : 2192-8363

Series E-ISSN : 2192-8371

Edition Number : 1

Number of Pages : XIV, 114

Number of Illustrations : 1 b/w illustrations, 1 illustrations in colour

Topics : Personality and Social Psychology , Industrial and Organizational Psychology , Operations Research/Decision Theory

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My biology education research is dedicated to ensuring evidence-based techniques are developed and become widely adopted. I have a broad interest in teaching different life sciences courses, as teaching a wide range of courses offers the opportunity to identify learning trends outside of the content and puts interdisciplinary concepts front of mind. Infusing critical thinking rigor, creativity and the spirit of experimentation are the intentions behind my scientific teaching approach. I apply principles and ways of thinking in my coursework to emphasize conceptual understanding, provide interdisciplinary contexts and authentic scientific experience, as well as practice interpersonal skills. I plan many opportunities to build connections between students, to enhance communication and problem-solving skills, and expose students to a diversity of new perspectives. 

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---- [1] Tim Ingold, “Anthropology Between Art and Science: An Essay on the Meaning of Research,” Field issue 11 (fall 2018), http://field-journal.com/issue-11/anthropology-between-art-and-science-an-essay-on-the-meaning-of-research. [2] Judy Iseke, “Indigenous Storytelling as Research,” International Review of Qualitative Research (November 2013). [3] Ingold, ibid. [4] Ursula K. Le Guin, The Carrier Bag Theory of Fiction (London: Ignota Books, 2019 [1986]).

ACTIVATIONS

In correspondence with the main acts, five workshops are curated by current Fellows of TBA21–Academy’s 2021 Ocean Fellowship. By offering a space to employ the explored methodologies, the activations provoke advancement from theory to practice, and invite participants to engage and respond. Workshops will open for registration in the preceding weeks.

INFORMATION

Ocean / Uni’s format of study is centered around biweekly sessions to take place online on Zoom Platform and Ocean-Archive.org between October 6 and December 15, 2021 .

The curriculum is open to:

Adults from any background and eager to engage in ecological, political, aesthetic, ethical, and scientific conversations around the futures of the Ocean .

Lectures will be held exclusively in English , so a good listening and speaking level is recommended to ensure a meaningful learning experience. The curriculum is open to anyone with an interest in deepening their knowledge, understanding, and experience of the research topics unfolded in the exhibitions "The Soul Expanding Ocean #1: Taloi Havini", and "The Soul Expanding Ocean #2 : Isabel Lewis", both on display at Ocean Space until 17 October 2021 and curated by Chus Martínez.

HOW TO PARTICIPATE

Participants are required to register for their attendance to the program online in a webinar format. Due to limited capacity applicants will be selected on a first-come, first-served basis. You are welcome to register in advance for more than one session. If you attend five sessions or more, you will receive an official certificate of attendance.

ONLINE REGISTRATION

OCEAN / UNI OPEN CALL

Main sessions (“acts”) begin on 6 October and follow a biweekly rhythm. Guests are present live or pre-recorded on Zoom (All time in CET). Wednesday, 6 October, 6–7.30 pm PROLOGUE: LISTENING “Keep awake, keep listening. / The tide comes in fast”

Keynote speaker: Wanda Nanibush, Anishinaabe-kwe curator, artist and educator based in Toronto, Ontario. Curator of Indigenous Art at the Art Gallery of Ontario and Shaul Bassi, Associate Professor of English literature, Ca' Foscari University of Venice; Meredith Root-Bernstein, CNRS research scientist, Natural History Museum in Paris, and teacher of the GEO—DESIGN course, Design Academy Eindhoven, The Netherlands. Thursday 14 October, 6–7.30 pm SPECIAL MOMENT: ANTHROPOCENE CAMPUS

In collaboration with Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, hybrid event: online and at Ocean Space, Venice. With: Cristina Baldacci, Senior Researcher at Ca' Foscari University of Venice; Shaul Bassi, Associate Professor of English literature, Ca' Foscari University of Venice; Giorgio Andreotta Calò, artist; Barbara Casavecchia, curator and writer, leader of The Current III, TBA21–Academy.

Wednesday, 20 October, 6–7.30 pm FIRST ACT: ARCHIVING SESSION: “We need to tell and tell until all our stories are standing with us.”

With: Michelle Caswell, Associate Professor of Archival Studies in the Department of Information Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles; Raphaël Grisey, artist. Session curated by the Ocean Fellows and Mentors 2021. Wednesday, 27 October, time TBC ACTIVATION: ON ARCHIVING

Led by: Ohan Breiding, artist and Shoghig Halajian, curator and researcher, Ocean Fellows 2021 With: Michal Kučerák, Digital Content Manager, TBA21–Academy. Wednesday, 3 November, 6–7.30 pm SECOND ACT: NARRATING SESSION: “the story as i remember it” In collaboration with Ca’ Foscari University of Venice. With: Valentina Bonifacio, Associate Professor in Applied and Visual Anthropology at Ca' Foscari University of Venice; Macarena Gómez-Barris, Professor and Chairperson of Social Science and Cultural Studies at Pratt Institute, New York; Amanda Choo Quan, writer and poet.

Wednesday, 10 November, time TBC ACTIVATION: ON NARRATING

Led by: Ella Navot, Ocean Fellow 2021. With: Pietro Consolandi, researcher and artist, former Ocean Fellow. Wednesday, 17 November, 6–7.30 pm THIRD ACT: PLAYING SESSION: “It matters what knots knot knots”

In collaboration with Institut Kunst, FHNW Academy of Art and Design, Basel, Switzerland. With: Isabel Lewis, artist; Chus Martínez, Curator of Ocean Space 2021-2022.

Wednesday, 24 November, time TBC ACTIVATION: ON PLAYING

Led by: Chahinez Bouguerche, postdoctoral researcher in fish parasitology at the Swedish Museum of Natural History, Ocean Fellow 2021. With: Fiona Middleton, marine researcher, Research & Community Assistant, TBA21–Academy, former Ocean Fellow. Wednesday, 1 December, 6–7.30 pm FOURTH ACT: LOCATING SESSION: “The inundated need no instruction in inundation” In collaboration with GEO—DESIGN, Design Academy Eindhoven, The Netherlands. With: Formafantasma, designers and directors of the GEO— DESIGN course, Design Academy Eindhoven, The Netherlands; Ayla Kekhia, designer, art director, and visual researcher; Francesca Tambussi, designer and art director; Giuditta Vendrame, designer, artist and researcher.

Wednesday, 8 December, time TBC ACTIVATION: ON LOCATING

Led by: Zoé Le Voyer, Ocean Fellow 2021 and co-founder of collective Calypso36°21. With: Beatrice Forchini, Research and Education Programmer, TBA21–Academy. Wednesday, 15 December, 6–7.30 pm FIFTH ACT: TRANSLATING SESSION: “The prefix trans~ promises movements across”

Guests will be announced shortly.

Wednesday 16 December, time TBC ACTIVATION: ON TRANSLATING

Led by: Rosalyn D'Mello; author, art critic, columnist, researcher, lecturer and Ocean Fellowship 2021 Mentor With: Katarina Rakušcek, Content Strategist, TBA21–Academy.

ABOUT OCEAN / UNI

Initiated by TBA21–Academy in the fall 2020 as part of the activations around the exhibition Territorial Agency: Oceans in Transformation curated by Daniela Zyman, OCEAN / UNI is a program for higher education institutions, independent researchers, practitioners, and ocean enthusiasts that encourages building a far-reaching network and developing a transdisciplinary methodology. Conceived as a pedagogic space, OCEAN / UNI invites thinking with the Ocean as a way to move towards more amphibious formulations, beyond land-sea binaries. Framing the Ocean as an animate assemblage that constantly pulse and evolve, as political agents, and as epistemological substance might enable humans to (re)create forms of kinship that have been violated. The curriculum blends grassroots and academic knowledge, artistic positions and scientific case studies, institutional and self-seeded initiatives, to offer multifaceted and accessible explorations of the histories, ideas, and material changes taking place throughout the Ocean. Watch the trailer of OCEAN / UNI Spring Semester 2021, Ocean Commons: Reclaiming the Common Ocean. OCEAN / UNI 2021/2022 will host further conversations, case studies, and encounters. The program for the Fall semester 2021, " How to wade through water? Storytelling as a Method ", draws on the works of artist Taloi Havini, resulting in the The Soul Expanding Ocean #1 exhibition, as well as on Isabel Lewis’ performance exhibition The Soul Expanding Ocean #2, both curated by Chus Martínez as part of the program The Current II . The proposed format of study revolves around biweekly sessions supported by smaller, more intimate workshops, hosted digitally. The program is open to a group of pre-registered public participants, university groups, guests, and moderators connected via Zoom, the ocean comm/uni/ty , and Ocean-Archive.org .

The OCEAN / UNI curriculum 2021/2022 is curated and developed by Barbara Casavecchia , Leader of The Current III; Beatrice Forchini, Research and Education Programmer: Pietro Consolandi and Fiona Middleton , former Ocean Fellows; alongside Petra Linhartova , Head of Digital & Development, and Markus Reymann , Director of TBA21–Academy; in collaboration with Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, GEO–Design at Design Academy Eindhoven, Institut Kunst HGK FHNW in Basel; and produced with care by the TBA21–Academy team.

Graphic design: Lana Jerichova

ACADEMIC PARTNER 2021/2022

• Ca' Foscari University of Venice, Italy
• Columbia University, NY, USA
• GEO—DESIGN, Design Academy Eindhoven, The Netherlands
• Hochschule Mainz: University of Applied Sciences, Germany
• Institut Kunst, FHNW Academy of Art and Design, Basel, Switzerland
• Salon Swiss / Bern University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland

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• Study Abroad

Harvard Summer Program in Venice, Italy

June 20, 2024 to August 3, 2024

January 25, 2024

Explore Venice, Italy, one of Europe's most important nexuses.

Program Director:

Glenda Carpio

About the Program

Investigate European art, culture, history, and society alongside Harvard University and Ca’ Foscari University of Venice  students and faculty. This collaborative, multidisciplinary program brings together two prestigious universities to deepen your understanding of Venice—a city with a rich history and an environment unlike any other.

You experience the unique culture, art, and history of Venice through workshops, excursions, and field trips, as well as participation in the local community. With a diverse array of course offerings to choose from, you will have the opportunity to engage in a multi-disciplinary exploration of Venice and of historical and contemporary Western society.

Program Structure

The program provides essential cultural context to frame your academic experience in Venice, with a variety of required activities and workshops on topics that in past years have included Italian fashion and design, Venetian mask-making, the traditional rowing technique, Voga, and Venetian cooking.

You enroll in two of the courses listed below. Please note that final course placement is dependent on availability and is determined by the Venice program upon your enrollment.

Each course counts as one semester-long course (4 credits) of degree credit; students enroll in two courses for 8 credits total.

AAAS S-138 Study Abroad in Venice, Italy: Race and Global Migration View More

Glenda Carpio, PhD, Professor of English and of African and African American Studies, Harvard University 4 credits UN, GR Limited Enrollment. Monday/Wednesday, 12:45-3:15pm

Migration patterns have shaped reshaped states and individuals throughout history and across the world. Forced migration, produced by imperial legacies and neo-colonialist practices and, increasingly, by climate change, poses political and social challenges in both the United States and Europe. This course introduces key scholarly debates in the study of forced migration in comparative race studies, and in literature. We will investigate the causes and consequences of modern population movements from a comparative perspective by asking: what are the social, economic, and political reasons and outcomes for migration across sending and receiving countries? We will also explore how contemporary literary artists represent global migration as it intersects with race and racism in America and in Europe.

ECON S-1490 Study Abroad in Venice, Italy: Introduction to Financial Markets View More

Paolo Pellizzari , PhD, Professsor of Economics, Ca’ Foscari University 4 credits UN, GR Limited enrollment. Tuesday/Thursday, 12:45-3:15pm

The first part of this course provides an introduction to financial markets, instruments, and trading. In the second part, modern portfolio theory is presented, touching important topics such as diversification, portfolio risk, the trade-off between risks and return, the capital asset pricing model, and the importance of the efficient market hypothesis.

Prerequisite: Precalculus. Some background on probability theory is helpful but not required.

ENGL S-36V Study Abroad in Venice, Italy: Venetian Art and the Bible View More

Gordon Teskey , PhD, Professor of English, Harvard University 4 credits UN, GR Limited enrollment. Tuesday/Thursday, 9:15-11:45am

William Blake called the Bible “the great code of art.” Nowhere was this statement truer than in the famous Italian centers of art, Rome, Florence, and Venice. But the biblical culture of Venice was special because of her rich contacts with the East: with Islam, with the Greek culture of the Eastern Mediterranean, and with the Holy Land itself. The great cathedral of Venice, Saint Mark’s, is named for the city’s patron, who wrote the oldest and most venerable of the Christian gospels. The Bible provided the artists of Venice with a rich fund of subjects for painting and sculpture. This course gives students an outline of the contents and structure of the Bible similar to what most people in Venice would have had during the period when its greatest art was produced. The aim is for students to be able to look at a work of Venetian art and read not only its biblical subject but also its biblical thinking, especially the subterranean connections between episodes. We also consider how extra-biblical subjects such as saints’ legends and episodes from the apocrypha are themselves extensions of biblical reading. Meeting times are about equally divided between classroom discussion and field trips to sites around Venice. Among the more important of these are Saint Mark’s cathedral, the Doge Palace, the Basilica dei Frari, the Scuola di San Rocco (with its amazing Tintorettos), the Basilica di Santi Giovanni e Paolo, the Basilica della Salute (with Titian’s biblical paintings in the sacristry), and the Accademia gallery, with its great hall containing Veronese’s gigantic and exuberant  Feast in the House of Levi  and Titian’s large but intimate  Pieta, with its subtle biblical meanings adopted to personal expression. The course’s final class concludes in this room, in front of these contrasting visions of the meaning of life, seen through the lens of the Bible.

ENGL S-122 Study Abroad in Venice, Italy: Shakespeare's Venice -- Jews, Blacks, Muslims, and Christians at the Origin of the Modern World (CANCELLED) View More

Stephen Greenblatt , PhD, Cogan University Professor of the Humanities, Harvard University Shaul Bassi , PhD, Full Professor of English, Ca’ Foscari University 4 credits UN, GR Limited enrollment. Monday/Wednesday, 12:45-3:15pm

A great early modern metropolis and a richly symbolic landscape, Venice is the setting of two seminal plays by Shakespeare, a comedy and a tragedy.  The Merchant of Venice  and  Othello  have made the Jewish moneylender Shylock and the Moor Othello the emblematic ethnic and cultural outsiders, figures who both foreshadow and challenge the modern notion of a multicultural community. This course analyzes the Shakespearean texts, reads their principal sources, and charts their controversial critical and theatrical histories. We examine the rich cultural and literary material that informs the plays, including the representations of Africans, Jews, and Muslims, and their multiple resonances in different times and places, including modern adaptations in fiction and film. Our presence in Venice is crucial to our understanding: we explore why the setting for these plays had to be here and not elsewhere, and we visit Venetian sites that illuminate the biblical, classical, and ethnographic contexts that forged Shakespeare’s notions of cultural and religious difference.

Note:  Professor Greenblatt will lecture for two weeks of the course.

HARC S-140 Study Abroad in Venice, Italy: Private and Public Life in Venice, in the Renaissance and Beyond (CANCELLED) View More

Myriam Pilutti Namer, PhD, Adjunct Professor in the History of the Arts of Venice and the Veneto, Ca’Foscari University Martina Frank, PhD, Professor of Philosophy and Cultural Heritage, Ca’ Foscari University 4 credits UN, GR Limited enrollment. Tuesday/Thursday, 9:15-11:45am

Venetian nobles in the Renaissance were remarkable commissioners of works of art and architecture as well as of literature and music. Venetian patricians were also cultured collectors of antiquities and even owners of villas and gardens on the mainland. At the same time many of them were distinguished politicians, ruling the state in order to guarantee social peace and the independence of the Serenissima Republic from other European powers. Their private life was performed in a universe of palazzi (buildings), ville (villas) and giardini (gardens), while their public role was practiced both in the Ducal Palace and the basilica of the piazza San Marco, and in the scuole (charitable organizations). The first part of the course focuses on the interaction between private and public life in Renaissance Venice. The chronology is extended to the seventeenth and the eighteenth centuries in order to explore the changes that occurred in economic and cultural life and to determine their influence on the residential behavior of the Venetian ruling class. The second part of the course focuses on a number of meaningful locations where, during the Renaissance and beyond, the boundaries of public and private sphere overlapped and blended. These case studies offer examples of critical junctions between private origins and present public use or vice versa, exploring new paradigms in the definition of space in Venice.

HIST S-1158 Study Abroad in Venice, Italy: Italy in a Global Context, 16th to 19th Centuries View More

Giulia Delogu , PhD, Assistant Professor of Early Modern History, Linguistics and Comparative Cultural Studies, Ca’ Foscari University 4 credits UN, GR Limited enrollment. Monday/Wednesday, 9:15-11:45am

This course re-examines the history of Italy in the sixteenth to nineteenth centuries through a global lens, highlighting how the Italian peninsula was not a decadent, insular region during this period, but a vital center of far-reaching networks of commercial, political, and cultural exchange. These networks reveal Italian cities as both recipients of and active agents in processes of knowledge formation. The course highlights the importance of port cities such as Venice, Trieste, and Livorno, exploring their roles in the circulation of information ranging from commercial reforms and ideas of human rights to immigration and public health policies. Students examine historical documents from the state archives of Trieste, Modena, Venice, Genoa, and Milan, as well as literary masterpieces of the period, and gain a comprehensive view of recent scholarship on Italy and the new methodological horizons of global history.

Prerequisite:  none.

HUMA S-125 Study Abroad in Venice, Italy: The Ethics of Identity View More

Jay M. Harris , PhD, Harry Austryn Wolfson Professor of Jewish Studies, Harvard University 4 credits UN, GR Limited enrollment. Tuesday/Thursday, 12:45-3:15pm

This course engages with the ethical challenges presented by personal and group identities. Built around K. Anthony Appiah’s book,  The Ethics of Identity , in conversation with his predecessors, interlocutors, and opponents (among them Kant, Mill, and Rawls), the course focuses on contentious contemporary issues regarding inclusion and exclusion, and on how we can engage with our multiple identities in ethically responsive ways.

VISU S-168 Study Abroad in Venice, Italy: Designing Augmented Reality Experiences for Museums and Cultural Sites View More

Fabio Pittarello , PhD, Associate Professor in Environmental Sciences, Informatics and Statistics, Ca’ Foscari University 4 credits UN, GR Limited enrollment. Monday/Wednesday, 9:15-11:45am

The course teaches students how to create a user experience (UX), based on augmented reality (AR) technology, targeted to cultural heritage sites and art exhibitions. Theoretical lectures are complemented by lab sessions focused on different methodological and technical issues involved in the development of an AR-based UX. The scenario for the development is one of the exhibitions or cultural heritage sites available in Venice at the time of the course—for example, the exhibition spaces of Ca’ Giustinian (on the south side of Ca’ Foscari), the Svevo Museum in Trieste, or Modus, a collateral event of La Biennale Arte. Students collaborate in small working groups for creating the final prototype.

Where You'll Live and Study

The lagoon city of Venice, la Serenissima, was for centuries a cultural and commercial center of Europe, and a vital link between East and West. Now it is the site of an educational crossroads and this multidisciplinary program that brings together students and faculty from Harvard University and Ca’ Foscari University of Venice.

While the program is in session, personal travel outside of Italy is not allowed.

Accommodation

You stay in the newly renovated dormitory “Camplus” in the Santa Marta area, about a 5-7 minute walk from the classrooms and the Summer School office in Venice. All rooms are doubles and have air conditioning and internet. With the exception of breakfast, which is provided in the dorms, you are responsible for your own meals. All rooms include a kitchenette so that you can cook your own meals.

Venice has many restaurants, bars, cafes, and pasticciere. You have the opportunity to shop at the local markets and frequent the restaurants and bars in your neighborhood. Cafeterias offering low-cost meals are another popular option.

Application

To apply, you must:

• Be at least 18 years old
• Have completed at least one year of college or be a first-year student
• Be in good academic standing

Students enrolled at any accredited university are welcome to apply. See the  How to Apply page for more information.

The Summer 2024 application is now closed. All admissions decisions will be released on March 1.

Each program has unique requirements included in the online application. Beginning your application early is the best way to ensure that you have sufficient time to review and complete the application requirements by the deadline.

You may apply to no more than two programs; if applying to two programs, you will be asked to rank your two applications in order of preference (first and second choice). Any applications submitted in excess of the maximum of two will be automatically withdrawn. You will be notified of your admissions status in each program in early March.

A complete online application includes:

• Basic personal information
• A statement of interest
• Your most recent transcript
• Program-specific requirements (if applicable; may include letters of recommendation, etc.)

Interviews may be requested at the discretion of the program.

Be sure to read about the funding options available for Harvard Summer School Study Abroad programs.

If you have questions about the application, please contact the Harvard Summer School Study Abroad Office by email at  [email protected] .

Cost & Expenses

The program fee includes:

• Accommodations
• Scheduled program activities
• Some meals (the program will provide further details)

You will also need to budget for a number of expenses not covered by the program fee.  The amounts listed below for these out-of-pocket expenses are approximate, and you may incur additional expenses not noted here. Your actual expenses will depend on a number of factors, including personal spending habits and currency exchange rates.  Note that expense categories–especially airfare–may be subject to significant fluctuations.

• International airfare ($1,600 – $2,000)
• Ground transportation ($200)
• Meals ($2,000)
• Personal expenditures, communications, course materials, and miscellaneous ($600)

If you have specific questions about personal budgeting, please contact the program directly.

See  Funding and Payment  for information on how to submit payments and funding options.

Additional Information

• Questions?  Email   [email protected]
• Need an accommodation?  See  Students in Need of Accommodations  to request one through the Accessibility Services Office.
• Accepted to the program?  See  Admitted Students  for information about predeparture requirements.

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