SEARCY, ARK. (05/18/2012)(readMedia)-- Annemarie Doyle of Andalusia (61232) departed May 8 to spend a six-week summer session living in Italy while studying art and design at Harding University in Florence (HUF-Art).
As part of the HUF-Art curriculum, Doyle, a sophomore interior design major, will spend the semester immersed in Italian culture. Students will have the opportunity to visit locations such as Naples, Rome, Milan, Paris, London and other historically significant areas. They will be living in apartments in the Florence Bible School in Scandicci, a suburb of Florence, cultivating new relationships with fellow students.
Students in the program have a course load of high-level art classes available to them taught by visiting Harding professors. The professors also travel with the students. The classes offer an extra emphasis on art and design.
With an enrollment of more than 7,100 students, Harding is the largest private university in Arkansas and attracts more National Merit Scholars than any other private university in the state. Harding also maintains campuses in Australia, Chile, England, France, Greece and Zambia. For more information visit www.harding.edu/international.