As a Fine Arts & Design Exploratory major or minor, you can:

• Explore a variety of courses that can count towards your major or minor as core requirements, related courses, and electives.
• Experience diverse cultures through approved programs around the globe.
• Engage in courses that expand subject areas of interest in the field.
• Develop foreign language skills that will enhance your professional qualifications.

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These programs are recommended based on your academic interests but students can explore additional approved program options via the Program Search.

Faculty-Led:
Studio Arts in Florence
Florence, Italy
This program offers students of art, design and art history a unique opportunity to study in one of the most important centers of western art, science, literature and architecture: Florence, Italy. The program is designed to offer a rich learning experience through a curriculum with directly transferable UConn course credits. Students take two studio courses (drawing and photography), an art history course and the Florence Experience course, which is an introduction to the culture of Florence and the Italian language.

Summer Italian Cinema in Sorrento
Sorrento, Italy
A short-term faculty led program studying film with the opportunity to immerse culturally and in the local community through an internship.

Exchange:

University of Glasgow
Glasgow, Scotland
Students who study at the University of Glasgow reside in the center of a vibrant metropolis and yet have easy access to the beautiful Scottish countryside and coastline surrounding the city. Academics include fine arts coursework with alignments in Art History and Film, in addition to a full offering of humanities, social sciences and other academic subjects. 

National University of Singapore
Republic of Singapore
NUS offers a broad-based curriculum that will be particularly attractive to students interested in the Arts with courses aligned in Art History, DMD, Drama, Drawing and Painting . Situated on a ridge surrounded by greenery and panoramic views of the sea, NUS is a vibrant campus just 25 minutes from downtown Singapore. Singapore is considered one of the safest cities in the world and because of its location close to the equator, the climate is summer-like all year long. 

University of Wollongong
Wollongong, Australia
Wollongong is Australia’s ninth largest city; small enough to learn to navigate in a semester yet large enough to provide plenty of activity. This thriving cosmopolitan city is becoming known for its combination of laidback lifestyle, natural beauty, culture and entertainment.  It boasts the largest regional art gallery in Australia and a performing arts center. 

Affiliated:

API: Luxury Design Management in Paris and Florence 
Paris, France & Florence, Italy
API students have an unprecedented opportunity to learn from some of the best fashion and design minds in the world through study in this traveling program between Paris and Florence. Students begin in Paris at Parsons Paris – The New School, and then continue on to finish the program in Florence at Polimoda.

API Summer Art & Design at Parsons Paris
Paris, France
This program allows you to experience Paris from an insider’s perspective by exploring the history of European art and design firsthand in the many museums and design studios throughout Paris. The program is open to all students who wish to deepen their art and design knowledge and develop their skills in a rigorous academic environment.

Summer University of the Arts London 
London, England
Fashion – The wide range of subject specialization’s offered can be divided into two types of activity: studio based/practical workshops (fashion design, theatre costume and make-up programs), and lecture/seminar courses (merchandising and communications program). 

University of the Arts London
London, England
Carefully designed programs in fashion and the arts ensuring that the learning is underpinned with valuable historical, cultural and design study which compliments the unique combination of specialist fashion and make-up courses.  There is also the benefit of experiencing all the unique and stimulating cultural resources that the capital and its fashion industry have to offer.

Finances are an integral part of the program selection and planning process. Research scholarships early to meet application deadlines and request feedback on essays from advisors and the Writing Center.

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To learn more and discover other financial opportunities to fund your Experiential Global Learning opportunity, visit our scholarships page.