FAMILIES IN FLORENCE, ITALY: LOVE, PARENTING AND POLICY (ELR)

Catalog description

The course explores how preventative family science and family policy are developed and executed in an international setting, specifically Florence, Italy. The course uses the city of Florence and its existing resources as experiential learning examples of course content. In this course, we will explore how historical family honor, rituals, culture, and social context continue to influence the modern Florentine family and policies devoted to families. Students will engage in experiential learning experiences to explore how modern policies impact families, and how preventative family education (Family Life Education) exists internationally. We aim to gain a comprehensive understanding of the modern Florentine/Italian family given current government policies while exploring Italian preventative family education.