Students accepted in this program will enroll in two courses and receive six credits, some of which may be applied to a film studies certificate. Students will also have the option of enrolling in the Oxford summer program, which follows the completion of courses in Italy.Students may choose from the following courses:

LCC 3256: Pasolini--Poetry, Cinema, Activism (Dr. Olga Solovieva)
LCC 3853: Decadence, Futurism, and the Sexes in Early Italian Film (Dr. Angela Dalle Vacche)
LCC 3406: Documentary Filmmaking (Prof. Michael Nitsche)


Angela Dalle Vacche

Angela Dalle Vacche is the director of LCC's Italian Film Studies program, a summer study abroad opportunity sponsored by LCC and the University of Udine in Italy. Under the auspices of Film at Tech, every year she organizes two film series for the School of Literature, Communication, and Culture of Ivan Allen College at the Georgia Institute of Technology: the African Film Series in October and the French Film Series in April.

Michael Nitsche

Michael Nitsche's primary interests are in the field of interactive real-time 3-dimensional virtual environments focusing on ways to shape their content and improve their spatial design, their presentation, and investigate their range of interaction. Publications include: "Play it again Sam: Film Performance, Virtual Environments and Participators." His graduate teaching includes a course on expressive virtual spaces with emphasis on their spatial design and experimental practical implementation.

Shannon Dobranski

Dr. Shannon Dobranski has served as the undergraduate coordinator for LCC since 2001. In addition to teaching, her responsibilities include assisting with STAC advisement and recruitment, evaluating advanced standing and transfer credit, issuing overloads and permits, and managing the McEver Program for Engineering and the Liberal Arts. Shannon has taught English Composition as well as Shakespeare, Studies in Fiction, and Shakespeare and Film.

For more information on Italian Film Studies, please see Frequently Asked Questions