Dates, Costs and Snazzy Extras
DATES
Humanities Spring in Assisi 2012 will run from June 23rd to July 18th, 2012. Students may also choose to extend their HSIA stay by 11 days (until July 29th) and participate in HSIA Archaeology Boot-Camp, an intensive, site-specific study of Pompeii and Paestum, the two classical cities per eccellenza.
PROGRAM COSTS
HSIA 2012 will cost $3,650 USD. Students who apply by March 1st are eligible for our Early Enrollment Reduction (250 USD). We also offer a range of both work-study and merit scholarships in an effort to make it possible for for enthusiastic and dedicated students, who could not otherwise do so, to attend the program.(see below under Scholarships at HSIA). 
This includes:
- Airport pickup and return
- All transportation within Italy
- Tuition
- Walking tours and guided visits
- All admission fees to castles, museums, archaeological sites, gardens, etc. (i.e. anything we visit as a group)
- All tickets to opera, puppet show, concerts (i.e. to all group-attended events)
- Room and board (except for the occasional lunch or dinner out).
Application fee: There is a HSIA application fee of 50 USD. Please send this to us along with your application. HSIA insurance: All students must come to HSIA with full insurance coverage or buy our HSIA policy (additional 145 USD). HSIA uses the medical services of the Assisi Hospital, a small, excellent hospital twenty minutes away. The cost of HSABC insurance for HSIA students is 75 USD.
SCHOLARSHIPS AT HSIA
HSIA offers two kinds of scholarships to interested applicants. Students are welcome to apply for either or both.
All scholarship decisions are usually made by March 15th. If you are applying after that date, and we still have scholarships available, we will let you know. HSIA is committed to helping interested and enthusiastic applicants to attend. If you are really interested in coming, please go ahead and apply, and we will do our best to make it happen!! WORK-STUDY SCHOLARSHIPS Students work at Humanities Spring to offset the costs of the program. Students might do anything from washing windows to organizing our library loft or from student-teaching to helping our Italian cook make Italian cakes for evening serate. We try to create work-study schedules which are fruitful for the work-study student, as well as the HSIA community at large. We think work is an important learning experience, and every HSIA student has a half-hour daily chore. We also offer work-study before and after the regular HSIA and HSABC sessions, both in June and in August. We encourage students to do at least some of their work-study in these periods as it makes it possible for us to award them more work-study and leaves them freer to participate more fully in both programs. High School students may apply for up to 500 dollars in work-study. College students may apply for partial or full scholarships. Please click on Work-Study Scholarships below for more detailed information and a work-study application.
New work-study opportunity!!!
As of this summer, HSIA and HSABC students may request to work as counselors-in-training at our HS Kids program as part of their work-study. either for one or two weeks in June. before the HSIA session begins, or for 1-4 weeks in August, after HSABC is over. If you’re interested, please fill out the HS KIDS work-study application (click below). The application includes a description of HS Kids and should give you a pretty good sense of what you would be doing as a counselor-in-training. Thanks!!! We look forward to reading your application!
HELPING HAND SCHOLARSHIPS
HH scholarships (from 250 to 1,000 USD) are awarded on a basis of merit and need. Please click on Helping Hand Scholarships below for a HH application.
SNAZZY EXTRAS
HS Archaeology Boot-Camp (July 18th – July 29th) : Where students read, write, think and dream Classical Archaeology. A ten-day intensive program session based at HS in Assisi and at the charming Villa Lucia in Paestum Intensive, in-depth study of Paestum and Pompeii, the two classical cities per eccellenza.
July 18th – July 21st: Students spend three days at our home-base in Assisi attending intensive lectures and discussion classes on everything from Roman inscriptions to Greek city-planning to a history of classical mosaics to ancient baths, form and function. Students also do research in the HS library and prepare (with the help, when they need it, of a HS tutor) mini-classes on one Greek and one Roman topic to present to the rest of the group when we are down south, on site.
July 22nd: HS goes south to the charming Villa Lucia in Paestum (with a beautiful beach juat a few minutes walk away) — and a five minute drive to the magnificent Doric temples, the museum, and the Greek and Roman cities.
July 22- 24: Spotlight on Paestum
July 25th: Day-long tour of the Amalfi Coast (lemon groves, Roman villas, Cathedrals, cloisters, beaches, outdoor markets, breath-taking views, and much more!)
July 26 – July 28th: Spotlight on Pompeii
July 29th: departure
For more detailed information on HS Archaeology Boot-Camp (HSABC), please visit our HS Archaeology page. For students in the regular HSIA session, HSABC costs 1,400 dollars. Some HSABC work-study and merit scholarships are also available for HSIA students.
PAYMENT METHOD
All payments should be made by check or bank transfer. Checks should be made out to “Humanities Spring in Assisi”. Please send all payments by regular US snail mail, much faster (and more reliable!!!) than any of the courier services. For bank transfers, send us an e-mail at info@humanitiesspring.com and we will send you all the information you need.
PAYMENT TIMETABLE
HSIA application fee (50 USD): Please include your application fee with your HSIA application.
HSIA deposit (500 USD): Once you have been accepted to the program we ask that you send us your HSIA deposit within a week. HSIA payment-in-full: Payment-in-full should be sent to us at Humanities Spring by May 15th.
TEACHING INTERNSHIP
HSIA also offers a teaching internship for graduate students and qualified undergraduates. Please include two detailed course proposals with your HSIA application form and a detailed description of all previous teaching experience. Please feel free to contact us with any questions you may have at info@humanitiesspring.com.