Hospitality Management Food Tour

Explore Italy’s cuisine and hospitality while traveling in Tuscany. Learn how region and culture impact Italian cuisine and farm to market concepts in the Italian food industry. Through work at a school for the culinary arts and visits to local restaurants, students will pick up techniques in preparing and presenting a traditional Italian meal. The course, taught by UM faculty members Dr. Laurel Lambert and Candis Varnell, is intended for hospitality management majors. Students will earn 3 hours of credit for FCS 595.

Program Highlights

  • This program is open to all students but would be particularly interesting to hospitality management majors.
  • Students will participate in cooking classes, restaurant and winery tours, and visits to sites relevant to the hospitality management industry.
  • Click here for a slideshow of photos from other University of Mississippi students studying abroad in Italy.
Program cost
$3500
Dates of program
Depart US on July 2 (arrive in Florence on July 3)
Depart Florence on July 21
The program will continue upon return to Oxford from July 23-27
Location
Florence, Italy
Course credit
3 hours of FCS 595: International Study Tour
Prerequisites
Junior or senior standing
Grading system
ABCDF scale
Program type
Short-term faculty-led
Housing
Apartments in Florence
Housing move-in day is July 3; check out is the morning of July 21
Students are responsible for arranging their own housing in Oxford for the week of July 23-27
Faculty members
Dr. Laurel Lambert and Candis Varnell
Qualifications
18 years old, minimum GPA of 2.5, junior standing or above, and good academic and disciplinary standing at UM
Program price includes
Tuition, housing in Florence, program-sponsored excursions, and international health insurance
Program prices DOES NOT include
UM Study Abroad Application Fee, housing in Oxford, meals, airfare, personal spending money, and passport fees.
Study Abroad Advisor
Vanessa Cook
Application
To apply for this program students must submit the following:
Application deadline
April 4