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Florence Courses
Due to logistical limitations for site visits, some courses will have a soft enrollment cap of 23. Enrollment is first-come, first-served. A few additional requests may be considered, exclusively reserved to students majoring in the given subject. We may not be able to accommodate all enrollment requests. If you are interested in a specific class, we strongly encourage you to enroll as early as possible.
Course Planning
BOSP course information for the upcoming academic year will be available in Stanford Explore Courses in Summer Quarter. While BOSP courses vary by quarter and year, reviewing courses from previous quarters can provide helpful context to aid your planning. If you intend to use BOSP courses to meet major or minor requirements, consult your department for confirmation. Please note that course offerings may change for a variety of reasons. We recommend discussing an enrollment contingency plan with your academic advisor/s.
Additional course options are available through Stanford Engineering Center for Global & Online Education (CGOE). More course information can be found here.
2026-2027 Academic Year
Autumn Quarter
Mandatory
Faculty in Residence
Language
- OSPFLOR 1F: First-Year Italian, First Quarter
- OSPFLOR 2F: First-Year Italian, Second Quarter
- OSPFLOR 3F: First-Year Italian, Third Quarter
- OSPFLOR 1A: Accelerated First-Year Italian, Part 1
- OSPFLOR 2A: Accelerated First-Year Italian, Part 2
- OSPFLOR 21F: Accelerated Second-Year Italian Part A
- OSPFLOR 22F: Accelerated Second-Year Italian Part B
- OSPFLOR 31F: Advanced Oral Communication: Italian
Electives
- OSPFLOR 15M: Accademia del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
- OSPFLOR 19: Finding Florence: A Journey through Art, Cuisine, and History
- OSPFLOR 31: Florence and the Renaissance: A Critical Itinerary
- OSPFLOR 57: Accademia Italiana
- OSPFLOR 62F: European Security in an Age of Global Rupture (Way: ER, SI)
- OSPFLOR 70F: Environment and Society: Perspectives of Sustainability (Way: EDP, SI)
- OSPFLOR 74F: Muslims and the Making of Contemporary Italy (Way: ER, SI)
- OSPFLOR 77F: Florentine Domestic Architecture and the Birth of Modern Living (Way: AII, SI)
- OSPFLOR 82F: Healing, Belief, and Science: Medicine Before Modernity
- OSPFLOR 88F: The Medici Phenomenon (Way: AII)
- OSPFLOR 100F: University of Florence courses
Winter Quarter
Mandatory
Faculty in Residence
Language
- OSPFLOR 1A: Accelerated First-Year Italian, Part 1
- OSPFLOR 1F: First-Year Italian, First Quarter
- OSPFLOR 2A: Accelerated First-Year Italian, Part 2
- OSPFLOR 2F: First-Year Italian, Second Quarter
- OSPFLOR 3F: First-Year Italian, Third Quarter
- OSPFLOR 21F: Accelerated Second-Year Italian Part A
- OSPFLOR 22F: Accelerated Second-Year Italian Part B
- OSPFLOR 31F: Advanced Oral Communication: Italian
Electives
- OSPFLOR 15M: Accademia del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
- OSPFLOR 19: Finding Florence: A Journey through Art, Cuisine, and History
- OSPFLOR 27F: Architecture & Power in the Renaissance (Way: A-II)
- OSPFLOR 50R: Made in Italy and the Sustainable Call in Fashion (Way: SI, ER)
- OSPFLOR 57: Accademia Italiana
- OSPFLOR 58F: Politics and Society in Italy and Europe
- OSPFLOR 64F: Migrant Culture and Literature in Italy and the Mediterranean
- OSPFLOR 72F: The Great Italian Collections
- OSPFLOR 87F: Global Transformations and Ethical Visions: Lessons and Legacies from the Cold War (Way: ER, SI)
- OSPFLOR 95F: Italian Colonialism (Way: EDP, SI)
Spring Quarter
Mandatory
Faculty in Residence
Language
- OSPFLOR 1A: Accelerated First-Year Italian, Part 1
- OSPFLOR 2A: Accelerated First-Year Italian, Part 2
- OSPFLOR 1F: First-Year Italian, First Quarter
- OSPFLOR 2F: First-Year Italian, Second Quarter
- OSPFLOR 3F: First-Year Italian, Third Quarter
- OSPFLOR 21F: Accelerated Second-Year Italian Part A
- OSPFLOR 22F: Accelerated Second-Year Italian Part B
- OSPFLOR 31F: Advanced Oral Communication: Italian
Electives
- OSPFLOR 15M: Accademia del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
- OSPFLOR 19: Finding Florence: A Journey through Art, Cuisine, and History
- OSPFLOR 53F: Italy’s Fascist Era: Historical Perspectives and Contemporary Debates (Way: SI, EDP)
- OSPFLOR 56F: Investing in the Future: Ethical Finance (Way: ER)
- OSPFLOR 60: Exploring Medieval Florence: Art, Architecture, and People (Way: A-II)
- OSPFLOR 78F: A Global Renaissance in Florence (Way: A-II, EDP)
- OSPFLOR 83F: Studio Marangoni Foundation
- OSPFLOR 97F: Italy and the EU in a Changing World (Way: SI)
- OSPFLOR 100F: University of Florence courses
- OSPFLOR 51F: The Medici and the Making of Early Modern Tuscany
- OSPFLOR 71F: Metamorphosis: A Short History of a Long-standing Literary Idea
*All courses are subject to change.
2025-2026 Academic Year
Autumn Quarter
- OSPFLOR 1F: First-Year Italian, First Quarter
- OSPFLOR 2F: First-Year Italian, Second Quarter
- OSPFLOR 3F: First-Year Italian, Third Quarter
- OSPFLOR 1A: Accelerated First-Year Italian, Part 1
- OSPFLOR 2A: Accelerated First-Year Italian, Part 2
- OSPFLOR 21F: Accelerated Second-Year Italian Part A
- OSPFLOR 22F: Accelerated Second-Year Italian Part B
- OSPFLOR 31F: Advanced Oral Communication: Italian
- OSPFLOR 15: Lunchtime Talks: Cracking the Italian Code
- OSPFLOR 15M: Accademia del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
- OSPFLOR 19: Finding Florence: A Journey through Art, Cuisine, and History
- OSPFLOR 25F: Sculpting the Renaissance: Aesthetics, Materials & Innovation (Way: A-II)
- OSPFLOR 26: Economics of the EU (Way: SI)
- OSPFLOR 30F: Italian Cinema: The Masterpieces
- OSPFLOR 57: Accademia Italiana
- OSPFLOR 60F: Fundamentals of Visual Perspective and its Influence on Renaissance Art, AI and Robotics (Way: A-II, FR). (Faculty in Residence Course)
- OSPFLOR 65F: Crisis Governance and the Migration Debate in Modern Europe (Way: EDP, SI)
- OSPFLOR 87F: Global Transformations and Ethical Visions: Lessons and Legacies from the Cold War (Way: ER, SI)
- OSPFLOR 98F: Climate Justice in Europe: Theory, Policy and Practice (Way: ER, SI)
- OSPFLOR 100F: University of Florence courses
Winter Quarter
- OSPFLOR 1F: First-Year Italian, First Quarter
- OSPFLOR 2F: First-Year Italian, Second Quarter
- OSPFLOR 3F: First-Year Italian, Third Quarter
- OSPFLOR 1A: Accelerated First-Year Italian, Part 1
- OSPFLOR 2A: Accelerated First-Year Italian, Part 2
- OSPFLOR 21F: Accelerated Second-Year Italian Part A
- OSPFLOR 22F: Accelerated Second-Year Italian Part B
- OSPFLOR 31F: Advanced Oral Communication: Italian
- OSPFLOR 15: Lunchtime Talks: Cracking the Italian Code
- OSPFLOR 15M: Accademia del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
- OSPFLOR 19: Finding Florence: A Journey through Art, Cuisine, and History
- OSPFLOR 50R: Made in Italy and the Sustainable Call in Fashion (Way: ER)
- OSPFLOR 56F: Investing in the Future: Ethical Finance (Way: ER)
- OSPFLOR 57: Accademia Italiana
- OSPFLOR 60: Exploring Medieval Florence: Art, Architecture, and People
- OSPFLOR 67: Women in Film (Way: A-II, EDP)
- OSPFLOR 79F: Italy, China, and the Future of the Global Order (Faculty in Residence Course)
- OSPFLOR 86F: Tradition and Transformation: The making of Renaissance Florence (Way: AII, EDP)
- OSPFLOR 95F: Italian Colonialism (Way: EDP, SI)
Spring Quarter
- OSPFLOR 1F: First-Year Italian, First Quarter
- OSPFLOR 2F: First-Year Italian, Second Quarter
- OSPFLOR 3F: First-Year Italian, Third Quarter
- OSPFLOR 1A: Accelerated First-Year Italian, Part 1
- OSPFLOR 2A: Accelerated First-Year Italian, Part 2
- OSPFLOR 21F: Accelerated Second-Year Italian Part A
- OSPFLOR 22F: Accelerated Second-Year Italian Part B
- OSPFLOR 31F: Advanced Oral Communication: Italian
- OSPFLOR 15: Lunchtime Talks: Cracking the Italian Code
- OSPFLOR 15M: Accademia del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
- OSPFLOR 19: Finding Florence: A Journey through Art, Cuisine, and History
- OSPFLOR 30F: Italian Cinema: The Masterpieces
- OSPFLOR 53F: Italy’s Fascist Era: Historical Perspectives and Contemporary Debates (Way: SI, EDP)
- OSPFLOR 69F: Italy and Humanism from Dante to Vasari (Way: SI)
- OSPFLOR 70F: Environment and Society: Perspectives of Sustainability (Way: EDP, SI)
- OSPFLOR 74F: Muslims and the Making of Contemporary Italy (Way: ER)
- OSPFLOR 78F: A Global Renaissance in Florence (Way: A-II, EDP)
- OSPFLOR 83F: Studio Marangoni Foundation
- OSPFLOR 85F: The Subversive Art of Comedy: From Commedia dell'Arte to Stand-up (Faculty in Residence Course) (Way: A-II, EDP)
- OSPFLOR 100F: University of Florence courses
*All courses are subject to change.