Venice International University

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1 San Servolo Island

4 Venice International University Consortium of 12 Universities from Europe America Asia including IUAV, which is one of the founders

5 Boston College, US Ca Foscari University, Venice, Italy Duke University, US IUAV University, Venice, Italy Ludwig Maximilians Universitaet, Munich, Germany Padua University, Padua, Italy Tel Aviv University, Israel Tilburg University, The Netherlands Tongji University, Shanghai, China Tsinghua University, Beijing, China Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan

6 Research center on innovation and competitiveness applied to small and medium size business (TeDIS Center) Training Programs on environmental management and sustainable development (TEN Center) School of Humanities and Social Sciences (SHSS)

7 Globalization Program

8 IUAV students, including International Exchange, can freely enroll Courses can be recognized by their home Universities

9 Mission of the Globalization Program: develop interdisciplinary knowledge about processes on a global scale and their economic, environmental, social and cultural effects develop mutual understanding among people with different cultures; offering opportunity to experience globalization on campus promote a notion of Venice as a workshop for contributing toward better understanding of contemporary challenges - through its peculiarities

10 40 hours taught in English at present (Fall 2012 semester, which started at the beginning of September), there are more than 120 students attending classes, representing 25 nationalities faculty of 14 professors from Italy, Germany, US, Japan, The Netherlands, Spain and Israel

15 Spring 2013 Semester Orientation Week: February Opening Ceremony: February 21 Courses begin: February 25 Midterm break: April 2-5 Courses end: May 24 Exam Week: May

16 Venice and Italy Courses History of Venice, Luca Pes, VIU History of Venetian Art and Architecture, to be defined, VIU Italian Contemporary History, Luca Pes, VIU

17 Environmental Management and Sustainability Courses Coastal Wetlands, Lagoons and Estuaries: environmental monitoring and management, Sonia Silvestri and Curtis Richardon, Duke University Globalization, Environment and Sustainable Development, Ignazio Musu and Ilda Mannino, VIU Cities, Global Change and Sustainable Development, Margherita Turvani, IUAV How to Realize the Limits of Human Ability. Necessary Conditions for Decision-making, Yasumi Matsumoto, Waseda University

18 History of Science Courses Science and Society in the Early Modern World, Seymour Mauskopf, Duke University Science and the Modern Literary Imagination, Seymour Mauskopf, Duke University

19 International Management Course International Management: Managing Global Value Chains Stefano Micelli and Giulio Buciuni, VIU

20 Comparative Studies of Cultures Courses Modern Economics as Thought. The Difference of Preferences between Western Culture and Japanese Culture, Yasumi Matsumoto, Waseda University Comparing Cultures, Sean Golden, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona Modernity in Europe, America & East Asia, Sean Golden, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona Portraits of Human Existence in the East and West, Stephen F. Brown, Boston College Three Religions and their Defenders Old and New, Stephen F. Brown, Boston College

21 Family, Marriage and Singlehood Courses The Formation of Marriage: Interaction of Law, Culture and Religion, Michael Coester, Ludwig Maximilian Universität Homosexual Families, Michael Coester, Ludwig Maximilian Universität Global Families, Kinneret Lahad, Tel Aviv University Singlehood, Global Media and Culture, Kinneret Lahad, Tel Aviv University

Introduction to Environmental Leader Program

January 20, 2011 Sendai, Japan Introduction to Environmental Leader Program Yu-You LI Graduate School of Environmental Studies Tohoku University, Japan 1 Outline 1. Introduction of Tohoku University 2.