Sacred Art

Enrollment for both courses is open to all bachelor’s degree holders and is addressed to graduates in Archi-tecture, Theology, Historical disciplines, Fine Arts, and Performing Arts in particular.

The course is also open to teachers of Art History, Religion, Philosophy, diocesan leaders, tour guides, and allthose who wish to deepen theoretical, technical, and hand-craft aspects of sacred arts.

The minimum requirement for accessing the course is a Bachelors’ Degree or equivalent title. Theminimum number of participants for the professional master course activation is 11.

The minimum number of participants for the specialization course activation is 20.

STUDENTS FROM NON-EU COUNTRIES

Students from non-EU countries will have to submit their application form (within the deadline set every year by theMIUR at www.miur.it) to the Italian Embassies (or Consulates) of the country they live in. Therefore, in order to complete the enrolment process, it will be necessary to submit the declaration of the value of qualifications issued byrecognized educational institutions, and a certi- fied copy of the diplomas. These documents are issued by the Italian Embassies (or Consulates) of the students’ countries of origin.

Applications received after the deadlines lacking the above-mentioned documents and not sent by official consular communication will not be accepted.

Enrolment “upon condition” is not admitted.

The total cost of registration, attendance, final exam and awarding of the final certificate of the 1st level Mas- ter Course is € 3.666,00 to be paid in 2 installments:

• € 1.841,00 to be paid upon registration;
• € 825,00 to be paid by April 29^th, 2022.

The total cost of registration, attendance, final exam and awarding of the final certificate of the SpecializationCourse is € 1.516,00 to be paid in 2 installments:

• € 766,00 to be paid upon registration;
• € 750,00 to be paid by April 30^th,

Teachers of schools of all levels, diocesan representatives, and professionals involved in the promotion anddistribution of sacred art can enroll in the Specialization Course at the reduced cost of € 1.016,00 (one thou-sand sixteen/00) to be paid in two installments of € 516,00 and € 500,00 with the same deadlines.

Late payment of the second installment will involve an additional cost of € 30,00 for default fees.

The enrollment deadline is December 15^th, 2021.

Teaching activities are scheduled to start on January 10^th, 2022.

Registration to the course is made via the student portal (https://gomp.iuline.it/). Registration and paymentprocedures through the PagoPA system are described in detail in the Guide published on the institutionalwebsite together with this course description. Once the online application has been completed, it will benecessary to print it, sign it and send it to the postal address of “Università Telematica degli Studi IUL”, VIA

1. BUONARROTI, 10 – 50122 FLORENCE”, mandatory indicating in the payment purpose: “Registration –professional master course Sacred arts – student’s name and surname”.

For more information: Sacred Art School Secretary – tel. +39 055 350376, mobile +39 3534057340, e-mail:info@sacredartschool.com

The 1st level Professional Master Course is taught in Italian and English in blended learning and consists of:

• online theory lessons (IUL training environment): 9 modules corresponding to 28 ECTS credits;
• An in-class workshop: a free choice workshop out of the three offered, for a total of 20 ECTS

The theoretical part must be previously completed to access the practical part on one of the three specializa-tions offered (painting, sculpture, and goldsmithing).

• A final in-class examination for a total of 12ECTS credits.

The Specialization Course is an online course taught in Italian and English and consists of:

• online theory lessons (IUL training environment): 9 modules corresponding to 28 ECTS
• a final in-class examination for a total of 2 ECTS

The workshops will take place at the Scuola di Arte Sacra in Viale della Catena, 4 Le Pavoniere – Parco delleCascine – 50144 Firenze (FI), starting on the 1^st of April 2022 until the 30^th of June 2022. The student will beable to choose whether to realise their project for the final exam in November 2022 at the School, or work on itunder the guidance of the Head of their chosen artistic discipline via distance learning.

Online modules are delivered in an e-learning environment characterized by the IUL training model which isflexible and custom-built on the students’ previous knowledge and experience. It includes lectures and interac-tive teaching (forums, e-tivity, etc.) for each module.

Online teaching for each ECTS credit is structured as follows::

• 1 h lecture: audio or video recordings, web-conference lessons (online meetings, also referred to as“synchronous”), pre-structured courseware or similar (i.e. any material structured for educational pur-poses and offered in web environments of various types);

• 5 h of interactive teaching: didactic interventions by the teacher or tutor addressed to the class or partof it for additional demonstrations or explanations (FAQs, mailing lists, forums), brief interventions car-ried out by the students in forums, blogs and wikis, e-tivity (individual or collaborative) carried out by thestudents and feedback of it;

• 19 h of self-learning (individual and autonomous study).

This model includes assisted learning throughout the training, both by the teachers and the disciplinary tutorswho are experts in the field, and a path tutor for transversal support.

Students must produce a work of art agreed upon with one of the teachers of the Master in one of the threespecializations offered and present it in its content, materials, and techniques at the end of the trainingcourse.

All tests scheduled in each module must be completed to access the final exam.

The final exam will take place at IUL’s Florence office, located in Via M. Buonarroti 10, 50122 Florence, or at the Sacred Art School in Viale della Catena, 4, Le Pavoniere – Parco delle Cascine – 50144 Florence.

The final grade will be based both on the dissertation and on the evaluation marks of the ongoing tests of eachmodule.

The 1st level Professional Master Course (60 ECTS) is in blended mode and lasts one academic year for a to- tal of 1,500 hours.

The Specialization course (30 ECTS) is an online course and lasts one academic year for a total of 750 hours of study.