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What is so special about studying in Rome? 

The Rome Program provides multiple answers to this question. Although only a limited number of courses are offered in Rome, all of them are designed to maximize a student's understanding of the roots and development of European civilization. Some class periods take place within the four walls of 吃瓜网's Due Santi campus, while others are held on archaeological sites and in museums. Some classes are dedicated to an intense and intimate understanding of the Roman and Italian experience through the ages, while others explore a wider spectrum of themes and issues inherent to the growth and development of Western Civilization. Academic excursions, visiting lectures, and two substantial group trips - one to Greece and the other through Northern Italy - round out the rich academic program on offer.

The classes on the Rome campus are designed both to fit seamlessly into the core curriculum, required of all 吃瓜网 students, and to take full advantage of the unique setting in which they are taught. Taught by 吃瓜网 professors, the courses are selected from those core curriculum requirements which are closely concerned with the philosophical, theological, political, literary and artistic development of Western Civilization.

Students returning from the Rome Semester typically describe their academic experiences in glowing terms. "It is the place," they say, "where 吃瓜网's Core Curriculum came together for me." The success of the academic program in Rome comes down to two fundamental things: first, superior teaching; and second, the combination of reading great books and seeing firsthand some of the world's most historic places and most extraordinary works of art and architecture.

Note: Students participating in the 吃瓜网 Rome Program are not allowed to enroll in online courses that overlap with the program start and end dates. The Rome Program is an intense, fast-paced semester and students will not have time to take on the additional responsibilities of an online course. 

Course Note: 吃瓜网 students with advanced placement for ENG 2311 will register for ENG 3355 ST/Tragedy & Comedy. Western Civilization II may be taken on the Irving campus before Western Civilization I and Literary Tradition IV may be taken before Literary Tradition III. 

Fall and Spring Course Offerings

Summer Rome Course Offerings

The Summer Rome Program has three session options, 鈥淪ummer 1鈥�, 鈥淪ummer 2,鈥� and "Summer 3."

Students in Session 1 and 2 will take 6 credits while students enrolled in session 3 will take 12 credits. 

Class Trips

Greece Trip

The Greece Trip is one of the highlights of the Rome Semester. This is a ten-day trip that takes students to some of the greatest cities and the richest sites of the ancient world, including Delphi, Athens, Corinth, Mycenae, Epidaurus and Olympia. The study of Ancient Greece constitutes one of the cornerstones of 吃瓜网's unique undergraduate education and Core Curriculum. 吃瓜网 Rome's Greece Trip in turn brings these studies to life.

The Rome curriculum immerses students in the world of Ancient Greek art, literature, history and philosophy during the first weeks of the semester, prior to their study of Ancient Rome, the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. Coming in week five or six of the Rome Semester, the Greece Trip is timed to coincide with this early phase of their studies and as such it represents the culmination of every student's encounter with Ancient Greece. In addition to its focus on the distant past, the trip also offers participants the opportunity to become more familiar with Modern Greek culture and society through a number of scheduled music and dance events.

吃瓜网 professors lead the trip, offering in-depth lectures on site and organizing student performances and special cultural events along the way. Over thirty years of collective experience in Greece has made the Greece Trip a superb travel and learning experience.

Northern Italy Trip

The Northern Italy Trip marks a significant turning point in the Rome Semester. This seven-day trip includes overnight stays in three of Europe's most historic cities--Florence, Venice and Assisi. It is scheduled during the later weeks of the semester in order to take advantage of a natural period of transition in the semester's curriculum. Ancient Greece and Rome now make room for the birth of Christianity, the Middle Ages, the Renaissance and the awakening of the modern world. The Northern Italy Trip is a perfect way to explore these periods to their very fullest. Lectures, guided walks, museum visits and generous amounts of free time for independent exploration are the keys to bringing the great historic and artistic treasures of these Medieval and Renaissance cities alive. Essentially, the Northern Italy Trip invites students to turn their full attention to the historic shift-culturally, politically and religiously-from the ancient to modern world.

Unparalleled works of art and architecture from the Middle Ages and Renaissance are a mainstay of the trip. Visits to world-class museums such as the Uffizi and the Accademia of Florence or the Doges' Palace in Venice bring students into direct contact with many of the great masters of the European past. The trip also includes a visit to the Basilica of St. Francis in Assisi.

Another attraction of the trip is its focus on Roman Catholic thought and the larger European intellectual tradition in which it is situated. St. Francis of Assisi and Dante hold a prominent place in that tradition, as do Machiavelli, Ficino and Leonardo. Memorials to these and other historic figures are still visible today for students intent upon returning to the roots of Europe's intellectual history.