• Check In St. Stephen's School: June 24, by 5 pm
• First Dinner and Orientation: June 24, 5 pm in St. Stephen's Court Yard
• First Day of Class: June 25
• Last Day of Class: July 20
• Check Out: July 21

Class Size: 16-25

Through lectures, discussions, and field trips, we will explore Italian civilization and culture. The emphasis of the course will be on Italian literature, art, and history, especially the Roman contributions to these fields. Rome, the “Eternal City,” will be the classroom for study in this hands-on cultural and educational experience. The course also includes a weekend fieldtrip to the Amalfi coast.

This program is full. The programs below are still open and may be of interest to students who wish to study history and culture or to study in Italy/Europe.

Other programs of similar interest:

• Renaissance Florence and the Birth of Modern Europe
• Germany Under Hitler's Third Reich

Courses

This Program carries a total of 8 units. Enrolled students must take both courses listed. Auditing is not an option.

• Italian 107S (4 units)
  Survey of Italian Culture and Institutions
  Assessment of the impact of regional autonomy on Italian cultural life from the Middle Ages to the present. Special emphasis on achievements in literature, the arts, philosophy, and socio-political institutions.
  GE credit: ArtHum
• Italian 198 (4 units)
  Directed Group Study
  GE credit: none

Course Requirements

Through lectures, discussions, and field trips, we will explore the country that has so captivated the interest of people throughout the ages.  We will study Italian history and culture from the beginnings of the “Eternal City”, the capital of a vast empire unequalled in the annals of history, to Rome, the capital of modern day Italy.

“It beats everything:  it leaves the Rome of your fancy-your education-nowhere. I went reeling and moaning through the streets in a fever of enjoymen..the effect is something indescribable.”  Henry James  Italian Hours

Grading

• ITA 107S (Letter grade and P/NP option)
• 30% Participation
• 35% Midterm Exam
• 35% Final Exam
• ITA 198 (P/NP only)
• 100% Written assignment (journal)

Program Outline

Most field trips will be held from 9-12:30 and lectures 2:30-4:30. Weekends are free. A detailed syllabus will be available in participants’ Program Specific Guide.

Week 1
Ancient Rome
Visits to the Capitoline Musuems, the Colosseum, Circus Maximus, Roman Forum,  Pantheon, and Campus Martius in Rome, and to Hadrian’s Villa archeological site and the Cascate di Tivoli  (one hour outside of Rome).

Etruscan Rome
Etruscan necropolis in Cerveteri (one hour outside Rome)
Film:  “Gladiator”

Survival Italian lesson

Week 2
Early Christian Rome
Class visits to San Clemente and/or San Giovanni in Laterano, the Catacombs of San Calisto, the Basilica of San Paolo fuori le Mura

Renaissance and Baroque Rome
St. Peter’s and Michelangelo’s cupola, Vatican Museums, and Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel (The Vatican City)
             
Week 3
Baroque and Renaissance Rome
Villa Borghese and the Galleria Borghese
Piazza Sant’Ignazio and Chiesa di Sant’Ignazio and Chiesa del Gesu`.
                                            
Amalfi Coast trip
We spend two nights in the village of Sorrento and will see the ruins of Pompeii, Pestum, and perhaps to the villages of Amalfi and Caserta

Week 4
Baroque Rome, Bernini and Borromeo
Sant’ Ivo, San Carlo, Sant’Andrea, Piazza Navona and the Fountain of the Four Rivers in front of the church, Sant’Agnese

Baroque Rome, Caravaggio
Visit to San Luigi dei Francesa and Santa Maria del Popolo

Other Activities
Isola Tiberina, the Jewish Ghetto, Trastevere, Museo della Civilta` Romana to visit a beautiful collection of Roman art, Trinita` del Monte, and Piazza di Spagna

Other possible visits:  Ostia Antica, Cerveteri, Frascati and the Castelli Romani, etc.

Required Texts              

• Course Reader:  Survival Italian and various articles on Italian history and culture (provided by Summer Abroad)
• Steves, Rick. Rome 2007. Avalon Publishing Group. IBSN: (10) 1-56691-821-9 (provided by Summer Aboad)
  

Recommended Text              

• Lintner, Valerio. A Traveller's History of Italy. 7th Edition. Interlink Books. ISBN: 1-56656-521-9.
  
  

Field Trips and Activities - subject to change

• The three day, two night excursion to the excavations of Pompeii, the Greek temples of Paestum, and the town of Sorrento along the gulf of Naples.
• The ancient playground Villa of Emperor Hadrian, about an hour away from Rome in the beautiful Italian countryside.  Hadrian's Villa is followed by a visit to Tivoli's delightful gardens and fountains.
• Some of the field trips and activities in and near Rome include
  • Capitoline Musuems
  • Colosseum
  • Circus Maximus
  • Roman Forum
  • Pantheon
  • Campus Martius
  • Etruscan necropolis in Cerveteri (one hour outside Rome)
  • San Clemente and/or San Giovanni in Laterano
  • Catacombs of San Calisto
  • Basilica of San Paolo fuori le Mura
  • St. Peter’s and Michelangelo’s cupola, Vatican Museums, and Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel (The Vatican City)
  • Villa Borghese and the Galleria Borghese
  • Piazza Sant’Ignazio and Chiesa di Sant’Ignazio and Chiesa del Gesu`
  • Isola Tiberina, the Jewish Ghetto, Trastevere, Museo della Civilta` Romana
  • Piazza di Spagna
• Other possible visits:  Ostia Antica, Cerveteri, Frascati and the Castelli Romani, etc.
  
  

Accommodations

While in Rome, you will be staying at St. Stephen's School (http://www.ststephens.it), an International High School during the academic year, on the Aventine Hill (one of the famous seven hills of Rome), next to Circus Maximus and a five minute walk from the Coliseum and the Roman Forum. Once a religious seminary, St. Stephen's now houses the school's administrative offices, classrooms, library, and living quarters. All rooms are double or triple occupancy (and possibly quad). Each floor has a common bathroom with toilets, sinks and shower stalls.

You will be staying at a hotel in Sorrento while on the Amalfi Coast.

Meals

Rome
During your stay at St. Stephen's School, meals will be held in a common dining area. Breakfast and dinner will be provided. Lunch is on your own. There are many cafes, pizza places, and grocery stores nearby.

Amalfi Coast
Breakfast and dinner will be provided.

Fees

Fees for Summer Abroad include the Summer Abroad Program Fee, Course Fee, and Accommodations and Activities Fee. The Accommodations and Activities Fee covers lodging, selected meals (if included), selected field trips, group accidental death & dismemberment and emergency health insurance, select publications, and additional program specific costs. Air fare is not included. All fees are subject to change.

 

UC Davis Summer Abroad Fees  

$1000.00	Program Fee (includes $300 non-refundable deposit)
$1176.00	Course Fee ($147/unit X 8 units)*
$2785.00	Accommodations and Activities Fee
$4961.00	TOTAL FEES CHARGED TO STUDENTS

* This fee level is based on the proposed 2007-08 governor's budget. The fees are subject to Regental, legislative, and gubernatorial action and may change without notice.