The Catholic University of America Rome Program

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	The Catholic University of America Rome semester offers students the opportunity of living in Rome for four months, while pursuing a regular course schedule. Students have the opportunity to experience and participate in the culture and society of Italy. The program is designed as an introduction to the rich culture and history of Rome and of its place in the development of Western culture. Students study the language, art, history, religious background, and various monuments of this fascinating city. Beyond their core and elective courses offered in English, students attend language classes at Italiaidea, which was founded in 1984 with the goal of providing innovative teaching of Italian to foreigners. Italiaidea is centrally located near the Spanish Steps. The intensive Italian language courses take place during the first two months. In the fall, the program is in cooperation with DePaul University (Chicago, Illinois), which administers the fall semester. In the spring, CUA administers the program. In both semesters, students from Loyola College in Maryland also participate. The program features visiting professors from all three universities, as well as local Roman faculty. During both semesters, the program is run in conjunction with Italiaidea. Rome is a city of beauty and history. It is filled with numerous historical and artistic sites including the Vatican Museums with the Sistine Chapel, the Trevi Fountain, the Pantheon, and the Colosseum. Layer after layer of history unfolds itself in the Eternal City. Let’s simply take a spring day at San Clemente, the Dominican church dedicated to the fourth pope, just a stone’s throw from the Colosseum: from the lowest Roman layer, to the early Christian church, both excavated with care in the 19th century, we ascend to the 12th century basilica with vibrant mosaics and frescoes on the thick stone walls; there, in today’s San Clemente, we can be part of a symposium on one of Italy’s most celebrated movie-makers, Ermanno Olmi, with the audience sitting on a collection of the most imaginative designs in chair architecture in the world. That’s flowing forward. Rome offers endless opportunities for education and enjoyment that program participants will cherish for the rest of their lives.
History is not a book, arbitrarily divided into chapters, or a drama chopped into separate acts: it has flowed forward. Rome is a continuity, called ‘eternal.’ What has accumulated in this place acts on everyone, day and night, like an extra climate. - Elizabeth Bowen, A Time in Rome	Staff Contacts Calendar Fall 2008 Spring 2009 Academics Faculty Courses Fall 2008 Previous courses Italian Language Library Computer Class trips Health and Safety Health Safety Travelling Contacts The Religious Dimension Program Offerings Attending Mass in Rome Preparation and Arrival Host Families Required Documents Packing Arriving in Rome Orientation Life in Rome An Average Day Restaurants Hotels Weather Scenes from Previous Semesters Spring 2007 Fall 2006 Spring 2006 Fall 2005 Spring 2005 Fall 2004 Spring 2004 Fall 2003 Fall 2002
	Location & Italian Classes Italiaidea Via Due Macelli, 47 00187 Roma
	Program Director Dr. David Dawson Vásquez tel: +39 338 200 9228 dawsonvasque@cua.edu