Students live in Georgian residences and are active members of the University of Bath while they study their ancient languages at Oxford University. Administered by Duke University, though applications are available in the department. It provides undergraduate students with an opportunity in Rome to study ancient history and archaeology, Greek and Latin literature, and ancient art. The faculty is chosen from persons teaching classics, history, and art history in colleges and universities in the United States and Canada. Students are expected to take four courses, which is a minimum and normal load, though a few students do take five courses.
All students take the required comprehensive and integrated course entitled The Ancient City .
This course is equal to and requires as much class and study time as two semester courses. In recent years, Campania, Etruria, and Sicily have been the focus of study outside of Rome. Because this course depends on prior knowledge of Roman history, students are expected to prepare themselves by taking a Roman history course or by careful reading on the subject. The program is co-sponsored by the Department of Archaeology, Durham University, England. Students from that department also participate in the excavation.