With city buses also available, it's a great location. Undergraduate participants receive nine semester-hours credit, while graduate students enroll for six hours. Courses include Ancient Roman Civilization and Classical Mythology, and students also receive three hours of credit for a journal they must keep describing the twice-weekly field trips and their own explorations of the city. I was attracted by the fact that a fluency in a foreign language was not required and by the freedom to travel and explore on our own for much of the trip. The program requires no previous experience with Classical civilization or knowledge of foreign language, ancient or modern.
Participants fly to Amsterdam and then to Rome.
Not covered are lunches, beverages in general, the cost of passports, books, laundry and any excursions apart from the group. Normal financial aid programs, such as the HOPE Scholarship, can be used to pay for the program. Those interested in applying should write or call Gantz at the department of classics, Park Hall, the University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602 or phone him at 542-2179.