ICCS was established in 1965 by representatives of ten American colleges and universities, to provide undergraduate students with an opportunity to study Greek and Latin literature, ancient history and archaeology, and ancient art in Rome itself. May. Each semester allows about fifteen weeks of instruction and provides one full semester's academic credit. The University of Michigan offers a French language program in collaboration with the Cours Universitaires d'Ete de Saint-Malo organized by the Universite de Haute Bretagne in Rennes. The University of Michigan courses last six weeks and earn six credits. Beginning in 1988, the program has been centered in Regent's College in Regent's Park.
Students enroll in two courses and earn a total of six credit hours.
All courses are designated as upper-level. The 1989 summer program will concentrate on intensive Spanish language study at the second and third year levels, while exposing participants to two historic cities in Spain. Since 1965 The University of Michigan, in association with Sarah Lawrence College, has sponsored a six-week program in Florence, Italy. Students choose two courses, and earn a total of six credit hours. Students live and take most of their classes in the Villa Corsi-Salviati, which dates from the sixteenth century.