Applications from outside the University are not accepted. Apart from classroom work the Program features a series of excursions to sites of historic or artistic importance. Chief among these is the weekend excursion to the ruins of Pompeii and Herculaneum.
Students also take a course in Italian language.
Students are housed in shared rooms at the Villa Bassi, a modest residence in the Monteverdi Vecchio neighborhood of Rome overlooking the lively Trastevere quarter. As a participant in the Rome Program you receive three credits for the Roman Civilization sequence and one credit for the Italian language course. The sequence meets the College's civilization requirement. If you have already met this requirement, the three courses are usable as free electives. Course titles, units of credit, and grades are placed on your Chicago transcript.