Courses Offered

CAMS/HIST 199 Roman Cities (3 credits)
This course fulfills a general education or bachelor of arts degree requirement in humanities for Liberal Arts students; students majoring in history or classics and ancient Mediterranean studies may count this course toward their requirements.

CAMS/HIST 499 Foreign Study (3 credits) (optional)
This course is offered as an option for students to earn an additional 3 credits. The students will be required to write a research paper on an approved topic. The course fulfills a requirement for all students majoring in history or classics and ancient Mediterranean studies.

All participants in the Rome study tour must enroll in CAMS/HIST 199 Roman Cities. The students also can enroll in CAMS/HIST 499 Foreign Study, for a total of 6 credits.

Eligibility

The program is open to all students with a minimum 2.5 grade-point average. Applicants are considered on a continuous, first-come, first-served basis. Students are encouraged to apply early, as enrollment is limited.

Preference for admission will be given to those who have completed one of the following courses (or an equivalent): HIST/CAMS 101 The Roman Republic and Empire; CAMS 033 Roman Civilization; CAMS 150 Classical Archaeology — Ancient Rome; Latin or Greek at any level.

Faculty

Philip Baldi, professor of Linguistics and Classics, is co-directing the Rome Summer Education Abroad Program with Garrett Fagan for the fourth time. Professor Baldi is a specialist in the history and structure of Latin and its connection with the other ancient Latin languages of Europe and Western Asia. He also has done extensive work on the non-Latin languages of ancient Italy, including Oscan and Umbrian. He has taught and lectured at various universities in Italy, including Bologna, Naples, Milan, Pavia, and Rome. He recently published, with an Italian colleague, the first volume of a four-volume work on the historical syntax of Latin.

Garrett G. Fagan is associate professor of Classics and Ancient Mediterranean Studies and History at Penn State. He was educated at Trinity College, Dublin and McMaster University, Canada. His main research interests are in the field of Roman history, on which he has published a book (Bathing in Public in the Roman World [1999]) and numerous scholarly articles. His second monograph, on spectatorship at the Roman arena, is in progress. In addition, he is interested in the phenomenon of pseudoarchaeology and has published articles, organized conference panels, and edited a book studying the topic. He has appeared on the acclaimed PBS science series Nova and on the History Channel and has produced three courses with The Teaching Company, on the History of Ancient Rome, Emperors of Rome, and Great Battles of the Ancient World.