Program Overview
Eternal City Education’s 75 day study abroad course program is for students aged 16 to 18. Like the 25 day study abroad course program, this is a western civilization study abroad course which will take students to cities all throughout Italy but with primary emphasis placed on the city of Rome - its history, art, language and politics. In comparison with the 25 day course program, the 75 day course program is a broader and more advanced study abroad course curriculum where more discussion time with professors will be available along with subjects such as philosophy and literature to be offered as options. Should the student decide that they want to emphasize a particular subject, other optional classes (such as longer more advanced art and design classes) will be made available.
This 75 day European study abroad course program will include:
- 75 Days
- 20 Cities
- 60 Hrs Art Lessons
- 60 Hrs Language Lessons
- 12 Culinary Lessons
- 105 Hours On-Site Lectures
- 12 Expert Lectures
Best Price
The price for this program is:
Course Fee : $9900 USD
Includes: Instruction, Supervision (Chaperons), Room and board, Educational supplies and materials, travel expenses, Museum and archaeological entrance fees and insurance.
- All expenses included minus the flight to and from Rome.
- Accreditation requirements vary based on the students home educational institution. Full curriculum, sample examinations, learning materials, learning methodology and program itinerary are available to institutions for their review and auto accreditation.
Calendar of 75 day program: Curriculum, Content and Dates
The study abroad course program begins on the first Wednesday of June.
The Monday and Tuesday prior to the study abroad courses start are set aside for receiving students and providing them with flexibility in booking flights. The two day window will also help students as they adjust to time differences. Pickup and drop off of students to and from the airport is included in program fee.
Daily Itinerary
| Time |
Activity |
| 8am | Breakfast |
| 9am-10:30am | Language class |
| 10:45am-12:15am | Art class |
| 12:15pm-1:45pm | Lunch |
| 1:45pm-2:15pm | Daily quiz |
| 2:15pm-4:45pm | Daily lecture (lecture times vary based on subject matter) |
| 4:30pm-7pm | Free time |
| 7pm | Dinner |
Travel day itineraries (see calendar)
Start Dates
2014 June 4th
2015 June 3rd
2016 June 1st
Day:
- Orientation: Safety and Rules
- Pre day reception and room assignment
- Lecture: Historical Method
- Art and Language assessment tests
- Lecture : The Far ancient World: Babylon, Egypt, Greece, The Etruscans, Troy and Rome
- Lecture : General History and Archaeology of the Greco-Roman World
- Free day
- Lecture: The sources: Tacitus, Livy Cassius Dio
- Lecture : Early Rome: From the Tarquins to the Republic
- Tiber island
- Trastevere
- The Janiculum hill
- Lecture : The Roman Republic
- Area Sacra
- Capitoline Hill
- Forum Boarium
- Circus Flaminius
- Lecture : Rome and Total War
- Lecture : The Plebian Revolt
- University of St. Thomas Aquinas
- Lecture : Economics and the corruption of the Roman Republic.
- Free day – Reading assignment on the Roman Republic and the theme for their blog to be submitted.
- Travel Day – Lecture: Gladiators and the Culture of Roman Entertainment
| Time |
Activity |
| 7am | Breakfast |
| 8am - 9am | Bus and Daily Quiz |
| 9am - 12:00pm | Lecture and Visit of Archaeological site Ostia Antica |
| 12:00pm - 12:30pm | Bus to Beach |
| 12:30pm - 6:30pm | Pizza Lunch and free time at Beach |
| 6:30pm - 7:15pm | Bus back to campus |
| 7:15pm | Dinner |
- Lecture : The End of the Republic and the Beginning of Empire
- Lecture : The Beginning of the Imperial Age: Augustus to Domitian
- Ara Pacis
- Domus Aurea
- Coliseum
- Caelian hill
- Lecture : Women in the Roman World
- University of St. Thomas Aquinas
- Lecture - The Psychopath : A Discussion on the Personalities and Psychologies (or pathologies) of the Emperors Tiberius, Caligula, Nero, Caracalla, Elagabalus and Domitian
- Lecture - The Imperial Age : The Golden Years of the 2nd Century
- Column of Marcus Aurelius
- Pantheon
- Imperial Fora
- Trajan’s Forum, column and Markets
- Forum of Julius Caesar
- Forum of Nerva
- Free day
- Lecture : on Roman Engineering and Roman Fashion
- Travel Day - Lecture : Birth of Archaeology 1
- Naples
- Pompeii
- Vesuvius - Herculanium
| Time |
Activity |
| 7am | Breakfast on the bus to Naples |
| 8am - 8:30am | Daily Quiz on the bus |
| 9am - 12pm | Lecture and Visit of Naples’s National Museum |
| 12am - 12:45am | Bus to Vesuvius |
| 12:45am - 3pm | Hike and Lunch Picnic on Mount Vesuvius |
| 3pm - 4pm | Back to bus |
| 4pm - 7pm | Lecture and Visit of Archaeological site of Pompeii |
| 7pm - 8pm | Back to Bus |
| 8pm | Check-in at Beata Solitudine Hostel Agerola (San Lazzero) & Dinner |
- Travel Day - Lecture : Birth of Archaeology 2
| Time |
Activity |
| 8am | Breakfast |
| 8:45am - 9am | Daily Quiz |
| 9am - 1pm | Bus or Trail Hike (Sentierodegli Dei) from Agerola to Positano |
| 1pm - 2:15pm | Lunch |
| 2:15pm - 4:30pm | Free time at the beach |
| 4:30pm - 10pm | Bus to Regia Calabria |
| 10pm | Check in at Delphina B&B and Late Dinner |
- Travel day - Lecture : Birth of Underwater Archaeology
| Time |
Activity |
| 8am | Breakfast |
| 9am - 12:30pm | Lecture and Visit to the National Museum of Magna Grecia |
| 12:30pm - 4:30pm | Lunch and Free Time at the beach |
| 4:30pm - 5:30pm | Bus and Ferry to Messina |
| 5:30pm - 7pm | Check in at Scilla e Cariddi B&B and Tour of Messina |
| 7pm | Dinner |
- Travel Day - Lecture: Sicily and Philosophy
- Messina, Sicily
- Syracuse, Sicily
- Lecture : Josephus and the Flavians
- Free Day
- Lecture : From Judaism to early Christianity
- Lecture : Religions of Rome
- Lecture: Underground Christianity
- San Clemente
- Catacombs of San Sebastiano and Domitilla
- Via Appia Antica
- Lecture : Fathers of the Church
- University of St. Thomas Aquinas
- Church of San Agostino (Saint Augustine)
- Lecture - The 4th century: Constantine’s Edict: The End of Pagan Rome and the Beginning of Imperial Christian Rome.
- Arch of Constantine
- Basilica of St. Paul’s Outside the Walls
- San Clemente
- Quatro Coronati
- San Giovanni
- Holy Steps
- Santa Croce in Jerusalem.
- Lecture : The Heretics and The Trial of Christian Orthodoxy
- Santa Agatha
- Santa Maria Maggiore
- Santa Presede
- San Stefano Rotondo
- Free Day
- Lecture : Invaders : Goths, Vandals, Lombards, Saracens and Normans
- Lecture : Why did Rome fall? Everyday Life at the End of Rome and the Beginning of the Dark Ages
- Lecture : Iberia, Romans of the West
- University of St. Thomas Aquinas
- Lecture : Byzantium and the Rhomaioi, Romans of the East
- University of St. Thomas Aquinas
- Travel Day - Lecture : Hermit’s and Hero’s: The Ending of the Dark Ages, Medieval Monasteries, Charlemagne
- Lecture : The Golden Years of the 13th Century
- University of St. Thomas Aquinas
- Free Day
- Lecture : Albert the Great, Thomas Aquinas and the Universities
- University of St. Thomas Aquinas
- Lecture : The Darker Days of the 14th Century
- The University of St. Thomas Aquinas
- Lecture : Dante Poetry and Theology 1
- University of St.Thomas Aquinas
- Travel Day - Lecture : Life in the Medieval World
- Lecture : Dante Poetry and Theology 2
- University of St. Thomas Aquinas
- Lecture : The Renaissance and the Aristocrats
- Via Julia
- Cancelaria
- Sapienza
- Venezia
- Santi Apostoli
- Patrons office
- Free Day
- Travel Day - Lecture : Art Civilizes Man 1
- Florence – Uffizi Gallery , Academia
- Travel Day - Lecture : Art Civilizes Man 2
- Travel Day – Lecture: Galileo and Modern Science
- Lecture : Michelangelo and Raphael
- The Vatican Museums
- The Basilica of St. Peters
- Lecture : Gregory XIII Complexity of Changing Time
- University of St. Thomas Aquinas
- Lecture : The Beauty of the Baroque 1: Bernini, Caravaggio and the 17th Century
- Santa Susanna
- Piazza Barberini
- San Luigi di Francesi
- Free Day
- Lecture: The Beauty of the Baroque 2: Bernini, Caravaggio and the 17th Century
- Lecture : Rome and the Poets
- Frascati
- Keats Museum
- Spanish steps
- Trevi Fountain
- Lecture: Napoleon Occupation stirs Revolution
- Lecture : Canova to Modern Art
- Lecture : Pius IX vs Garibaldi
- Lecture : Modern Rome and the Modern World : The Formation of the Italian Republic
- The Monument to Vittorio Emanuele II
- Free Day
- Travel Day – Lecture : From Da Vinci to Ferrari: What is design?
- Milan
- Fashion Day or Trip to Ferrari Factory
- Travel Day - Lecture : The Genius of Bologna
- Travel Day – Lecture: Venice and the Venetians
- Free Day
- Lecture : Pius XI, Pius XII Rome and the World Wars
- Lecture - The 2nd World War Architecture, Fascism and the New Europe
- Free Day
- Lecture : Cinecitta Rome in a New Light
- Travel Day - Lecture : Reflections on Hero’s and Sacrifice
- Free Day
- Language and History Exams
- Free Day
- Project and Art Presentations
- Closing Speeches from Lecturers and Awards Ceremony.
- All Latin and Italian material for exercises and tests to be given during the above lectures.
- Language and art hours can be exchanged for those seeking greater emphasis on language or art.
- Each program is followed by the allowance of two days for departure. Students drop off and escort to terminal and gate of departure are included in cost of program as with student pickup.
