Curriculum

All courses are taught in English. Course offerings will vary each semester. Students from programs not requiring or desiring Latin may substitute an independent study course.

Courses slated for the spring semester 2011 include:

  • Classics 300 - Art and the Classical Ideal
  • Classics 340b - Roman Art and Archaeology
  • Classics 452 - Etruscan Art and Culture
  • Classics 399 - Independent Study
  • Classics 399H - Independent Study for Honors Students
  • Classics 499 - Advanced Independent Study
  • Classics 499H- Advanced Independent Study for Honors Students

  • Latin 102 - Beginning Latin, part two
  • Latin 202 - Intermediate Latin, part two
  • Latin 199 - Independent Study
  • Latin 299 - Independent Study
  • Latin 399 - Independent Study
  • Latin 401 - Latin Reading Course

  • Italian 102z - Accelerated Introductory Italian
  • Italian 202z - Accelerated Intermediate Italian
  • Italian 393 - Internship

    NEW!
  • Comm 313 - Public Relations and Strategic Communication
  • Comm 450 - Nonverbal Communication
  • Comm 469z - Topics in Communication - Applied Health Communication

  • The ITAL 393 and the CLASS 399/499 include the possibility to have internships
    with the Orvieto Elementary Schools and the Orvieto Museums!!
    Email us to have more info and explore other options!



    Courses slated for the summer semester 2010 included:

    Courses in Classics, Art, Architecture,
    Italian, English, History, Journalism.

  • LATIN 425/525 - Latin reading course, Cicero's De divinatione (On Divination) and Etrusca Disciplina in Orvieto
  • Classics 221 - Plato and Pinot Wine and Literature from the Symposium to Sonoma.
  • LATIN 199, 299, 399, 499, 599 - Independent Studies
  • Classics 300 - Art and the Classical Ideal
  • Classics 340b - Roman Art and Archaeology
  • Classics 452 - Etruscan Art and Culture
  • Classics 399 - Independent Study
  • Classics 399H - Independent Study for Honors Students
  • Classics 499 - Advanced Independent Study

  • ART 367o/467o/567o Disegno - Drawing and Invention (Jackson Boelts)
  • ART 468o/568o Libro Concetti - Visual Narratives (Joe Labate)
  • ART 244 - Beginning Digital Photography (Joe Labate)
  • ART 285 - Watercolor (Jackson Boelts)
  • ART 344 - Digital Photography (Joe Labate)

  • History 203 - Ancient Mediterranean: Power and Identity
  • History/Classics 205 - Survey of Roman History.
  • History/Classics 404B - Rome: Empire
  • History 495A - Studies in Early Europe - Cleopatra
    See http://www.u.arizona.edu/~afutrell/history orvieto.htm

  • English 201 - Intro to Creative Non-Fiction Writing
  • English 401 - Advanced Creative Non-Fiction Writing
  • English 300 - Literature and Film
  • English 499 - Independent Study: Shakespeare in Italy

  • Italian 101 - Introductory Italian Language
  • Italian 202z - Accelerated Intermediate Italian
  • Italian 310 - Spoken Italian in Cultural Context
  • Italian 496A - Italian Literature in Translation (history and literature of the Resistance)
  • The option of 399 and 499 Italian Independent Study is also available for qualified students.

  • Architecture 481E - Architecture in the Mediterranean
  • Architecture 497B - Special Topics in Architecture: Travel, Drawings and Assemblage

  • Journalism 496D - Journalism Seminar: Travel Photojournalism


  • Archaeological excavation:

    Classics 463 - Archaeological Excavation - Partecipating in the Campo della Fiera Field school (six credits)