“For the present I know not where to start, overwhelmed as I am by the greatness of my astonishment…In truth, Rome was greater, and greater are its ruins, than I imagined. I no longer wonder that the whole world was conquered by this city but that I was conquered so late.”
-Petrarch: Rerum Familiarium
6-credit program (2 courses)
Maymester: May 22 – June 1 (UTEP Campus)
Summer I: June 3 – 19 (Rome, Italy)
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Enrollment
This is a 6-credit hour course offered by the Humanities Program. It is open to all undergraduate & graduate students who are qualified to enroll at The University of Texas at El Paso.
All students going on the trip must be enrolled and their university fees must be paid in full two weeks before departure. To enroll students must obtain the permission of the professor and pay a $500 deposit. With permission and deposit, students will be enrolled via the Humanities Program’s Administrative Assistant.
Course Credit
All students are enrolled in HUMN 4390 for Maymester and one of the following courses for Summer I: HIST 3390, HUMN 4390, ART 3307, POLS 4350, and COMM 4350 under Special Topics, “The Layers of Rome." All courses offered fulfill Humanities Black Electives. Students may choose which course listed above that best fits their degree requirements. Graduate students may take the course with the permission and advising of the professor as an Independent Study and Internship Study.
*Both courses are required for the Layers of Rome Study Abroad program unless otherwise approved by the program director.
About Us
The Layers of Rome program will survey the history of Rome from its founding to its fall. Beginning in its origin of monarchy to revolt and transformation to the Republic, expanding into Empire and finally to that of the Holy Roman Empire and its revival through the Renaissance.
Exploration of significant historical eras will be amplified by visits to historical sites such as; the Roman Forum, Forum of Augustus, the Palatine Hill, the Colosseum, the Pantheon, the great aqueducts, the Arch of Constantine and the Baths of Caracalla. We will visit Catholic churches, paramount in the establishment of the Holy Roman Empire such as San Clemente, Santa Maria, and of course St. Peter’s Basilica. Museum visits will include the Vatican Palace, Borghese Gallery, Capitoline Museum, the Roman House and the Crypto Balbi. In addition to Rome’s capital, we will travel to the ancient seaport of Rome’s power, Ostia Antica, where our course instruction will continue on site in the ruins. Beyond the walls of Rome there will also be optional excursions offered to travel to ancient Pompeii as well as the Renaissance city of Florence.
As part of visiting and learning the history of the Roman Empire, students will be working on-site, in teams on research and media production projects, which will be published on this website for educational use. Students will develop lesson plans, interactive media components for learning tools and digital history and preservation presentation for our traveling Preserving Identities Exhibit. The media components and educational tools developed will be used in high school and early-college curriculum as well as available for the public.
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