COLLEGE OF ARTS & SCIENCES
ROME STUDIES
LUC.EDU/CAS
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oyola University Chicago’s College of Arts
and Sciences (CAS) offers undergraduates
a comprehensive liberal arts education that
introduces them to various disciplines and viewpoints in
the natural sciences, social sciences, and humanities. CAS
students develop valuable career and life skills, including
critical thinking, strong verbal and writing abilities,
comprehensive general knowledge, social awareness,
and research competencies. As the largest of Loyola’s
10 schools, CAS has extensive resources, providing
students with modern labs and electronic classrooms,
opportunities to participate actively in research, and a
distinguished faculty of teacher-scholars.
Recent growth and renovation at both Loyola’s Lake
Shore and Water Tower Campuses have enhanced living
and learning for students. Some of the additions include
the state-of-the-art Quinlan Life Sciences Education
and Research Center, two residence halls, the Loyola
University Museum of Art, and the Sullivan Center
for Student Services, which consolidates more than a
dozen campus offices into one convenient location. The
Information Commons, a high-tech, environmentally
designed library, study space, and instructional center,
opened in early 2008.
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A view of St. Peter’s Basilica and the River Tiber in Rome, Italy.
tHE MInoR
To be truly well-educated in today’s society, an individual must
have a global perspective and ideally have spent a portion of his or her
educational career outside of the United States.
Loyola’s minor in Rome studies builds upon a recognized strength
of the University—the John Felice Rome Center in Rome, Italy—
and contributes to the University’s mission of preparing students
to understand and serve the world community. The minor allows
students to capitalize on their study abroad experience by completing
a cohesive and unified sequence of courses, using courses taken in
Rome and other related courses taken in Chicago, particularly those
that make Rome, Italy, or Europe an integral focus.
Requirements
All students must complete Rome Studies (ROST) 300, Italy: Culture
and Contexts (three credit hours). Five additional courses (fifteen credit
hours) drawn from those listed as applicable to the minor must also be
completed. No more than two courses (six credit hours) may be taken
in the same department. Cross-listed courses may be assigned to either
department (e.g., Classical Studies, CLST 307 is cross-listed with Fine
Arts, FNAR 337, and may be credited either to classical studies or to
fine arts). No more than two courses (six credit hours) may be selected
from courses that count toward Core Curriculum requirements. At least
three courses (nine credit hours) must be taken in residence at the John
Felice Rome Center. A language competency of at least Italian (ITAL)
103 or Latin (LATN) 132 (or the equivalent) must be attained.
LOYOLA UNIVERSIT Y CHICAGO
Courses
The following courses may count toward the Rome Studies minor.
Other appropriate courses which focus on Rome and/or Italy may be
allowed to count toward the minor at the discretion of the Director and
Dean of Faculty, John Felice Rome Center.
RomE StUdiES (RoSt)
RoSt 300 (iNtS 302) Italy: Culture and Contexts*
RoSt 390 (PAX 397)
Special Topics: Human Rights the View
from Rome
RoSt 399
Directed Readings in Rome Studies
CLASSiCAL StUdiES (CLSt)
CLSt 276 (RoSt 276) World of Classical Rome
CLSt 307 (RoSt 307,
FNAR 337)
Art of the Roman World
CLSt 308 (RoSt 308,
HiSt 308)
History of Rome to Constantine
CLSt 395 (RoSt 395) Topography of Rome
FiNE ARtS (FNAR)
FNAR 342 (RoSt 342)
FNAR 343 (RoSt 343,
CAtH 300)
FNAR 344 (RoSt 344)
FNAR 345 (RoSt 345)
FNAR 394 (RoSt 390)
HiStoRy (HiSt)
HiSt 300
HiSt 335 (RoSt 335,
iNtS 335)
Art in Rome (offered at the Rome Center)
Baroque Art (offered at the Rome Center)
Early Italian Renaissance Art
Italian High Renaissance and Mannerist Art
Topics: Architecture in Rome
Topics: Emperors, Bishops, and Barbarians
19th and 20th Century Italy
iNtERNAtioNAL FiLm ANd mEdiA StUdiES (iFmS)
iFmS 263 (RoSt 299) Topics: Filmmaking in Rome
PoLitiCAL SCiENCE (PLSC)
PLSC 365 (RoSt 365,
iNtS 365)
Italian Politics and Government
SoCioLogy (SoCL)
SoCL 280 (iNtS 292,
RoSt 199)
Topics: Italian Fashion and Design
* Required course
About the Rome Center
The John Felice Rome Center in Italy is an actual campus of Loyola
University Chicago, offering an American collegiate experience
transplanted to a European milieu in the heart of Western culture and
civilization. Situated on Monte Mario, Rome’s highest hill, the Rome
Center is a mere 25 minutes from the historic center of the Eternal City.
It is the most popular study abroad destination for Loyola students.
The campus sprawls across five picturesque acres of land in a
comfortable, secured environment. The John Felice Rome Center
annually enrolls more than 600 students from more than 35 different
universities. The students form a rich community with faculty and
each other as they explore the adventure of living in a foreign culture.
Summer, semester, and year-long programs are offered.
For more information about the John Felice Rome Center, please
e-mail rome@luc.edu or visit LUC.edu/rome.
the Jesuit Experience
Studying in Rome enables students to picnic on the spot where
Saint Ignatius had his vision—La Storta—on the Via della Camilluccia,
to gaze in awe at the magnificent Church of the Gesu with its gilded
and lapis lazuli dome, and to bask in the glory and grandeur of the city
which houses the headquarters of the Society of Jesus. Explore the
Jesuit tradition and experience the Jesuit mystique in its fullest sense.
iNtERNAtioNAL StUdiES (iNtS)
iNtS 370 (RoSt 390) International Studies Internship:
Focus on Rome
itALiAN (itAL)
All literature courses in Italian numbered 271 or higher
LAtiN (LAtN)
All literature courses in Latin numbered 271 or higher
LitERAtURE iN tRANSLAtioN (LitR)
LitR 260 (iNtS 260)
Italian Masterpieces (in translation)
LitR 264 (iNtS 264)
Italian Film Genre (in translation)
LitR 267 (iNtS 267)
Italian Film History (in translation)
LitR 280 (iNtS 280,
RoSt 299)
Masterpieces of European Literature (Italian –
offered in translation)
LitR 283 (iNtS 283)
Studies in European Authors (Italian – offered
in translation)
Information in this brochure is correct as of July 2011.
For the most up-to-date information, visit LUC.edu/undergrad/academics
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contact us
Loyola University Chicago | Undergraduate Admission Office
1032 W. Sheridan Road | Chicago, IL 60660
P 800.262.2373 E admission@luc.edu W LUC.edu/undergrad
John Felice Rome Center | Susana Cavallo, PhD, dean of faculty,
director of Rome studies minor
Via Massimi 114/A | 00136 Rome, Italy
E scavall@luc.edu W LUC.edu/romestudies