Submitted by Michael Rich
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Rome in Residence is UW’s campus abroad located in the ancient heart of Rome just off the Campo de’ Fiori. This program is open to pre-majors and students in any major is a way for students to study at our UW Rome Center for a full academic quarter (ten weeks) in either Winter 2022 or Spring 2022, making Rome their classroom!
- Any student can apply! The program may be particularly attractive for freshmen and sophomores looking to complete Gen Education and Area of Knowledge requirements
- The program offers five 5-credit UW courses (VLPA, I&S, English Composition)
- Participating students choose three courses for a full ten-week/15-credit program
- There are no prerequisites for any of the courses
- All our courses are about Rome (Architecture, Art History, Communication, Italian, and English Composition). All our instructors and credits are approved by UW departments
- Courses cover a wide range of topics including architecture, art history, travel writing, and communication as well as elementary Italian language
- All courses provide opportunities to explore Rome as part of an immersive and inspiring curriculum
- Courses are taught by Rome-based instructors with deep experience and knowledge of the city, its history, its cultures, and its people
- The program fee is $7,500 which includes instruction and housing. (Participants pay the program fee in lieu of tuition and remain enrolled at UW full time.)
- All Pell-eligible students who apply by the priority deadline and are accepted to the program will automatically receive a $2,500 scholarship from UW Study Abroad
- Priority application deadline for Winter 2022: September 1, 2021
- Priority application deadline for Spring 2022: November 15, 2021