Loyola University Chicago

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• Rome Center Summer Undergraduate Program

May 16 - June 19, 2009

This five-week program is scheduled to permit students to return to Chicago in time to participate in Loyola's second Summer Session. Most classes will meet for one-and-a-half-hour sessions Monday through Thursday, and will be taught by Rome- and Chicago-based Loyola faculty. On-site classes will meet twice a week. The final exam is typically scheduled for the last class meeting of each course.

Please be aware that, when you are making your flight reservations, all participants in this program are expected to arrive at the Rome Center on Saturday morning, May 16, and are required to depart by 8:30 a.m. on Friday, June 19. Students will reside in double rooms on campus while enrolled in the program. Administrative and student life support will be provided by Rome Center staff.

• Application Procedure
• Contact Us
• Course Listing
• Course Descriptions
• Post-Acceptance Checklist
• Pre-Departure Orientation
• Program Fee
• Textbooks

Course Listing & Timetable for Summer 2009

Students must select two courses [or 3 only if CLST 390 is the third selection] (6-7 semester hours) from the scheduled offerings.  All courses, days and times are tentative. Courses may be subject to cancellation if enrollment is low.   

Key:  (*) LUC core course

*** This one semester hour course will take place at the conclusion of the five-week session. Students will travel from Rome to Athens for the week to visit the scheduled sites and museums.  Students are responsible for all expenses related to this course, including the additional credit hour of tuition. The course is an introduction to the civilization of ancient Greece through visits to important sites in the country and the study of significant artifacts of art and architecture associated with.  Among the sites that that students could visit are Athens, Mycenae, Sparta, Olympia, and Delphi.  The purpose of the course is to offer students essential acquaintance with and understanding of the history, art and culture of ancient Greece.  The chronology of the course is from the Bronze Age to Late Antiquity, but the focus of the course will be primarily on Classical Greece.

Program Fee: $6,400 

The Rome program fee covers tuition [entitling enrollment in six semester hours (two courses)], room and partial board (breakfast and lunch will be provided Monday through Thursday), room deposit, activities' fee, select additional course fees, and three day trips: the initial orientation trip to Ostia, a trip to Pompei, and a trip to Assisi. 

Roundtrip airfare [USA-Rome-USA] and international health insurance are not included in the program fee and are the personal responsibility of the student. Optional trips to Siena and to Florence are also not included but will be available at a student's own expense. 

Application Procedure

Applications for the five-week summer 2009 session may be submitted until Friday, March 13, 2009, provided space is still available by that date. Should the program fill sooner, applications received after it fills will be placed on a waitlist. All applications must be in our Chicago office no later than Friday, March 13th; any received after this date will not be considered even on the waitlist.

The following items constituted a completed application for summer study at the Rome Center:

• a completed, signed and dated summer application form*
• submission of an application fee of $500 with the application form, of which $100 is a study abroad processing fee and $400 applies toward housing charges
• a completed faculty recommendation form (sent to our office by the faculty member)
• a completed judicial recommendation form (sent to our office by the student affairs officer)
• submission of an official transcript with the application form (Loyola-Chicago students need not submit a transcript as we can access Loyola records online)
• submission of a photocopy of the data page of the student's valid passport.

* Students not currently enrolled at Loyola University Chicago must also file an online summer application form for admission to Loyola University Chicago. It is not possible to register for classes unless a visiting student has filed this form.  

For step-by-step application instructions and all necessary online forms, see _______________.

Pre-Departure Orientation

A pre-departure orientation session will be held for students going on Loyola-sponsored summer study abroad programs; date TBA.  More information on what will be covered at Pre-Departure Orientation can be found here. 

Post-Acceptance Checklist

Once accepted, the balance of the housing/activities' fees ($2,420) must be paid no later than March 27, 2009; tuition ($3,480) will be e-billed and due no later than May 5, 2009. If you fail to pay the amount due on March 27th, you will be withdrawn from any Rome sections in which you may have registered.

Please turn in the following documents for your file as soon as they are available:

• Photocopy of insurance provider card (plus a letter of policy that states international coverage)
• Emergency contact information

Textbooks

Beginning May 1, 2009, textbooks will be available for purchase at the Loyola Bookstore at the Lake Shore Campus, 6435 N. Sheridan Road, Chicago. Telephone: (773) 508-7350. E-mail: bkslake@bncollege.com  If you go into the bookstore, look for all the textbooks in the Rome section because they have been grouped there for your convenience.   Textbooks can also be purchased online beginning April 1, 2009; you can go either to loyola.bkstore.com or to whywaitforbooks.com .  

Students must purchase their textbooks in the U.S. and bring them to Rome.

Contact Us

For more information, click here; e-mail: rome@luc.edu; or call: (773) 508-2760

Culture & Identity (CIEP 360); Philosophy of Education (ELPS 302): May 17 - 29, 2009 

For more information, click here; e-mail Prof. Janis Fine, Ph.D.;
or call: (312) 915-7022

Trade and Economic Growth (ECON 399): May 31 - June 13, 2009;                               Globalization of the Sport Industry (SPRT 345): June 13 - 26, 2009 

For more information, click here ; or call: (312) 915-6124

The Graduate School of Business (MBA): June 13 -26, 2009

• International Sport Management (SPRT 534)

For more information, click here; or call: (312) 915-6124

The Graduate School of Education: July 5 - 18, 2009         

• U.S. Students Abroad: Lessons from Rome in Cultural Immersion (ELPS 429)                                     
• Historical Foundations of Western Education and Social Policy (ELPS 446)       
• Instructional Leadership: Cultural Context for Informed Decision-Making (ELPS 465)

For more information, click here; e-mail Prof. Janis Fine, Ph.D.;
or call: (312) 915-7022

The School of Law: June 21 - July 18, 2009

• Comparative Business Organizations
• Comparative Elder Law
• Comparative Criminal Law
• International Arbitration
• Comparative Constitutional Law
• Comparative Products Liability

For more information,click here e-mail Assistant Dean Jean M. Gaspardo, J.D.;
or call: (312) 915-7886