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• Rome Center Summer Undergraduate Program

May 17 - June 20, 2008

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. 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 17, and are required to depart by 8:30 a.m. on Friday, June 20. 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 2008

Students must select two courses (6 semester hours) from the scheduled offerings.  Courses may be subject to cancellation if enrollment is low.   

Key:  (*) LUC core course

Program Fee: $5,900 for Summer 2008.

The 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 (tentatively to Frascati), 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 2008 session may be submitted until Friday, March 14, 2008. Due to space commitments, this is an absolute deadline.  Applications must be in our Chicago office no later than Friday, March 14th; any received after this date will not be considered.

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 may order an official transcript online through LOCUS; there is no charge for transcripts)
• 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, click here.

Pre-Departure Orientation

A pre-departure orientation session will be held for students going on Loyola-sponsored summer study abroad programs on Monday, April 7, 2008.  More information on what was covered at Pre-Departure Orientation can be found here. 

Post-Acceptance Checklist

Once accepted, the balance of the housing/activities' fees ($2,100) must be paid no later than March 28, 2008; tuition ($3,300) will be e-billed and due no later than May 5, 2008. If you fail to pay the amount due on March 28th, 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 passport
• Photocopy of insurance provider card (plus a letter of policy that states international coverage)
• Emergency contact information

Textbooks

Beginning May 1, 2008, 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, 2008; 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: romeinfo@luc.edu; or call: (773) 508-2760

Culture & Identity (CIEP 360); Philosophy of Education (ELPS 302): May 18 - 30, 2008 

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

Managing Across Cultures (MGMT 399): May 31 - June 13, 2008 

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

The Graduate School of Business (MBA): June 14 - 27, 2008 

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

The Graduate School of Education: July 6 - 19, 2008

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

The School of Law: May 24 - June 21, 2008 

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

The School of Social Work: May 19 - June 5, 2008

For more information, click here; e-mail Prof. Terri Kilbane or call (312) 915-7026 or e-mail Prof. Marcia Spira, Ph.D., call: (312) 915-7580