Foreign Study
The Department of Art History will offer a special Fall Plus Program in Paris, France in fall 2025. This innovative program immerses students in three weeks of "slow looking" at works of art in Paris museums. For more details, including application materials, please visit the Frank J. Guarini Institute for International Education site.
The Department of Art History's annual spring term foreign study program offers students the extraordinary opportunity to study intensively the major artistic monuments of Italy in the land where they were produced. Based in Rome, one of Europe's richest artistic centers, the program examines the monuments of the city, their creators, their patrons, and their various audiences. The curriculum encourages students to see art and architecture not as isolated phenomena, but rather as they exist within larger cultural and historical contexts.
Schedule
The program runs for ten weeks, from late March until early June, sometimes with a one-week midterm break. All participants are enrolled in three courses, two in art history and one in Italian language. Regular classes meet Monday through Thursday mornings and two or three weekday afternoons.
Courses
Requirements
Requirements for the three courses include assigned readings, class participation, group projects, short research papers, oral presentations, and a final term paper or exam.
Prerequisites
There are two prerequisites for the Art History FSP, Italian 1 (or its equivalent) and Art History 1. In addition, Art History 2 is highly recommended.
Living Accommodations and Facilities
Students share rooms in apartments. The Dartmouth College Rome Center (DCRC) on the Piazza della Cancelleria provides classroom and library space for the Dartmouth programs in Art History, Classics, and Italian.
Expenses
The combined costs of tuition and lodging are charged directly to each student's account. Several group dinners and lunches and all of the expenses of the regularly scheduled class trips, including transportation and museum admissions, are included in the basic tuition fee. In addition, each student will need to budget for personal expenses, including food and transportation between the U. S. and Europe. Additional financial aid is available for qualified students. For further information on estimated expenses, see the Off-Campus Programs website; for financial aid, see the Off-Campus Programs website or contact the Financial Aid Office in McNutt Hall.
Application Procedures
Students must apply for the program a year in advance. This means that a student wishing to participate during the spring of his or her third year must apply during the fall/winter of his or her second year. A meeting—at which basic information is discussed—is held annually in October. Students who will not be on campus during the following winter term must apply by early November; the final deadline for applying will be early February. Application materials and further information concerning deadlines are available at Off-Campus Programs. The final group will be limited to sixteen students.
For More Information
Interested students should contact Professors Cohen, Hornstein, Camerlenghi or Kassler-Taub as early as possible in their academic careers.