Greece Summer 2012

2012 Dates:  tentatively May 16 to June 7, 2012  

The Greece program is run by Professors Catherine Collins and Jeanne Clark.  The program has been run 13 or more times since 1990. It is hoped that students will share their interest in Greek culture (ancient and modern) and many of the “not to be missed” places -- towns like Nauplia and Olympiada, much loved museums like the Athenian agora and Amphipolis, and the glorious art and architecture like the Parthenon, Delphi, Messene.

Credit Earned:  1.0 credit of IDS 351 (W):  Culture of Ancient Greece

• There are no prerequisites for participation in the course.  
• Past participants have included art majors, biology majors, rhetoric majors, history majors, economics majors, philosophy majors, music majors, chemistry majors, classics majors, theatre majors, English majors, etc.
• Participants will study the culture of ancient Greece through a focus on their speeches, their literature, and their artifacts (as seen at sites and museums).
• The ending in Istanbul allows participants to consider what happens over time to some of the cultural patterns we see within earlier Greece.

The course earns writing centered credit (based on journals and a series of short written assignments rooted in the progymnasmata exercises of classical education).  There will be some reading to do before students arrive in Greece, but when the program ends, the coursework is complete.  Some students have gotten elective credit for classics or rhetoric majors.

You will find the tentative daily schedule for 2012 here.  Program days typically begin early, but students have some free time in the afternoons and after dinner.  The program will cover much of the Greek mainland.

Cost:  Program cost with a minimum of 15 people is $6000 plus airfare for one credit or $6300 plus airfare for 1.5 credits (the extra .5 is an independent study option).  If the program has twenty participants, the cost drops almost $600 per person.  Cost includes tuition, hotel, breakfasts and dinners, site admissions, and ground transportation costs. Although there aren't any scholarships for this program, if you have financial need, the financial aid office has often been able to work out some kind of loan to cover the program.

Note: You are not required to fly with the group.  Some people are able to use frequent flyer mails to cover airfare.  Many people choose to travel for a while at the end of the program.  You are required to arrive in the Athens airport by the time the main group is arriving;  this is essential this year because the program will leave from the airport to drive about 2 hours south and west to the town of Nauplia where participants will stay for several days as the group explores that area of Greece (Mycenae, Tiryns, Epidaurus, Corinth, and a few points further south).

For information and application, please contact Professor Jeanne Clark or Professor Catherine Collins.  Completed applications are requested by November 7, 2011.