Program Brochure - University of Dallas

Undergraduate Summer in
ROME 2013

The University of Dallas (UD) will again
offer its Summer Rome Program in 2013 for
undergraduate students with at least 30 credit
hours. The program is designed both for UD
students and for students of other universities.
For UD students, the program serves as an
alternative and/or supplement to the regular fall
and spring semester in Rome. For students from
other universities, the Summer Rome Program
provides the extraordinary opportunity to study
in Rome as a part of an intellectually rigorous and
passionately Catholic university. The program is
offered on the Eugene Constantin Rome Campus
at Due Santi.
The Program
The Summer Rome Program builds upon the two great pillars of UD:
commitment to the liberal arts and to our Catholic identity. Students take
two courses, one in theology and the other in English (the specific course
descriptions are given below); together with UD faculty, students encounter
and reflect upon some of the most profound texts, ideas, and art of the
Church and Western culture. Classes are held on the Rome campus and on
site at numerous locations, including the monasteries of Subiaco and St.
Scholastica, the basilicas of Rome, the Uffizi Gallery in Florence, and the
catacombs in Rome.
The Faculty
Gregory Roper, chair and associate professor of English, specializes in Middle
English Literature (esp. Chaucer and the Gawain-poet), writing, and rhetoric
(his book, “The Writer’s Workshop”, is published by ISI Books), but teaches
works from the “Iliad” to Shakespeare to postmodern fiction. He is in the early
stages of a biography of St. Philip Neri.
Ron Rombs, associate professor of theology, specializes in patristics (the
Fathers of the Church) and fundamental theology (apologetics). He is
particularly interested in the theology of St. Augustine and Pope Benedict XVI.

Dates
The program will run for six weeks: May 27-July 8, 2013.
Location
Classes are held at the UD’s Rome Campus at Due Santi, Rome, Italy. Day
trips and overnight trips will include Assisi, Orvieto, Florence, Subiaco, Anzio,
Monte Cassino and more.
It’s hard to describe adequately the beauty and serenity of UD’s Constantin
Rome Campus. The campus is built on ten acres that continue to function as
a working vineyard, located on the western slopes of the Alban Hills about
12 miles southeast of the center of Rome. Up in the hills outside of the city
center, nights are cool, and students watch the sunset every evening over the
city of Rome.
Less than two miles away from the Rome campus, in the picturesque town of
Castel Gandolfo, is the Palazzo Papale, a majestic palace that serves as the
Pope’s summer residence. Thanks to this unique location and the comfortable
and well-provided Due Santi campus itself, UD Rome is a perfect place for
students, faculty and staff to get to know one another, to learn together and
to explore the many attractions of Rome and Italy.
Costs
The total program cost, including tuition, all fees, room and board on campus,
and land travel on faculty-led day and overnight tours in Rome and Italy, is
$6,000. The program cost does not include airfare from the US estimated at
$1,500, airport transfer, tips or independent travel.

Applying to the summer program
Admissions requirements
Undergraduate students at the University of Dallas are encouraged to apply,
as well as undergraduate students at other institutions. The university reserves
the opportunity to participate in the Rome program for students who are
most likely both to succeed academically through the curriculum of liberal arts
study and to behave responsibly in the environment of the close-knit Rome
campus community and during their individual travels in Europe. Students
demonstrate their qualifications for acceptance with a good academic and
discipline record.
Application Procedure
Application deadline for priority consideration is January 15, 2013. A $500
program deposit must accompany an application. UD students who have paid
the $500 deposit and $2,000 first payment by February 1, 2013, will receive a
$500 discount off the program fees.
UD students may apply for Summer 2013 instead of or in addition to a
semester Rome program. Those who have not applied for the regular Rome
semester 2012-2013 (including those who applied for earlier years of the
Rome semester) should submit a Rome application at udallas.edu/rome/
prospectiveromers/romeapp.html and select Summer 2013 in the Semester
Requested field.
The following are necessary for an application to be eligible for review:
A passport valid at least through November 2013. APPLY NOW. Passports can
take up to six weeks to process. For information on how to apply for or renew
a passport, visit: travel.state.gov/passport
• Fulfillment of minimum academic requirements including: 30 credit hours,
and a 2.5 cumulative grade point average and good academic standing.
Students who are not matriculated at the University of Dallas must have a
minimum 3.0 grade point average at their home institution.
• Good health and maturity: it is also important that students be prepared for
two months overseas in an intense program that is physically, socially and
academically challenging. Health and student life histories are reviewed in
light of these concerns.
A complete application for Summer 2013 Rome includes:
• Online application
• Health form
• Release & Indemnity form
• Required Signature Sheet
• Photocopy of information page of
passport valid until November 2013
• Students from other universities
must also complete a University of
Dallas Special Student Application.

The Courses
The Summer Program consists of two courses not presently offered in the fall
and spring Rome semesters (6 total credits), taught by university faculty. It
will be possible for students planning to attend the regular spring 2013 Rome
semester to extend their stay in Italy by participating in the summer session.
All students must register for both courses.
Theology 4V57: Faith and Culture, Ron Rombs, Ph.D.
The perceived opposition between faith and reason in our contemporary
culture as well as the opposition between faith and culture have been called
a crisis—a crisis of faith, of religion, of culture. It is arguably the theological
crisis of our time. “Faith and Culture” introduces and examines the ways in
which the Catholic tradition has understood the relationship between faith
and reason, and between faith and culture. A special focus is given to the city
of Rome itself: the course emphasizes patristic perspectives in Rome (Justin
Martyr and St. Leo the Great, for example) and the thought of the two most
recent popes, Blessed Pope John Paul II and Pope Benedict XVI. The course
will also include excursions to relevant sites, including the Christian catacombs
and the Sistine Chapel, to complement and give greater depth and dimension
to readings and classroom discussion.
ENG 3375: The Catholic Imagination: Truth and Beauty in Art,
Literature, and Music, Gregory Roper, Ph.D.
If the companion course in our summer program studies the crisis of faith and
reason, we might say this course studies the crisis of faith, truth, and beauty.
Beauty itself, as modernism dawned at the beginning of the 20th century,
began to seem an outmoded term in the face of the mechanization, the rapid
pace, the industrialization and the harsh discontinuities of modern life. Then
World War I seemed to destroy all semblance of order, and the horrors of
the Holocaust, atomic destruction and totalitarianism seemed to raise the
question of whether beauty was an irrelevant notion. Relativistic theories of
man questioned the purposes of art at its roots. Today, secularism seems to
pose the greatest threat to an art which can encompass the whole of human
experience.
Yet in response to this, the 20th century produced a stunning array of artists
of faith who fight through these difficulties—facing them head-on rather than
ignoring them—to try to articulate how and why beauty, art and truth can be
re-connected in the face of the modern world’s horrors. Catholic novelists,
poets and musicians found a way into the darkness but emerged on the
other side with a sharpened, transcendent view of art that could encounter
the worst of human nature and find a sacramental basis for art, truth,
beauty. The 20th century came to a close with a world-figure Pope
who was himself an actor, dramatist, and poet, and the twentyfirst
century dawned with a new Pope who is a brilliant classical
pianist. Clearly it is worth our time to explore how the Catholic
imagination can respond to our times in ways that shape and move
our deepest longings.

Program Schedule
Instruction for each course (designated
A & B) will be spread over 21 two-hour
morning sessions for a total of 42
hours of instruction including the final
examination. Scheduling of these classes
will be arranged to accommodate
occasional formal guided morning
tours into Rome and environs, and
to provide opportunity for individual
student excursions when not in class.
One extended tour is planned – (four
days) to Assisi, Subiaco and Florence.
Other day trips will be made to the
Castelli Romani, Anzio, Fossanova and
Monte Cassino. Costs for this travel are
included in the program cost. Students will also be given the opportunity to
travel independently for four days.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I get financial aid for the summer program?
Traditional financial aid applies to two terms in a year. Hence for the Rome
Summer program, the only option for students would be to divide the loans
they already qualify for over three semesters instead of two (fall and spring).
This would mean the student would receive 33% of their loan in fall, spring
and summer instead of 50% in the fall and 50% in the spring. Prorating the
loans out over three semesters instead of two would mean that financial aid
would need to know in advance (before the loans are paid) that the student is
going to Rome in the summer so they can award the loans correctly. Currently
no grants or scholarships are offered for the Summer. Students may apply for
a PLUS loan for the summer if the Financial Aid Office has a FAFSA on file.
What do I need to know about overseas flights?
Students will arrange their own transportation to the program. They are
welcome to work with our travel agents, TravelLeaders or STA. Students
whose planes actually arrive (vs. are scheduled to arrive) at the Fiumicino
Airport in Rome by 9:30 a.m. on Monday, May 27 may take the group bus. All
others including those whose flights are delayed are responsible for getting
themselves to campus. Students arriving in Rome on May 26 must make their
own accommodations for the night of May 26 and get themselves to campus
May 27. Directions to campus and contact information for cab service will be
provided. The campus arrival window is 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on May 27.

How is the program structured?
This is such a great question that we have decided to include a sample
calendar, so you can see how your time in Rome and Italy might be spent.
Your Rome summer session will look something like this:
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
May 26
Depart US
2
Mass
9
Mass
16
Mass
23
Mass
30
Mass
7
Mass,
Final Dinner
27
Arrive Rome
Campus
Orientation
3
Roman
Forum,
Colosseum
10
Classes
17
Classes
24
The Lateran
July 1
Scavi Tour
8
Students
Depart,
Campus
Closes, noon
28
St. Peter’s/
Academic
Orientation
4
Classes
11
Classes
18
Galleria
Borghese
25
Classes
2
Independent
Travel
29
First Day of
Classes
5
Mass at St.
Peter’s
Papal
Audience
12
Classes
19
Classes
26
Classes
3
Independent
Travel
30
Albano/
Castel
Gandolfo/
Nemi
6
D-Day
Anzio,
WWII
Cemeteries
13
Subiaco/
Assisi
20
Classes
27
Vatican
Museums
4
Independent
Travel
31
Classes
7
Classes
14
Assisi/
Florence
21
Monte
Cassino,
Fossanova
28
Classes
5
Independent
Travel
June 1
Basilica San
Clementi,
Catacombs
8
Classes
15
Florence
22
29
St. Paul
Outside the
Walls
6
Final Exams
UD’s Eugene Constantin Campus near Rome

Rome & Summer Programs Office
1845 E Northgate Drive
118 Augustine Hall
Irving, TX 75062-4736
Rebecca Davies, Director
bdavies@udallas.edu
Jennifer Massicci, Coordinator
udrome@udallas.edu
Hours Monday-Friday: 8 a.m.-noon & 1-5 p.m.
972.721.5206 Fax 972.721.5283
udallas.edu/romeprogramsummer
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