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Art History FSP Rome

Rome, Italy

Spring 2026

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Program At a Glance

Terms Offered

Spring

Language

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Italian

Classes In

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English

Lodging

Flat/Apartment

Department

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Art History

ABOUT THIS PROGRAM

The Department of Art History offers a foreign study program in Rome, Italy, one of Europe's richest artistic centers. Classes are taught on site and at the Dartmouth Rome Center by a Dartmouth faculty director, an architectural specialist, and a language instructor. The Art History curriculum examines the monuments of the city, their creators, their patrons, and their various audiences. One course focuses on a cross-temporal selection of sites of particular art-historical interest as well as on major artists who worked in Rome, examining issues of narrative, iconography, social history, gender, perception, and stylistic analysis. Another course examines the evolution of architectural forms in the Early Modern period, as manifested by specific types of buildings--such as churches, palaces, and villas--and explores their urban contexts.

 

THE STUDY ABROAD EXPERIENCE

  • Bubbles in Rome

    Photo by Deborah Rheem '19

  • Roman Forum

    Photo by Deborah Rheem '19

  • Art History Student Group

    Photo courtesy of Art History FSP Rome

  • Colosseum

    Photo courtesy of Eun Kyung Yoon '19

ACADEMIC PROGRAM

Faculty Director

Curriculum

ARTH | 26.01 | 90:
History of Art in Rome

ARTH | 26.02 | 90:
Early Modern Architecture in Rome

ARTH | 26.03 | 90:
Language and Culture of Rome

Advanced Italian (Italian 3, 9 or 12) may be available for those that have already completed Italian 2.  Please inquire with the faculty director or the Guarini Institute regarding advanced language options. 

Prerequisites

ITAL | 1 | 90:
Introductory Italian I
or an equivalent
 
ARTH | 1 | 90:
Bodies and Buildings: Introduction to the History of Art in the Ancient World and the Middle Ages

Highly recommended:
ARTH | 2 | 90:
Introduction to the History of Art II

STUDENT LIFE

Students will live in shared, self-catered apartments/flats equipped with kitchen facilities for preparing meals. Apartments are situated in the historic part of Trastevere around Piazza San Cosimato.  Students should expect to share a bedroom and bathroom with other students. All students committed to this program will complete a housing preference form for shared housing and roommate placements. 

The program also includes one or more field study excursions to sites outside Rome. In recent years, destinations have included Naples, Pompeii, Tivoli, Florence, and Venice.

For more information, please see the department website.

 

Student Voices

"I cannot possibly recommend this program enough to Art History majors. It changed the way I looked at art, and allowed me to think critically about visual analysis in a way I did not have the opportunity to do at Dartmouth.” Spring 2022

Student Voices

"I loved having class on-site rather than a classroom. I also loved getting to know Dartmouth students, who I otherwise never would have met." - Spring 2019

Student Voices

"Some memorable academic experiences include having full-length conversations with locals in Italian and being able to act as a tour guide when showing my parents around Rome as I could give them mini-presentations on various monuments based on what I had learned." -Spring 2019

Student Voices

"The observational and analytical skills learned during the program will be useful for my future projects in the field of architecture and engineering. On the other hand, the oral presentations during the program encouraged me to focus more on public speaking and presentation skills, therefore I intend to take a public speaking class at Dartmouth." - Spring 2019

Student Voices

"It was refreshing and engaging to be on-site with the [art]works [for lectures]." -Spring 2018

Tuition and Fees

The fees charged by the College for a Dartmouth-sponsored off-campus term of study include regular tuition charges for a term at Dartmouth, service fees, as well as the specific costs established for each off-campus study locale. In many programs, the room and board costs tend to be higher than for a term in Hanover. You can view a budget sheet for each program by clicking on the appropriate term under "Financing Your Program". The cost of transportation to and from the site is the responsibility of the student.

 

Financial Aid

In order that all qualified Dartmouth undergraduate students may have the opportunity to take part in off-campus programs, the College endeavors to adjust its normal financial aid awards for students already receiving aid. Tuition and expected family contribution for Dartmouth's off-campus programs are the same as for an on-campus term.

Students are responsible for purchasing their own plane tickets and, in many cases, meals. Often, families find that they owe less for billable items for study away terms but will instead use more of their expected family contribution towards indirect costs such as the flight and meals. For help sorting out who pays what and how, contacting the Financial Aid office is often advisable.  

 

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