Study Abroad

Study abroad for a semester, a year, or a summer is available to students in the Classics Department. Many of our students take advantage of the opportunity to spend a semester in Athens through the College Year in Athens program or in Rome or Sicily through the Intercollegiate Center for Classical Studies. Although Greece and Italy are of obvious interest to students engaged in the study of the Greco-Roman world, other opportunities are available for overseas study. In recent years, Classics and Ancient Studies students have also chosen to study in England, the Netherlands, and Australia.

Typically students study abroad during their junior year. Interested students should consult the Overseas Office first and then make an appointment with their advisor. In order to be assured of transfer credit in the Classics Department, students must consult with their advisor prior to beginning the Study Abroad Program.

The rigorous summer school of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens offers an intensive introduction to the monuments of Greece, and the summer program of the American Academy in Rome does the same for Rome and its environs.

Archaeological Field Work

Students with an interest in both Classics and Archaeology may want to consider taking part in an archaeological project in the Mediterranean. For fieldwork opportunities see the links below. Interested students should consult Professor Susan Rotroff (srotroff@artsci.wustl.edu) in the Classics Department.

Listings of field schools and volunteering opportunities:

• Archaeological Institute of America Fieldwork Opportunities
• CSA Guide to Archaeological Projects

Excavations where students have recently worked:

• The Athenian Agora -- excavations in the heart of Athens (Bronze Age – modern)
• Athienou Archaeological Project – Cyprus (Archaic through Ottoman period)

• Iklaina Archaeological Project – survey and excavation in southern Greece, with emphasis on the Bronze Age
• Summer Archaeological Project in Macedonia– the castle of King Marko (Medieval)
• Mitrou Archaeological Project– Bronze Age site on the eastern coast of Greece

• The Anglo-American Project in Pompeii – the famous site in southern Italy destroyed by the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 CE