Studiare a Roma
At our school here in Rome, we students all take two Italian courses, and two or three additional courses (with a choice of theology, English, philosophy, ethics, biology, and art). I am taking the theology course, with is called “The Papacy and the Development of the Church in Rome” as well as an English class, entitled “Text and the City: Reading Rome.” The English class meets Tuesday mornings, and the theology class, Thursday mornings. My first Italian course meets every evening during September, and the second course meets the same time throughout October. The language courses are done this way so that we can have them consecutively rather than simultaneously. It works well for us students, though, because it means we have no evening classes during November and December. I am really excited for those last two months because I will only have class two mornings a week, and four day weekends!! It will be the ideal time to travel as well, with all the time I’ll have off!
Although our morning classes are 3-3.5 hours long, the teachers keep it interesting by holding classes throughout the city and taking us on tours of monuments and churches while teaching, rather than sitting and lecturing in the classroom for that long period of time. For example, my English class has been held on the Spanish steps, in the Villa Borghese (a big park in the northern part of the city), and at the John Keats museum. And my theology class has visited Ss. Apostoli church as well as St. Paul’s Basilica, where our professor lectured as we walked around. I really think that having classes on location around the city truly enhances the learning experience, and makes the classes so much more interesting and fun. It’s also a great way to learn my way around the city and to learn more in depth information on the history of the city!
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