2027 CCS Study Abroad

The program

This is a three-credit art history course taught in three Italian towns. Prof. Morgan Meis leads the teaching. Seemore Global plans the route, books the rooms and the entries, and travels with the group from the first day to the last.

The idea is simple. The paintings, the tombs and the frescoes are still where they were made. So that is where the class meets. Living classroom.

Rome, three nights. Caravaggio's paintings in the churches he painted them for, Bernini at the Galleria Borghese, the Forum, an afternoon with the faculty of a Roman design school, and the excavations under St Peter's.

Orvieto, four nights. A small town on a cliff. The Etruscan museum, the city cut into the rock underneath, and two sessions in a working ceramics studio making bucchero, the Etruscans' black pottery. Student create pieces, they are fired and is part of their travel artifact.

Perugia, day trip. A working cashmere house, a morning in the Perugina chocolate school making Baci by hand, and the old town.

Assisi, three nights. Giotto's frescoes in the Basilica, a morning walk up to the hermitage, the castle above the town.

The last night is at a hotel by Rome's airport.

Who it is for

Open to every major and every class year. Art history credit counts for all CCS students. Class size is estimated at 15 students.

Dates and cost

Program length: 12 days, 11 nights

Dates: May 17 – 28, 2027

Program fee: $4,350. This covers lodging with breakfast, hosted dinners, every entry, guide and workshop on the schedule, the coach between cities, and group travel insurance. CCS tuition ($450) is billed separately by the college.

Deposit deadline: February 1, 2027. The program runs once twelve students are enrolled.

Not covered: Airfare, lunches, most dinners, and personal spending.