Summer in Rome

The College of Design offers the Rome Program to students who have completed at least 60 hours in the Bachelor of Fine Arts in Integrated Studio Arts degree program. This optional course of study is offered annually in the summer (June and July).

Participants engage in design studios and an art history class that emphasize the unique culture and environment of Italy and of Western Europe. The Rome Program offers what is for most students a first-time opportunity to travel abroad and experience the physical and cultural settings of major works of art and design overseas.

Students attend classes at the College of Design's studio facilities in the historic center of Rome at the Palazzo Cenci-Bolognetti, a 16th-century building located at Piazza delle Cinque Scole near the Tiber River. ISU faculty members accompany students abroad and provide instruction for the majority of classes offered in Rome.

Integrated Studio Arts students interested in going to Rome must take a one-credit study abroad preparation seminar and a one-credit fine arts in Europe seminar in the spring semester prior to studying in Rome in the summer.