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The Archaeology of Greece THE NEXT TIME THIS PROGRAM WILL BE OFFERED IS SUMMER 2011. After a 2-credit orientation course during Spring Semester, travel to Greece in May for three weeks of study and travel. Explore the archaeology of ancient Greece and earn 3-credits for the course Cl St 395, Study Abroad: the Archaeology of Greece.
TRAVEL EXTENSIVELY IN ATHENS during this program, studying the ancient religious precinct of the Athenian Acropolis, the theater of Dionysos, the civic and economic center of the Classical Agora, and the cemetery at the Kerameikos. DELVE INTO THE WONDERS of the National Archaeological Museum and many others. EXPLORE the Late Bronze Age fortifications and palace at Mycenae "rich in gold." Travel to Rhodes, the eastern-most island of Greece, and EXPERIENCE the celebrated medieval architecture of Old Rhodes Town. As a cross-roads for crusaders and a place of central importance in the Greek and Roman worlds, Rhodes is an island with a rich and varied past. DISCOVER the island of Crete with its palaces and towns of the Bronze Age Minoans and unique evidence for the development of early Greek city-states. TRAVEL BY BOAT to the volcanic island of Thera (Santorini) with its well-preserved Bronze Age town, buried Pompeian-style by a catastrophic eruption, and ENJOY the narrow streets of the picturesque Cycladic towns strung along and down the steep walls of the crater.
CLASSES WILL BE HELD ON ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES, at monuments, in museums and occasionally at cafes. Most late afternoons and evenings are free, as well as days to explore Athens and the islands on your own (including time for the beach).
This class is open to ISU students in good academic standing in any discipline. The application process includes two letters of recommendation and an interview with the program director. A 2-credit orientation course, Cl St 394, The Archaeology of Greece: an Introduction is required spring semester and available only to students who have been accepted on the study-abroad program. Cl St 394 will familiarize participants with the topography, history, archaeology, monuments and art of Greece from the Bronze Age through the Ottoman period; attention given to the culture of Greece today.
The program director is Peggy Mook, Associate Professor of Classical Studies in the Department of World Languages and Cultures, whose research is in Aegean Prehistory and Classical Archaeology. She has over two decades of excavation and archaeological field-experience in Greece and since 1997 has taken ISU students there on study-abroad programs.
The program fee includes all local transportation within Greece, lodging (double or triple occupancy in hotels), entrance fees, and welcome and farewell dinners. Students are responsible for ISU tuition and fees, passport and international student i.d. costs, roundtrip air-travel to Athens, food, incidentals, and any excursions on free days. Financial aid can be applied to the cost of studying abroad and scholarships are available from both your College and the Study Abroad Center.
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