UGA in Switzerland

Program of Courses

The UGA Studies Abroad program in Switzerland offers you the unique opportunity to study the archaeology, prehistory, and religion of Switzerland with knowledgeable UGA faculty. The program offers three complementary courses for a total of 9 credit hours. We invite you to join us for one, two or all three courses.

•     CLAS 4130/6130 : Archaeology of Rome's Provinces, May 15-27, 2005
•     ANTH/RELI 4640/6640: Anthropology of Religion, May 29-June 10, 2005
•     ANTH 3290 : Prehistory of Europe, June 12–July 1, 2005

1.    CLAS 4130/6130: Archaeology of Rome’s Provinces

(Students enrolled in 2005: download the course pack here. Please note, it is a pdf file which means that you must have Adobe® Acrobat® Reader® 5.0 or higher to download it. Note: this link is not currently active.)

May 15-27, 2005
Prof. Naomi Norman, Dept. of Classics
3 Credit Hours
Program Fees: $1947

This course examines the archaeology of Rome’s provinces, concentrating on the major cities and sanctuaries of Switzerland, such as Augusta Raurica, Aventicum, Martigny, Losanna, Nyon, Vallon, Orbe and a Roman mill stone quarry. We will also visit the important Roman collection in the museum of Basel. The course will place these sites and the Roman material in these museums into the wider context of Roman history and Roman culture. Particular emphasis will be placed on the degree to which the area was "Romanized.”

2.    ANTH/RELI 4640/6640: Anthropology of Religion

May 29 - June 10, 2005
Prof. Jace Weaver, Dept. of Religiion
3 Credit Hours
Program Fees: $1991

An introduction to western religious tradition as witnessed by Pre-Roman, Roman, and Christian Era Europe to the Reformation. Students will visit early religious centers in Switzerland and Italy, walk the same paths and roads that inspired druids, hermits, saints, and reformers. Stand on the parapets of a Celtic fort, stroll through
a Roman villa and inn, take a virtual tour of a Mithraic temple, see a Catholic cathedral ravaged by marauding Protestant reformers! Why just read about history and religion when you can walk in the very footsteps of those who made them?

3.    ANTH 3290: Prehistory of Europe

June 12–July 1, 2005
Prof. Ervan Garrison, Depts. of Anthropology and Geology
3 credit hours
Program Fees: $2552

A field-based experience in the prehistory of western Europe. Students visit excavations, museums and representative sites of this prehistory. Guest lecturers and local guides will enhance the learning experience. Among the site visits is a day in a reconstructed Neolithic village living the daily life of its inhabitants 5000 years ago, and an excursion to the famous "Roche de Solutré" in France. Students begin in this the Stone Age and end in the Iron Age. Instead of 40,000 years we do it in 3 weeks!

For additional details, consult the Program Agenda.