School of Architecture and Planning

Semester-Long Foreign Studies Programs

ROME • BARCELONA • PARIS • JERUSALEM

The CUArch Foreign Program provides an opportunity for undergraduate students, as well as graduate students, to study in a foreign city for up to one semester. The four programs offer unique experiences heavily rooted in a sense of place.

Rome
The Rome program has been operating since 1997 and is open to third year undergraduate students, as well as students enrolled in the graduate program. Accompanied by a design studio critic from the School of Architecture and Planning, students enroll in a full spring semester program of study that includes design studio, field study, history, theory and the local language. Field trips, guest speakers, and visiting design critics from Italy and other European countries are integrated with each semester's design investigations. The program is competitive, with participants being selected based on their GPA, class rank and other factors.

Students participating in the 2010 Rome program, please visit the dedicated 2010 Rome page for important documents relating to the program.

Barcelona
The program in Barcelona has been in operation since 2003 and is open to third year undergraduate students, as well as students enrolled in the graduate program. Accompanied by a design studio critic from the School of Architecture and Planning, students enroll in a full spring semester program of study that includes design studio, field study, history, theory and the local language. Field trips, guest speakers, and visiting design critics from Spain and other European countries are integrated with each semester's design investigations. The program is competitive, with participants being selected based on their GPA, class rank and other factors.

Paris
Begun in fall 2007, this program provides an opportunity for fourth-year students, as well as graduate students, to study in Paris for one semester. Accompanied by a design studio critic from the School of Architecture and Planning, students enroll in a full fall semester program of study that includes design studio, field study, history, theory and French. Field trips, guest speakers, and visiting design critics from France and Europe are integrated with each semester's design investigations. Guest critics include architects Dominique Perrault, Jean-Francoise Bonn, Rodo Tisnado, Odile Decq and Frederic Borel. Participants are selected based on their GPA, class rank and other factors.

Students participating in the 2009 Paris program, please visit the dedicated 2009 Paris page for important documents relating to the program.

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David Shove-Brown, Director of Travel Programs
School of Architecture and Planning
The Catholic University of America
Washington, DC 20064
T 202 319-5786
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