The St. Olaf College Department of Classics offered its own interim abroad for the first time in January, 1973. Since then, it has offered a Classics interim to Greece, to Italy, or to Greece and Italy, every year except 1975, 1982, and 2004. It will offer Classical Studies in Italy in January, 2018; the instructor will be Prof. Steve Reece (Classics).
1973: Mediterranean Culture: From the Bronze Age through Classical Antiquity [Greece], taught by Lloyd Gunderson (Classics) & Richard Olson (History)
1974: Mediterranean Culture: From the Bronze Age through Classical Antiquity [Greece], taught by William Narum (Philosophy)
1975: None
1976: Mediterranean Culture [Greece], taught by Richard Olson (History)
1977: Mediterranean Culture [Greece], taught by Lloyd Gunderson (Classics)
1978: Mediterranean Culture [Greece], taught by Constance Gengenbach (History)
1979: Mediterranean Culture [Greece & Rome], taught by James May (Classics)
1980: Mediterranean Culture [Greece], taught by Lloyd Gunderson (Classics)
1981: Mediterranean Culture [Greece & Rome], taught by James May (Classics)
1982: None
1983: Mediterranean Culture [Greece & Rome], taught by James May (Classics) with mentee Anne Groton (Classics)
1984: Mediterranean Culture [Greece & Rome], taught by Lloyd Gunderson (Classics)
1985: Mediterranean Culture [Greece & Rome], taught by Anne Groton (Classics)
1986: Mediterranean Culture [Greece & Rome], taught by James May (Classics)
1987: Mediterranean Culture [Greece & Rome], taught by Lloyd Gunderson (Classics)
1988: Classical Studies in Greece & Rome, taught by James May (Classics)
1989: Classical Studies in Greece & Rome, taught by Anne Groton (Classics)
1990: Classical Studies in Greece & Rome, taught by James May (Classics)
1991: Classical Studies in Greece & Rome, taught by Kenneth Morrell (Classics); group returned early because of Gulf War outbreak and completed the course on campus
1992: Classical Studies in Greece, taught by Anne Groton (Classics)
1993: Classical Studies in Greece, taught by James May (Classics)
1994: Classical Studies in Greece, taught by Anne Groton (Classics)
1995: Classical Studies in Greece, taught by James May (Classics)
1996: Classical Studies in Greece, taught by Steve Reece (Classics)
1997: Classical Studies in Greece, taught by Anne Groton (Classics)
1998: Classical Studies in Greece, taught by James May (Classics)
1999: Classical Studies in Greece, taught by Steve Reece (Classics)
2000: Classical Studies in Greece, taught by James May (Classics)
2001: Classical Studies in Greece, taught by Anne Groton (Classics) with mentee Gwendolyn Compton-Engle (Classics)
2002: Classical Studies in Greece, taught by Gwendolyn Compton-Engle (Classics)
2003: Classical Studies in Greece, taught by Anne Groton (Classics)
2004: None; replaced by Great Con on the Grand Tour, taught by James May (Classics) & Rick Fairbanks (Philosophy)
2005: Classical Studies in Greece, taught by Steve Reece (Classics)
2006: Classical Studies in Greece, taught by Timothy Howe (History)
2007: Classical Studies in Greece, taught by Anne Groton (Classics)
2008: Classical Studies in Greece, taught by Timothy Howe (History)
2009: Classical Studies in Greece, taught by Anne Groton (Classics)
2010: Classical Studies in Greece, taught by Steve Reece (Classics)
2011: Classical Studies in Greece, taught by Timothy Howe (History)
2012: Classical Studies in Greece, taught by Anne Groton (Classics)
2013: Classical Studies in Greece, taught by Steve Reece (Classics)
2014: Classical Studies in Greece, taught by James May (Classics)
2015: Classical Studies in Greece, taught by Anne Groton (Classics) with mentee Jason Ripley (Religion)
2016: Classical Studies in Italy, taught by Christopher Brunelle (Classics)
2017: Classical Studies in Greece, taught by Anne Groton (Classics)