Every year, the Program Seminar, or PAW Seminar, includes a one-week field trip that takes place during the Fall Break, after the first six weeks of the fall term.
The trip targets an area in the Mediterranean that is of especial relevance to the Seminar of that year. Areas visited include the Peloponnese, Sicily, Israel, and Spain. The faculty members who direct the seminar are in charge of organizing and leading the field trip, usually relying on specialists of the several areas to lead the group in the field.