The Minor in Ancient Studies
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Requirements
Six courses, in no less than three departments, selected from the list of related courses below. No languages are required. Other courses may count toward the minor with permission of the student's adviser. Courses are offered in the semester noted (if no semester is listed, the course is not offered this academic year.)
Archaeology
- ARC 211 Introduction to Archaeology (offered prior to 2009-2010)
Art History
- ARH 208 The Art and Architecture of Ancient Greece (Spring 2010)
- ARH 212 Ancient Cities and Sanctuaries
- ARH 216 The Art and Architecture of the Roman World
- ARH 285 Great Cities: Pompeii
- ARH 315 Studies in Roman Art > Topic: Augustan Rome (Fall 2009)
- ARCH 352 Hellenistic Art and Architecture
Classical Language and Literature
- CLS 190 The Trojan War (Spring 2010)
- CLS 227 Classical Mythology
- CLS 233 Gender and Sexuality in Greco-Roman Culture
- CLS 235 Life and Literature in Ancient Rome
- CLS 236 Cleopatra: Histories, Fictions, Fantasies
First Year Seminars
- FYS 163 The Holy Land
- FYS 180 Cleopatra: Histories, Fictions, Fantasies (Spring 2010)
Government
- GOV 261 Ancient and Medieval Political Theory (Fall 2009)
History
- HST 202 Ancient Greece (Fall 2010)
- HST 203 Alexander the Great and the Hellenistic World (Spring 2011)
- HST 204 The Roman Republic (Fall 2009)
- HST 205 The Roman Empire (Spring 2010)
- HST 206 Aspects of Ancient History
Jewish Studies
- JUD 285 Jews and World Civilization: 300 B.C.E.-1492 C.E.
Philosophy
- PHI 124 History of Ancient and Medieval Philosophy (Fall 2009)
- PHI 324 Seminar in Ancient Philosophy (Spring 2010)
Religion
- REL 210 Introduction to the Bible I (Fall 2010)
- REL 211 Wisdom Literature and Other Books in the Bible (Fall 2010)
- REL 213 Prophecy in Ancient Israel
- REL 215 Introduction to the Bible II (Fall 2009)
- REL 216 Topics in Biblical Studies > Archaeology and the Bible: From Ancient Israel to Early Judaism and Christianity (Fall 2009)
- REL 217 Colloquium: The Dead Sea Scrolls, Judaism and Christianity
- REL 219 Christian Origins: Archaeological and Socio-Historical Perspectives
- REL 247 The Qur'an (Spring 2010)
- REL 310 Seminar: Hebrew Bible (Fall 2010)
- REL 345 The Making of Muhammad
