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
Art History
- ARH 208 The Art and Architecture of Ancient Greece
- ARH 212 Ancient Cities and Sanctuaries (Fall 2012)
- ARH 216 The Art and Architecture of the Roman World
- ARH 280 Swords and S(c)andals: Ancient Rome in Film/Form (Spring 2013)
- ARH 335 Seminar in Roman Art: Augustan Rome (Spring 2013)
- ARH 285 Great Cities: Pompeii
- ARH 315 Studies in Roman Art > Topic: Augustan Rome
- ARCH 352 Hellenistic Art and Architecture
Classical Language and Literature
- CLS 190 The Trojan War
- CLS 227 Classical Mythology (Fall 2012)
- 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
- FYS 193 The Figure of Socrates
Greek
- GRK 213 Introduction to Homeric Epic (Spring 2013)
Government
- GOV 261 Ancient and Medieval Political Theory (Fall 2012)
History
- HST 202 Ancient Greece (Fall 2012)
- HST 203 Alexander the Great and the Hellenistic World (Spring 2013)
- HST 204 The Roman Republic
- HST 205 The Roman Empire
- HST 206 Aspects of Ancient History -Topic: Slavery in the Ancient Mediterranean World
Latin
- LAT 330 Advanced Readings in Latin Lit. I and II: Roman Letters (Fall 2012)
Philosophy
- PHI 124 History of Ancient and Medieval Philosophy (Fall 2012)
- PHI 324 Seminar in Ancient Philosophy (Spring 2013)
Religion
- REL 162 Introduction to the Bible I (Fall 2012)
- REL 211 Wisdom Literature and Other Books in the Bible (Spring 2013)
- REL 213 Prophecy in Ancient Israel
- REL 215 Introduction to the Bible II (Fall 2012)
- REL 216 Topics in Biblical Studies > Archaeology and the Bible: From Ancient Israel to Early Judaism and Christianity
- REL 217 Colloquium: The Dead Sea Scrolls, Judaism and Christianity
- REL 219 Christian Origins: Archaeological and Socio-Historical Perspectives
- REL 245 The Islamic Tradition
- REL 247 The Qur'an
- REL 310 Seminar: Hebrew Bible (Spring 2013)
- REL 345 The Making of Muhammad
