Coursework required for the minor
Undergraduate students will be expected to complete at least 18 credit hours of AMS courses with a grade of C- or higher in at least three departments, including Art History, English, History, Philosophy, Political Science, or Religious Studies.
Half of these must be courses at the 3000-4000 level. A course in another department may be permissible with review and approval by AMS faculty.
Approved Courses
Art History:
- ART 3700: Introduction to Ancient Art
- ART 3710: Egyptian Art
- ART 3720: Greek Art
- ART 3730: Etruscan & Roman Art
- ART 4720: Women in Ancient and Medieval Art
- ART 4730: Classical Art History
- ART 4750: Late Roman and Byzantine Art History
- ART 4930: Special Topics: Pop Antiquity; Pyramids, Pharaohs, and Sphinxes; Gender and Sexuality in Antiquity
English
- ENGL 2500: Literature of Western Civilization: the Ancient World
- ENGL 3000: Special Topics in English (approved by the director)
- ENGL 4960: Special Topics in Language and Literature: Ancient Greek and Roman Drama
History
- HIST 2510: Ancient Greece
- HIST 2520: Ancient Rome
- HIST 2990: People and Issues in History: Ancient Egypt
- HIST 4820: Ancient Persia and Mesopotamia
- HIST 4830: Greek Myth, Religion and Magic
- HIST 4840: Alexander the Great and the Macedonian Origin
- HIST 4850: Rome and the Early Church
- HIST 4910: Special Topics in History: Byzantine History
- HIST 9100 Seminar in History: Ancient Macedonia; and Greek Religion and Mystery Cults
- HIST 9200 Colloquium: History Colloquium: Race, Gender and Sex in Ancient Greece, Ancient Etruria
Philosophy
- PHIL 3110: Ancient Philosophy
- PHIL 3960: Readings in Philosophy: Plato; Myth, Medicine & Cosmology
Political Science
- PSCI 4310: Classical Political Thought
Religious Studies
- RELI 2000: Archaeology of Biblical Lands
- RELI 2060: The Religion of Egypt and Mesopotamia
- RELI 2150: Hebrew Scriptures
- RELI 2160: New Testament
- RELI 3130: Women and the Bible
- RELI 3170: History of Christianity
- RELI 3500: Special Topics in Religion: Jerusalem; Ancient Israel; Biblical Archaeology; Biblical Cities; Jesus and Archaeology; The Dead Sea Scrolls; Ancient Mediterranean Religions; Apocalypticisim; Holy Land Pilgrimages
- RELI 4500: Ancient Israel