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; Apocalypticism; Holy Land Pilgrimages |
| RELI 4500 | Ancient Israel |