Ancient Mediterranean Studies Minor
Ancient Mediterranean Studies Minor
A student takes 24 credits of AMED courses in any combination. They may include Latin (or Greek) language courses of any level and/or any of the numerous courses taught in English translation approved for AMED. These courses may be taken on campus at CSB & SJU or abroad in our Greece and Italy programs. Students may apply up to two courses for another degree program at CSB & SJU to an AMED minor.
Eligible courses include:
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| 24 credits from the following: | 24 | |
| Language | ||
| Introduction to Latin I | ||
| Introduction to Latin II | ||
| Intermediate Latin | ||
LATN 270 Intermediate Latin 1 Abroad | ||
LATN 370 Advanced Latin 1 Abroad | ||
| New Testament Greek | ||
| New Testament Greek II | ||
GREK 170 Beginning Ancient Greek abroad | ||
GREK 270 Intermediate Ancient Greek I abroad | ||
| Literature | ||
| Classical Mythology | ||
| Scientific Etymology | ||
| Fiction & Film: Lies & Truth in the Ancient World | ||
| Early Western Literature: Homer to Dante | ||
| Medieval Women | ||
ENGL370 Greek Literature under Roman Rule (Abroad) | ||
| Virgil and Epic Poetry | ||
| Elegiac and Lyric Poetry | ||
| Roman Comedy | ||
| Ovid's Metamorphoses | ||
| History | ||
CLAS 370: The Greek Stones Speak: Intro to Greek Epigraphy (Abroad) | ||
| Grand Strategy | ||
GREK 370: Attic Prose in Translation: Thucydides the Athenian (Abroad) | ||
| Sword and Scroll: Violence and Cultural Exchange in Antiquity | ||
| Parties and Wars: Greece in the Classical Period | ||
HIST 370: Americans and the Greek Revolution: From Philhellenes to Abolitionists (Abroad) | ||
HIST 370: Ancient History: Sources and Methods (Abroad) | ||
HIST 370: Rediscovering Roman Greece (Abroad) | ||
| Biography of an Empire: The Surprising Life of “Byzantium” (324-1453) (Abroad) | ||
| Life & Death in Ancient Greece & Everything in Between: an Intro to Athenian Society (Abroad) | ||
| Sports, Games and Spectacles in the Graeco-Roman World (Abroad) | ||
| To the Strongest: The Ancient Near East from the Death of Alexander to the Coming of Rome (Abroad) | ||
| The Worlds of Medieval Greece: Tracing Byzantine, Islamicate, Slavic, Jewish, and Frankish Heritage (Abroad) | ||
| Rediscovering Roman Greece (Abroad) | ||
| History of Rome from its Origins to Charlemagne (Abroad) | ||
| Roman Empire | ||
| Philosophy | ||
| Great Issues in Philosophy | ||
| Ancient Philosophy | ||
| Philosophy of Religion | ||
| The Concept of Life in Ancient Greek Philosophy & Its Relevance Today (Abroad) | ||
| Religion | ||
| Jesus and the Gospels | ||
| Paul and His Letters | ||
| Chiseling God: History, Culture, and Divinity in Ancient Greece - Embedded | ||
| Apocalypsemania: the Bible, the Environment, and the Future | ||
| Islam | ||
| Ancient Greek Mythology and Religion (Greece) | ||
| Religions of the Middle East (Greece) | ||
| Sacred Flesh: Body, Salvation, and Sainthood in Antiquity: A Comparative Approach (Abroad) | ||
| The Western Church in Context (Abroad) | ||
| SOT Graduate Course: Pauline Tradition | ||
| Patristics | ||
| History of Christianity I | ||
| History of Christianity II | ||
| Reading the New Testament | ||
| Women in the New Testament | ||
| Archaeology and Art | ||
| Art Moves I: Art History Neolithic-1400 | ||
| Museum Ethics and History | ||
| Art History of Greece - Abroad | ||
| Ancient Greek Sculpture (Abroad) | ||
| Rome Across the Ages: Art & Architecture in the Eternal City (Abroad) | ||
| Introduction to Archaeology | ||
HIST 370: Archaeology Beyond Stones: Key Concepts in Modern Archeology from Decolonization to Food (Abroad) | ||
HIST 370: Topography and Monuments of Athens (Abroad) | ||
| Aegean & Ancient Greek Art & Archaeology (Abroad) | ||
| Aegean Prehistory: The Rise & Fall of the Bronze Age Cultures (Abroad) | ||
| Intro to Digital Archaeology and Virtual Reality (Greece) | ||
| Greek Theater: Ancient and Modern (Abroad) | ||
In addition, we allow students to apply one of the following courses with significant Classics content or applicable theory to the minor as a substitution (in consultation with AMED faculty and with permission of the Department Chair).
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Examples may include: | ||
| The Art and Craft of Curating: Making Sense of Art in the 21st Century (Abroad) | ||
| Innovation: This is Water? | ||
| Confusingly Confucian: Creating East Asia to 1600 | ||
| The Philosophy of Human Nature | ||
| What is Justice?: Social Philosophy | ||
| Philosophy in Literature | ||
| Moral Philosophy | ||
| Political Theory: An Introduction | ||
| Classics/Political Theory | ||
| Security: Defense, Diplomacy and Development | ||
| Introduction to Sociology | ||
| Introduction to Anthropology | ||
| Social Theory | ||
| Cultural Thought and Meaning | ||