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 CSBSJU or abroad in our Greece and Italy programs. Students may apply up to two courses for another degree program at CSBSJU 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 | ||
| Virgil and Epic Poetry | ||
| Elegiac and Lyric Poetry | ||
| Roman Comedy | ||
| Ovid's Metamorphoses | ||
| History | ||
| Grand Strategy | ||
| Sword and Scroll: Violence and Cultural Exchange in Antiquity | ||
| Parties and Wars: Greece in the Classical Period | ||
| Roman Empire | ||
| 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 | ||
| Sports, Games and Spectacles in the Graeco-Roman World (=) | ||
| To the Strongest: The Ancient Near East from the Death of Alexander to the Coming of Rome | ||
| The Worlds of Medieval Greece: Tracing Byzantine, Islamicate, Slavic, Jewish, and Frankish Heritage | ||
| Rediscovering Roman Greece | ||
| History of Rome from its Origins to Charlemagne | ||
| Philosophy | ||
| Great Issues in Philosophy | ||
| Ancient Philosophy | ||
| Philosophy of Religion | ||
| The Concept of Life in Ancient Greek Philosophy & Its Relevance Today | ||
| 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 | ||
| The Western Church in Context | ||
| 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 | ||
| Introduction to Archaeology | ||
| Art History of Greece - Abroad | ||
| Ancient Greek Sculpture | ||
| Rome Across the Ages: Art & Architecture in the Eternal City | ||
| Aegean & Ancient Greek Art & Archaeology | ||
| Aegean Prehistory: The Rise & Fall of the Bronze Age Cultures | ||
| Intro to Digital Archaeology and Virtual Reality (Greece) | ||
| Greek Theater: Ancient and Modern | ||
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 | ||
| 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 | ||