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Ancient World Studies
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Coordinator
Associate Professor Andrew Jamieson
Currently enrolled students:
Future students:
Structure
75 credit points
A major in Ancient World Studies comprises eight 12.5-point subjects:
Level 1 (25 points)
- One Ancient World Studies subject
- One Arts Foundation subject
Level 2
- 37.5 points of level 2 subjects
Level 3
- 37.5 points of level 3 subjects, including the compulsory capstone subject ANCW30017: Interpreting the Ancient World
Total 100 points
A minor in Ancient World Studies consists of six 12.5-point subjects, totalling 75 points and comprising:
Level 1 (25 points)
- One Ancient World Studies subject
- One Arts Foundation subject
Level 2
- 25 points of level 2 subjects
Level 3
- 25 points of level 3 subjects
Total 75 points
The capstone subject is only available to students completing the major.
Subject Options
Level 1 Subjects
One Arts Foundation Subject and one of the following:
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
ANCW10004 | Intensive Syriac Aramaic | Summer Term (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ANCW10001 | Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ANCW10002 | Myth, Art and Empire: Greece and Rome | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ANCW10006 | Ancient Egyptian 1 | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ANCW10007 | Ancient Egyptian 2 | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ANCW10008 | Intensive Akkadian 1 | Not available in 2018 | 12.5 |
ANCW10009 | Intensive Akkadian 2 | Not available in 2018 | 12.5 |
Level 2 Subjects
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
ANCW20018 | Intensive Syriac Aramaic | Summer Term (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ANCW20019 | The Rise and Fall of the Roman Republic | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ANCW20022 | Ancient Greece: History and Archaeology | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ANCW20015 | Classical Mythology |
Winter Term (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
ANCW20003 | Egypt Under the Pharaohs | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ANCW20013 | Egyptian and Near Eastern Mythology | Not available in 2018 | 12.5 |
PHIL20040 | Greek Philosophy | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ANCW20023 | Ancient Egyptian 3 | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ANCW20024 | Ancient Egyptian 4 | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ANCW20025 | Archaeology of the Roman World | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Level 3 Subjects
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
ANCW30020 | Intensive Syriac Aramaic | Summer Term (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ANCW30023 | Practical Archaeology | Summer Term (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ANCW30011 | Underworld and Afterlife | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ANCW30004 | Beyond Babylon | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ANCW30016 | The Age of Alexander the Great | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ANCW30021 | Imperial Rome: Mediterranean Superpower | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Level 3 Capstone Subject
The capstone subject is compulsory for students completing a major in Ancient World Studies, and is not available to students in the minor or as breadth:
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
ANCW30017 | Interpreting the Ancient World | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Links
http://shaps.unimelb.edu.au/classics-archaeology
Last updated: 18 December 2020