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Ancient World Studies
Contact information
Coordinator
Professor Frederik Vervaet
Email: fvervaet@unimelb.edu.au
Currently enrolled students:
Future students:
Structure
100 credit points
This major requires the completion of:
- 25 credit points of Level 1 subjects, comprising of either:
-
12.5 credit points of Level 1 electives and 12.5 credit points of Arts Discovery (for a single major)
OR
25 credit points of Level 1 electives (for a double major)
- 37.5 credit points of Level 2 electives
- 12.5 credit points of Level 3 Capstone subject
- 25 credit points of Level 3 electives
*Note:
Students must undertake the Arts Discovery subject as part of the course requirements and the Arts Discovery can be counted in one major only. For this major, you will need to complete two Level 1 subjects.
If you are completing a single major the correct enrolment for this major at level 1 is: The Arts Discovery subject and One Level 1 elective subject.
If you are completing a double major the correct enrolment for this major at level 1 is: The Arts Discovery subject and One Level 1 Elective subject OR Two Level 1 Elective subjects.
Level 1 electives
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
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 |
ANCW10004 | Intensive Syriac Aramaic | Not available in 2023 | 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 2023 | 12.5 |
ANCW10009 | Intensive Akkadian 2 | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
Level 2 electives
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
ANCW20003 | Egypt Under the Pharaohs | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ANCW20015 | Classical Mythology |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Winter Term (Online)
|
12.5 |
ANCW20018 | Intensive Syriac Aramaic | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
ANCW20019 | The Rise and Fall of the Roman Republic | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ANCW20022 | History of Greece: Homer to Alexander | Not available in 2023 | 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 | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
ANCW20026 | Living and Dying in the Roman World | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ANCW20027 | The Ancient Greeks: Art & Archaeology | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
ANCW20028 | Interpreting Material Culture | Summer Term (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
PHIL20040 | Greek Philosophy | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Level 3 Capstone subject
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
ANCW30017 | Interpreting the Ancient World | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Level 3 electives
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
ANCW30004 | Beyond Babylon | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ANCW30011 | Underworld and Afterlife | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ANCW30016 | The Age of Alexander the Great | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ANCW30020 | Intensive Syriac Aramaic | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
ANCW30021 | Imperial Rome: Mediterranean Superpower | Winter Term (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ANCW30023 | Practical Archaeology | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
ANCW30025 | Field Archaeology | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
ANCW30026 | Roman Law in Context | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
Links
http://shaps.unimelb.edu.au/classics-archaeology
Last updated: 3 May 2024