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Ancient World Studies
Contact information
Coordinator
Semester 1
Dr Lieve Donnellan
Email: lieve.donnellan@unimelb.edu.au
Semester 2
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 electives and Arts Discovery subjects including:
- A minimum of 12.5 credit points of Level 1 electives
- 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:
Please note: Students must undertake an Arts Discovery subject as part of the course requirements and the Arts Discovery subject can be counted in one major only. For this major, you will need to complete two Level 1 subjects.
If you are completing a double major the correct enrolment for this major at level 1 is: An Arts Discovery subject and one Level 1 Elective subject for the first major and two Level 1 Elective subjects for the second major.
The subject ANCW30017 is compulsory in the Classics (Ancient Greek and Latin) and Ancient World Studies majors. Students who are completing two majors in these disciplines can only count ANCW30017 towards one major. One additional Level 3 subject must be completed for the other major.
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 |
ANCW10006 | Ancient Egyptian 1 | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ANCW10007 | Ancient Egyptian 2 | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ANCW10008 | Akkadian 1 | Not available in 2025 | 12.5 |
ANCW10009 | Akkadian 2 | Not available in 2025 | 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) |
12.5 |
ANCW20019 | The Rise and Fall of the Roman Republic | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ANCW20022 | History of Greece: Homer to Alexander | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ANCW20023 | Ancient Egyptian 3 | Not available in 2025 | 12.5 |
ANCW20024 | Ancient Egyptian 4 | Not available in 2025 | 12.5 |
ANCW20025 | Archaeology of the Roman World | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
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 2025 | 12.5 |
ANCW20028 | Interpreting Material Culture | Summer Term (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
PHIL20040 | Greek Philosophy | Not available in 2025 | 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 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ANCW30011 | Underworld and Afterlife | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ANCW30016 | The Age of Alexander the Great | Summer Term (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ANCW30021 | Imperial Rome: Mediterranean Superpower | June (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ANCW30023 | Practical Archaeology | Not available in 2025 | 12.5 |
ANCW30025 | Field Archaeology | Not available in 2025 | 12.5 |
Links
http://shaps.unimelb.edu.au/classics-archaeology
Last updated: 22 January 2025