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Ancient World Studies
Contact information
Coordinator
Semester 1
Professor Frederik Vervaet
Email: fvervaet@unimelb.edu.au
Semester 2
Associate Professor Gijs Tol
Email: gijs.tol@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.
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 |
ANCW10004 | Intensive Syriac Aramaic | Not available in 2024 | 12.5 |
ANCW10006 | Ancient Egyptian 1 | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ANCW10007 | Ancient Egyptian 2 | August (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ANCW10008 | Intensive Akkadian 1 | Not available in 2024 | 12.5 |
ANCW10009 | Intensive Akkadian 2 | Not available in 2024 | 12.5 |
Level 2 electives
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
ANCW20003 | Egypt Under the Pharaohs with the NGV |
Winter Term (On Campus - Parkville)
August (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 2024 | 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 | 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 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ANCW20026 | Living and Dying in the Roman World | Not available in 2024 | 12.5 |
ANCW20027 | The Ancient Greeks: Art & Archaeology | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
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 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ANCW30011 | Underworld and Afterlife | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ANCW30016 | The Age of Alexander the Great | Summer Term (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ANCW30020 | Intensive Syriac Aramaic | Not available in 2024 | 12.5 |
ANCW30021 | Imperial Rome: Mediterranean Superpower | Winter Term (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ANCW30023 | Practical Archaeology | Not available in 2024 | 12.5 |
ANCW30025 | Field Archaeology | Not available in 2024 | 12.5 |
ANCW30026 | Roman Law in Context | Not available in 2024 | 12.5 |
Links
http://shaps.unimelb.edu.au/classics-archaeology
Last updated: 21 March 2024