Program Details

Program Details

For this quintessential liberal arts experience, 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:

Language

Latin 111: Introduction to Latin I
Latin 112: Introduction to Latin II
Latin 211: Intermediate Latin
Latin 270: Intermediate Latin I (abroad)
Scripture – New Testament 401: New Testament Greek
Scripture – New Testament 402: New Testament Greek II
Greek 170: Beginning Ancient Greek (abroad)
Greek 270: Intermediate Ancient Greek I: Attic Prose (abroad)

literature

Classics 221: Golden Age of Athens
Classics 223: Classical Mythology
Classics 279A: Scientific Etymology
Classics 379B: Truth, Lies, and Fiction in Classical Literature
English 221B: Early Western Literature: Homer to Dante
English 385J: Medieval Women
Languages 331: Classical Greek Literature in Translation (abroad)
Languages 332: Roman Literature in Translation (abroad)
Languages 370IA: Italian Literature in Translation (abroad)
Greek 341: Homer and Epic Poetry
Greek 342: Greek Tragedy
Greek 347: Aristophanes
Latin 331: Virgil and Epic Poetry
Latin 333: Elegiac and Lyric Poetry
Latin 338: Roman Comedy
Latin 343: Ovid’s Metamorphoses

History

History 220: Sword and Scroll: Violence and Cultural Exchange in Antiquity
History 330: Parties and Wars: Greece in the Classical Period
History 377A: Roman Empire
Classics 379A: Grand Strategy
History 113A: History of Greece in the Classical World (abroad)
History 113B: History of Italy in the Classical World (abroad)
History 370: Ancient History: Sources and Methods (abroad)
History 370: Sports, Games and Spectacles in the Graeco-Roman World (abroad)
History 370: To the Strongest: The Ancient Near East from the Death of Alexander to the Coming of Rome (abroad)
History 370: History of the Classical World: Italy (abroad)
History 370: History of Rome from its Origins to Charlemagne (abroad)
Greek 332A: Greek Historians: Herodotus
Greek 332B: Greek Historians: Thucydides
Latin 327A: Cicero and Pliny
Latin 327C: The Catilinarian Conspiracy
Latin 327D: The Life and Death of Augustus
Latin 349: Roman Historians

philosophy

Philosophy 331: Ancient Philosophy
Philosophy 368M: The Good Life
Philosophy 370: The Concept of Life in Ancient Greek Philosophy & Its Relevance Today (abroad)
Latin 342: Cicero

religion

Theology 305: Jesus and the Gospels
Theology 306: Paul and His Letters
Theology 309B: Sexuality and Renunciation in Christianity
Theology 365/Peace Studies 368R: Islam
History of Christianity 400: Patristics
History of Christianity 402: History of Christianity I
Theology 370: Ancient Greek Mythology and Religion (abroad)
Theology 370: Topics in Historical Theology Studies: Western Church (abroad)
Theology 370: History of the Western Church (abroad)
Theology 370: The Religions of the Middle East: A Comparative Approach (abroad)
Theology 391: History of the Eastern Church (abroad)
Theology 392: History of the Western Church (abroad)
Latin 327E: Jews and Christians in the Roman World

archaeology & art

History 130: Introduction to Archaeology
Art 230: Art Moves I: Neolithic-1400
Art 221: Art History of Greece (abroad)
Art 222: Art History of Rome (abroad)
Art 370: Ancient Greek Sculpture (abroad)
Art 370: Aegean Prehistory: The Rise & Fall of the Bronze Age Cultures (abroad)
Art 370: Aegean & Ancient Greek Art & Archaeology (abroad)
Art 370: The Topography and Monuments of Athens (abroad)
Art 370: Art History: Italy (abroad)
Art 370: Angels, Demons & Artists in Rome: Art Through the Ages (abroad)
Art 370: Renaissance Rome: Art & Architecture in the Papal City (abroad)
SA 370: Intro to Digital Archaeology and Virtual Reality (abroad)
Art 379A: Museum Ethics

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). Examples may include:

Sociology 326: Cultural Thought and Meaning

English 279A: Literary Theory and Criticism

Entrepreneurship 101B: Innovation: This is Water?

History 278A: Confusingly Confucian: Creating East Asia to 1600

Philosophy 121: Great Issues in Philosophy

Philosophy 123: Philosophy of Human Nature

Philosophy 125: Social Philosophy

Philosophy 321: Moral Philosophy

Political Science 221: Introduction to Political Theory

Political Science 311: Classics of Political Theory

Political Science 356: Security: Defense, Diplomacy, and Development

Sociology 111: Introduction to Sociology

Sociology 304: Sociological Theory

Sociology 121: Introduction to Anthropology