Ancient, Medieval and Early Modern Studies Major

Major/Minor/Specialisation !105-AA-MAJ+1001 (2016)

Note: This is an archived Handbook entry from 2016.

Year and Campus:	2016

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Ancient Medieval Studies stream:

Dr K.O. Chong-Gossard

Email: koc@unimelb.edu.au

Medieval and Renaissance and Renaissance and Early Modern Studies stream:

Dr Catherine Kovesi

Email: c.kovesi@unimelb.edu.au

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Overview:	The course structure below applies to re-enrolling students who commenced their studies prior to 2008, course 105AA is no longer taking applications. Ancient, Medieval and Early Modern Studies Three major streams are available: Ancient and medieval studies (1000BC - 1400AD) Medieval and Renaissance studies (600 - 1600) Renaissance and early modern studies (1300 - 1800)
Learning Outcomes:	see course objectives
Structure & Available Subjects:	A major usually consists of eight 12.5 point subjects (totalling 100 points). It comprises: One first-year subjects (12.5 points) which may be taken from the list of recommended first-year subjects below, or from any area of study; and Seven second/third-year subjects from the lists below (totalling 87.5 points). Students are encouraged to include in their major two subjects of language study (25 points) in the languages specified below. If this language requirement is completed in first year, seven non-language subjects must be taken across the second/third year of the major. Students who commenced their degree before 2007 will need to complete 112.5 points toward this major in order to complete the major. For the specific major structure you must follow, refer to the handbook produced in the year you commenced your degree, available online at https://psc.unimelb.edu.au/. If you have any questions about the major structure or subjects, please contact the Arts Student Centre.
Majors/ Minors/ Specialisations	Ancient and medieval studies (1000 BC - 1400 AD) This interdisciplinary program of studies focuses on the period 1000BC-1400AD. The program offers students the means to develop focused period-based study across a range of disciplines. Students may complete an undergraduate major and an honours degree in this program. Students undertaking a major in ancient to early modern studies are encouraged to take language subjects in the following languages: Ancient Greek Italian French German Latin Old and Middle English Spanish Swedish
Subject Options:	Ancient and medieval studies recommended level 1 subjects Subject Study Period Commencement: Credit Points: ANCW10004 Ancient Near Eastern Language: Syriac February 12.50 AHIS10001 Art History: Theory and Controversy Semester 1 12.50 ANCW10001 Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia Semester 1 12.50 ANCW10005 Ancient Near Eastern Language: Egyptian Semester 1 12.50 HIST10007 Medieval Plague, War and Heresy Semester 1 12.50 ANCW10002 Myth, Art and Empire: Greece and Rome Semester 2 12.50 Ancient and medieval studies level 2 and 3 subjects Subject Study Period Commencement: Credit Points: ANCW20018 Ancient Near Eastern Language: Syriac February 12.50 ANCW30020 Ancient Near Eastern Language: Syriac February 12.50 ANCW20015 Classical Mythology Semester 1 12.50 ANCW20019 The Rise and Fall of the Roman Republic Semester 1 12.50 ANCW20020 Ancient Near Eastern Language: Egyptian Semester 1 12.50 ANCW20022 Ancient Greece: History and Archaeology Semester 1 12.5 ANCW30004 Beyond Babylon Semester 1 12.5 ANCW30011 Underworld and Afterlife Semester 1 12.50 ANCW30022 Ancient Near Eastern Language: Egyptian Semester 1 12.50 ANCW20003 Egypt Under the Pharaohs Semester 2 12.5 ANCW30021 Imperial Rome: Mediterranean Superpower Semester 2 12.50 ANCW20010 Ancient Greece: Archaic to Classical Not offered in 2016 12.50 Medieval and renaissance recommended level 1 subjects Subject Study Period Commencement: Credit Points: CLAS10003 Intensive Beginners Latin Summer Term 25 AHIS10001 Art History: Theory and Controversy Semester 1 12.50 HIST10007 Medieval Plague, War and Heresy Semester 1 12.50 Medieval and renaissance level 2 and 3 subjects Subject Study Period Commencement: Credit Points: AHIS20011 Renaissance Art in Florence and Venice Semester 1 12.5 ENGL30046 Romancing the Medieval Semester 1 12.5 HIST20010 The First Centuries of Islam July 12.50 AHIS30021 The Medieval Image: Art and Culture Semester 2 12.50 HIST30006 The Renaissance in Italy Semester 2 12.50 HIST20052 Venice and Cultures of Consumption Not offered in 2016 12.5 HIST30051 Venice and Cultures of Consumption Not offered in 2016 12.5 Renaissance and early modern recommended level 1 subjects Subject Study Period Commencement: Credit Points: CLAS10003 Intensive Beginners Latin Summer Term 25 AHIS10001 Art History: Theory and Controversy Semester 1 12.50 Renaissance and early modern level 2 and 3 subjects Subject Study Period Commencement: Credit Points: HIST20010 The First Centuries of Islam July 12.50 ENGL30013 Gothic Fictions Semester 2 12.50 FREN20004 French Translation Semester 2 12.50 FREN30006 French Translation Semester 2 12.50 HIST30006 The Renaissance in Italy Semester 2 12.50 HIST20052 Venice and Cultures of Consumption Not offered in 2016 12.5 HIST30051 Venice and Cultures of Consumption Not offered in 2016 12.5
Links to further information:	http://shaps.unimelb.edu.au/
Related Course(s):	Bachelor of Arts

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Ancient and medieval studies (1000 BC - 1400 AD)

Ancient and medieval studies recommended level 1 subjects

Ancient and medieval studies level 2 and 3 subjects

Medieval and renaissance recommended level 1 subjects

Medieval and renaissance level 2 and 3 subjects

Renaissance and early modern recommended level 1 subjects

Renaissance and early modern level 2 and 3 subjects