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Twin Cities Campus
Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology B.A.Classical and Near Eastern Religions and Cultures
College of Liberal Arts
This major allows students to concentrate their studies on the material remains from the ancient civilizations of Greece, Rome, Egypt, and Biblical lands from ca. 3000 B.C.E. though 650 C.E. The program includes courses from classical and near eastern studies, anthropology, art history, geography, geology, and history.
Program Delivery
This program is available:
Admission Requirements
For information about University of Minnesota admission requirements, visit the
Office of Admissions
website.
General Requirements
All students in baccalaureate degree programs are required to complete general University and college requirements including writing and liberal education courses. For more information about University-wide requirements, see the
liberal education requirements.
Required courses for the major, minor or certificate in which a student receives a D grade (with or without plus or minus) do not count toward the major, minor or certificate (including transfer courses).
Program Requirements
Students are required to complete 4 semester(s) of
Greek, Hebrew, or Latin.
with a grade of C-, or better, or S, or demonstrate proficiency in the language(s) as defined by the department
or college.
Preparatory Courses
CNRC 3152 - Art and Archaeology of Ancient Greece
[HIS]
(3.0 cr)
CNRC 3162 - Roman Art and Archaeology
[HIS]
(3.0 cr)
CNES 1043 {Inactive}
(4.0 cr)
or
CNES 3008 {Inactive}
(4.0 cr)
CNES 3104 {Inactive}
(3.0 cr)
or
CNRC 3105 - Ancient Rome: The Age of Augustus
(3.0 cr)
or
CNES 3107 {Inactive}
(3.0 cr)
or
CNES 3108 {Inactive}
(3.0 cr)
or
HIST 3051 - Ancient Civilization: Near East and Egypt
[HIS]
(3.0-4.0 cr)
or
HIST 3052 - Ancient Civilization: Greece
[HIS, GP]
(3.0 cr)
or
HIST 3053 - Ancient Civilization: Rome
[HIS]
(3.0 cr)
or
HIST 3061 - "Bread and Circuses": Spectacles and Mass Culture in Antiquity
[HIS, CIV]
(3.0 cr)
or
HIST 3502W - Ancient Israel: From Conquest to Exile
[WI]
(3.0 cr)
or
HIST 3930 {Inactive}
(3.0 cr)
or
HIST 4051 {Inactive}
(3.0 cr)
or
HIST 4052 {Inactive}
(3.0 cr)
or
HIST 4061 {Inactive}
(3.0 cr)
or
HIST 4062 {Inactive}
(3.0 cr)
or
HIST 4071 {Inactive}
(3.0 cr)
or
HIST 4072 {Inactive}
(3.0 cr)
or
HIST 4073 {Inactive}
(3.0 cr)
or
HIST 5051 - Before Herodotus: History and Historiography of Mesopotamia and the Ancient Near East
(3.0 cr)
or
HIST 5053 - Doing Roman History: Sources, Methods, and Trends
(3.0 cr)
or
HIST 5930 {Inactive}
(1.0-4.0 cr)
or
HIST 5933 {Inactive}
(3.0 cr)
Major Courses
Five courses must be taken from Groups 1-3, with at least one course from each group. Remaining courses may be selected from courses in Groups 1-3 not used to fulfill the five-course requirement, from courses in the preparatory course list that are not used to fill that requirement, from selected courses in anthropology, or from any 3xxx-5xxx course in CNES or RELA. Course selections are subject to the approval of the director of undergraduate studies.
Take 8 or more course(s) totaling 24 or more credit(s) from the following:
Take 5 or more course(s) including 3 or more sub-requirements(s) from the following:
Group 1 - The Classical World
Take 1 or more course(s) from the following:
·
CNES 5111 {Inactive}
(3.0 cr)
·
CNES 5112 {Inactive}
(3.0 cr)
·
CNES 5103 {Inactive}
(3.0 cr)
·
CNES 5108 {Inactive}
(3.0 cr)
·
CNES 5172 {Inactive}
(3.0 cr)
·
CNES 5182 {Inactive}
(3.0 cr)
·
Group 2 - The Near East
Take 1 or more course(s) from the following:
·
CNES 3142 {Inactive}
(4.0 cr)
·
CNES 3172 {Inactive}
(3.0 cr)
·
Group 3 - Field/Lab Work
Take 1 or more course(s) from the following:
·
ANTH 4069 - Historical Ecology & Anthropology of the Environment
(3.0 cr)
·
CNES 3340 {Inactive}
(3.0 cr)
·
CNES 5120 {Inactive}
(3.0-6.0 cr)
·
CNES 5340 {Inactive}
(3.0 cr)
·
Electives
Take 0 - 3 course(s) from the following:
·
ANTH 3009 - Prehistoric Pathways to World Civilizations
[HIS]
(3.0 cr)
·
ANTH 3027W - Archaeology of Prehistoric Europe
[HIS, WI]
(3.0 cr)
·
ANTH 3028 - Historical Archaeology
(3.0 cr)
·
ANTH 4043 - Romans, Anglo-Saxons and Vikings: Archaeology of Northern Europe
(3.0 cr)
·
ANTH 4069 - Historical Ecology & Anthropology of the Environment
(3.0 cr)
·
ANTH 5027W - Archaeology of Prehistoric Europe
[HIS, WI]
(3.0 cr)
·
CNES 3xxx
·
CNES 4xxx
·
CNES 5xxx
Senior Project
Students who complete another CLA major may substitute 4 credits of appropriate coursework at 3xxx or above for the CNES senior project.
CNRC 3951W {Inactive}
[WI]
(4.0 cr)
Program Sub-plans
A sub-plan is not required for this program.
Honors UHP
This is an honors sub-plan.
Students admitted to the University Honors Program (UHP) must fulfill UHP requirements in addition to degree program requirements. Honors courses used to fulfill degree program requirements will also fulfill UHP requirements.
Current departmental honors course offerings are listed at: http://www.honors.umn.edu/academics/curriculum/dept_courses_current.html
Honors students complete an honors thesis project in the final year, most often in conjunction with an honors thesis course, or with an honors directed studies or honors directed research course. Students select honors courses and plan for a thesis project in consultation with their UHP adviser and their departmental faculty adviser.
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Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | ArtH 3152/CNES 3152 |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | ArtH 3162/CNES 3162 |
Typically offered: | Fall Odd Year |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Spring Even Year |
Credits: | 3.0 -4.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Fall, Spring & Summer |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Spring & Summer |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | CNES 3061/Hist3061 |
Typically offered: | Fall Odd, Spring Even Year |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | CNES 3502W/Hist 3502/RelS 3502 |
Typically offered: | Periodic Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | CNES 5051/Hist 5051 |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Fall Even, Spring Odd Year |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | Anth 3009/Anth 8009/Hist 3066 |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | Anth 3027W/Anth 5027W/Hist 306 |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | Anth 3028/Anth 5028 |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 4.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | Anth 4043/MeSt 4043 |
Typically offered: | Periodic Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | Anth 3027W/Anth 5027W/Hist 306 |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |