Students enrolled in the Ancient World Studies stream may take courses that relate to the ancient world both from the Department of History and from other departments. All Ancient World Studies courses are identified by an ANCW subject code in addition to the subject code of the originating department. For example, an ancient history course may be identified as AP/HIST 2100 = AP/ANCW 2100.
A full list of Ancient World Studies courses may be found below.
*Note: not all courses are offered every year.
At the 1000 level, students are introduced to the study of the ancient world through courses that emphasize methodology, concentrating on fundamental reading, writing, research and analytical skills.
At the 2000 level, students are introduced to major chronological, geographical and thematic fields.
More specialized courses are offered at the 3000 level, while 4000-level courses enable small groups of Honours students to focus on specific topics.
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Courses
| Course Code | Course Title |
|---|---|
| AP/HIST 1025 6.0 | Ancient North America from the Last Ice Age to European Contact |
| AP/HIST 1100 6.0 | Gladiators, Gods, Gigolos, and Goths: Reading Roman Society, c.200 BCE-c.500 CE |
| AP/HUMA/ANCW 1105 9.0 | Myth and Imagination in Ancient Greece and Rome |
| AP/HUMA 1106 9.0 | Egypt in the Greek and Roman Mediterranean |
| AP/HIST 1120 6.0 | Traces of Antiquity: An Introduction to Ancient World Studies |
| GL/HIST 1618 3.0 | Ancient Roots of Modern History |
| AP/HUMA 1710 6.0 | The Roots of Western Culture. The Ancient World (circa 1000 BC-400 AD) |
| AP/PHIL 2015 | Introduction to Ancient Greek Philosophy |
| AP/PHIL 2035 3.0 | Asian philosophical traditions |
| AP/HIST/ANCW 2100 6.0 | Ancient Greek and Roman History: From the Trojan War to the Fall of the Western Roman Empire |
| AP/HUMA/ANCW 2105 6.0 | Roman Literature and Culture |
| AP/HIST 2110 6.0 | The Ancient Near East |
| AP/HUMA 2110 6.0 | The World of the Ancient Greeks |
| AP/ANTH 2140 3.0 | Introduction to Archaeology and Prehistory: Humanity’s Journeys |
| AP/ANTH 2140 6.0 | Introduction to Archaeology and Prehistory: Humanity’s Journeys |
| AP/HIST 2150 6.0 | Classical Greek and Roman Archaeology: An Introduction |
| AP/HIST 2710 6.0 | History of East Asia |
| GL/EN 2900 3.0 | Sex, Swords, and Sandals: Classical Foundations of English Literature |
| GL/HIST 2932 3.0 | Ancient Greece |
| GL/HIST 2935 3.0 | Ancient Rome |
| AP/PHIL 3061 3.0 | Plato |
| AP/PHIL 3065 3.0 | Aristotle |
| AP/HUMA 3100 6.0 | Greek Drama and Culture |
| AP/HUMA 3102 3.0 | Ancient Greek Tragic Drama |
| AP/HUMA 3103 6.0 | Children and Childhood in the Ancient Mediterranean World |
| AP/HUMA 3104 6.0 | Eros and Amor: Sex and Gender in Greco-Roman Literature |
| AP/HUMA 3105 6.0 | Greek and Roman Religion |
| AP/HUMA 3108 6.0 | Ancient Greek and Roman Comic Drama |
| AP/HUMA 3109 3.0 | Law and Culture in the Ancient World |
| AP/HUMA 3109 6.0 | Law and Culture in the Ancient World |
| AP/HIST 3110 6.0 | Ancient Israel: From Its Origins in the Settlement to the Babylonian Exile |
| AP/HUMA 3115 6.0 | Myth in Ancient Greece: Texts and Theories |
| AP/HIST 3120 6.0 | Classical Athens: State and Society |
| AP/HIST 3125 3.0 | Sport and Society in Ancient Greece |
| AP/HIST 3130 6.0 | The Roman Revolution |
| AP/HIST 3131 6.0 | Rome and Empire: War to Pax Romana |
| AP/HIST 3135 3.0 | Spectacle and Society in Ancient Rome |
| AP/HIST 3140 3.0 | The City in the Roman World |
| GL/HIST 3141 3.0 | Sports and Games in the Ancient World |
| GL/HIST 3142 3.0 | Inventing Barbarians: Race and Identity in the Ancient World |
| AP/HIST 3145 3.0 | Roman Britain |
| AP/HIST 3150 6.0 | Early Greek History from the Bronze Age to the Persian Wars |
| AP/HIST 3154 3.0 | Egypt from Alexander to Cleopatra |
| AP/HIST 3155 3.0 | Egypt after Cleopatra: Society and Culture in a Roman Province |
| AP/HIST 3160 6.0 | Women and Gender in Ancient Greece and Rome |
| GL/HIST 3161 6.0 | Genre et sexualité en Grèce ancienne et dans le monde romain |
| AP/HIST 3162 3.0 | Fake Ancient Histories? The Ancient World in Modern Ideology |
| AP/HIST 3163 3.0 | Ancient History in Modern Cinema |
| AP/HIST 3180 6.0 | The Rise and Fall of the Sassanian Empire, 224-642 |
| AP/HUMA 3202 6.0 | Cultures of Ancient Egypt |
| AP/HUMA 3421 3.0 | Origins of Christianity I: Paul and The First Generation (up to 65 CE) |
| AP/HUMA 3422 3.0 | Origins of Christianity II: Gospel Portraits of Jesus and Writings of the Second Generation (65-135 CE) |
| AP/HUMA 3423 3.0 | The New Testament Apocrypha |
| AP/HUMA 3425 3.0 | Dead Sea Scrolls |
| AP/HUMA 3457 3.0 | Gnosticism |
| AP/HIST 3768 3.0 | Sages and Statecraft in East Asia |
| AP/HIST 3781 3.0 | African Civilizations before Colonialism |
| AP/HUMA 3810 6.0 | Ancient Israelite Literature: The Hebrew Bible/Old Testament in Context |
| AP/PHIL 4030 3.0 | Seminar in Ancient Philosophy |
| AP/PHIL 4031 3.0 | Ancient Philosophies of Life |
| AP/POLS 4035 3.0 | Classical Political Theory |
| AP/HUMA 4102 6.0 | Caligula, Claudius and Nero: Roman Emperors Between Myth and History |
| AP/HUMA 4103 6.0 | Interpretations of Homeric Epic |
| AP/HUMA 4105 6.0 | The Rhetorical Tradition: Persuasion and Eloquence |
| AP/HUMA 4106 6.0 | Writing in a Culture of Letters: Ancient Greek Epistolary Literature |
| AP/HUMA 4107 6.0 | The Ancient Greek and Roman Novel |
| AP/HUMA 4109 6.0 | Writing Lives: Greco-Roman Biography |
| AP/HIST 4116 6.0 | Alexander the Great: Myth and Reality |
| AP/HIST 4122 6.0 | War and Society in Ancient Greece |
| GL/HIST 4125 3.0 | Clash of Civilizations? Cross-cultural contacts between ancient Greece and Persia |
| AP/HIST 4130 6.0 | Problems in Roman History |
| AP/HIST 4132 6.0 | Caesar’s Palace: A Social History of the Roman Imperial Court |
| GL/HIST 4161 6.0 | Food and Society in the Ancient World |
| AP/HUMA 4825 6.0 | Diversity in early Christianity |
Ancillary Courses
| Course Code | Course Title |
|---|---|
| AP/GK/ANCW 1000 6.0 | Elementary Classical Greek |
| AP/GK 2000 6.0 | Intermediate Classical and Biblical Greek |
| AP/GK 3010 3.0 | Greek tragedy |
| AP/GK 3030 3.0 | Greek epic poetry |
| AP/GK 3040 3.0 | Greek historians |
| AP/GK 3050 3.0 | Socrates |
| AP/GK 3060 3.0 | Greek rhetoric |
| AP/GK 3070 3.0 | Early Greek poetry |
| AP/GK 3080 3.0 | Later Greek prose |
| AP/GK 4010 3.0 | Greek tragedy |
| AP/GK 4030 3.0 | Greek epic poetry |
| AP/GK 4040 3.0 | Greek historians |
| AP/GK 4050 3.0 | Socrates |
| AP/GK 4060 3.0 | Greek rhetoric |
| AP/GK 4070 3.0 | Early Greek poetry |
| AP/GK 4080 3.0 | Later Greek prose |
| AP/GK 4130 3.0 | Guided reading in Greek authors |
| AP/GK 4130 6.0 | Guided reading in Greek authors |
| AP/GK 4140 6.0 | Honours essay |
| AP/LA 1000 = AP/ANCW 1101 6.0 | Elementary Latin |
| AP/LA 2000 6.0 | Intermediate Latin |
| AP/LA 3010 3.0 | Roman epic poetry |
| AP/LA 3020 3.0 | Roman lyric poetry |
| AP/LA 3030 3.0 | Roman elegiac poetry |
| AP/LA 3040 3.0 | Roman historians |
| AP/LA 3070 3.0 | Roman rhetoric |
| AP/LA 3120 3.0 | Roman satire |
| AP/LA 4010 3.0 | Roman epic poetry |
| AP/LA 4020 3.0 | Roman lyric poetry |
| AP/LA 4030 3.0 | Roman elegiac poetry |
| AP/LA 4040 3.0 | Roman historians |
| AP/LA 4070 3.0 | Roman rhetoric |
| AP/LA 4120 3.0 | Roman satire |
| AP/LA 4130 3.0 | Guided reading in Roman authors |
| AP/LA 4130 6.0 | Guided reading in Roman authors |
| AP/LA 4140 6.0 | Honours essay |