Minor in Premodern Worlds
Total units required in the minor: 21, 6 in lower-division courses and 15 in upper-division courses
Program Description
The minor brings together a large number of courses that focus on premodern worlds’ history, archaeology, social developments, intellectual achievements, arts, and languages. By taking such courses, students will have the opportunity to compare and contrast premodern developments in different regions around the globe, nurturing a well-rounded globalist approach to understanding humanity’s past.
Program Requirements
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| ELECTIVE LOWER DIVISION COURSES | 6 | |
| Select two (2) from the following courses: | ||
| Introduction to Archaeology | ||
| Comparative Early Civilizations | ||
| Art, Religions, and Power before 1400 | ||
| Traditional Asian Art | ||
| Survey of Early Western Civilization | ||
| History of African Civilizations | ||
| World History I: to 1500 | ||
| World History I: to 1500 | ||
| Arts and Ideas of the West: Ancient to Medieval | ||
| Arts and Ideas of Asia: Ancient to Medieval | ||
| History of Philosophy | ||
| History of the Theatre: Ancient to Renaissance | ||
| Total Units | 6 | |
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| Elective Upper Division Courses 1 | 15 | |
| Select five (5) from the following courses: | ||
| Anthropology of Hunters and Gatherers | ||
| Prehistory of the Southwest | ||
| North American Prehistory | ||
| Origins of Agriculture | ||
| Old World Prehistory: Paleolithic Archaeology | ||
| World Prehistory and the Evolution of Modern Humanity | ||
| The Anthropocene: Human Impacts on Ancient Environments | ||
| The Evolution of Early Mesoamerican States | ||
| Ancient Technology | ||
| Peopling of North America | ||
| Art of the Ancient Mediterranean | ||
| Medieval Art | ||
| Renaissance Art | ||
| Introduction to Old English | ||
| Medieval Literature | ||
| Language and written culture in Ancient Greece | ||
| Language and written culture in Ancient Greece | ||
| Ancient Science | ||
| Everyday Life and Society in Antiquity | ||
| Ancient Egypt: History & Culture | ||
| The Ancient Near East: A Cultural History | ||
| Ancient Greece | ||
| Ancient Rome | ||
| Early Medieval Europe | ||
| History of Medicine, Ancient and Medieval | ||
| History of Women in Western Civilization, Prehistory-Middle Ages | ||
| Warfare: Alexander to Napoleon | ||
| Medieval England To 1485 | ||
| Medieval Russia | ||
| China: Antiquity to 1600 AD | ||
| The Culture of Classical Greece | ||
| The Culture of Classical Rome | ||
| Paganism in the Roman World | ||
| Classical Mythology | ||
| Introduction to the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament | ||
| Introduction to the New Testament | ||
| Medieval Culture | ||
| World Mythology | ||
| Food, Farming, and the Sacred | ||
| The Classical Culture of China | ||
| Saints, Relics, and Miracles in Late Antique and Medieval Europe | ||
| History Of Ethics | ||
| History of Ancient Philosophy | ||
| Chinese Philosophy | ||
| Philosophies Of India | ||
| Political Thought I | ||
| Total Units | 15 | |
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Students must take at least one course from three different disciplines.