Students who begin a Bachelor of Arts program in September 2024 or later must take a set of breadth credits from multiple “Ways of Knowing” categories.
Courses from the Department of Ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern Studies (AMNE) are categorized as follows:
- Place and Power: AMNE_V 384
- Humanities and Creative Arts: AMNE_V
- Language as Meaning: ARBC_V, GREK_V, HEBR_V, LATN_V
Since your major will automatically fulfill one of these categories (e.g. the Ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern Studies major automatically fulfills the “Humanities and Creative Arts” category), you are required to take 21 credits from additional categories, to be distributed accordingly:
- 9 credits (in one course code) from a 2nd breadth area
- 6 credits (in one course code) from a 3rd breadth area
- 3 credits (in one course code) from a 4th breadth area
- 3 credits for Place and Power (which may also fall in one of the above or your major)
AMNE majors and Honours students are strongly encouraged to meet with the AMNE Undergraduate Advisor to discuss how best to configure their breadth requirements to match their personal interests and post-graduate goals.
AMNE + Breadth Requirements Guide
Below is a breakdown of each breadth requirement category and our department’s corresponding courses.
We recommend using the ‘Ways of Knowing’ Course Planning Tool with this list to help you plan.
Place and Power
AMNE_V 384 (3) Reading the Bible on Indigenous Lands
Humanities and Creative Arts
All AMNE coded courses fulfil the Humanities and Creative Arts Breadth requirement. Most AMNE courses do not have prerequisites; exceptions are noted in the following list. If you are interested in taking one of these courses but have not completed the prerequisite course, please contact the AMNE Undergraduate Advisor for further guidance.
AMNE_V 101 (3) Greek and Latin Roots of English
AMNE_V 151 (3) Greek and Roman Mythology
AMNE_V 160 (3) Introduction to Religions: Judaism, Christianity, Islam
AMNE_V 170 (3) Temples, Tombs, and Tyrants: The Archaeology of the Middle East, Greece, and Rome
AMNE_V 200 (3) Approaching the Ancient Mediterranean & Near East
AMNE_V 215 (3) Ancient Greece
AMNE_V 216 (3) Ancient Rome
AMNE_V 225 (3) Gladiators, Games, and Spectacle in the Greek and Roman World
AMNE_V 235 (3) Greek Philosophy I
AMNE_V 251 (3) Near Eastern and Biblical Mythology
AMNE_V 260 (3) Scriptures of the Near East
AMNE_V 264 (3) The New Testament and Early Christianity
AMNE_V 279 (3) Byzantium: Arts of an Empire
AMNE_V 300 (3) Uses and Abuses of Antiquity
AMNE_V 301 (3) The Technical Terms of Medicine and Biological Science
AMNE_V 306 (3) Ancient Technology: Greece and Rome
AMNE_V 323 (3) Slavery in the Ancient Greek and Roman World
AMNE_V 325 (3) Women in the Roman World of Republican and Imperial Times
AMNE_V 331 (3) Jewish Law
AMNE_V 341 (3) Sex, Lies, and Violence in the Hebrew Bible
AMNE_V 345 (3) Greek Epic
AMNE_V 351 (3) Religion in Ancient Egypt
AMNE_V 355 (3) Greek Religion
AMNE_V 368 (3) Paul and the Making of Christianity
AMNE_V 371 (3) Ancient Egypt: The Archaeology of the Land of the Pharaohs
AMNE_V 376 (3) Greek Art and Architecture
AMNE_V 377 (3) Roman Art and Architecture
AMNE_V 381 (3) Theories of Myth
AMNE_V 384 (3) Reading the Bible on Indigenous Lands
AMNE_V 440 (3) Seminar in Ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern Literature and Ideas
AMNE_V 461 (3) Seminar in Biblical Studies
AMNE_V 470 (3) Seminar in Ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern Archaeology
AMNE_V 499 (6) Honours Essay
AMNE_V 300 (3) Uses and Abuses of Antiquity [second-year standing or higher]
AMNE_V 316 (3) The Athenians and their Empire [one of AMNE_V 215, CLST_V 231]
AMNE_V 317 (3) Alexander the Great and his Empire [one of AMNE_V 215, CLST_V 231]
AMNE_V 318 (3) The Roman Republic [one of AMNE_V 216, CLST_V 232]
AMNE_V 319 (3) The Early Roman Empire [one of AMNE_V 216, CLST_V 232]
AMNE_V 345 (3) Greek Epic [second-year standing or higher]
AMNE_V 346 (3) Latin Epic [second-year standing or higher]
AMNE_V 347 (3) Classical Comedy [second-year standing or higher]
AMNE_V 348 (3) Classical Tragedy [second-year standing or higher]
Language as Meaning
All ARBC_V, GREK_V, HEBR_V, and LATN_V courses fulfill the Language as Meaning Breadth Requirement.
ARBC_V 101 (3) Beginning Classical and Quranic Arabic I
ARBC_V 205 (3) Beginning Classical and Quranic Arabic II
ARBC_V 301 (3) Intermediate Classical and Quranic Arabic I
ARBC_V 302 (3) Intermediate Classical and Quranic Arabic II
ARBC_V 420 (3) Supervised Study in Classical and Quranic Arabic
GREK_V 101 (3) Beginning Ancient Greek I
GREK_V 102 (3) Beginning Ancient Greek II
GREK_V 201 (3) Intermediate Ancient Greek I
GREK_V 202 (3) Intermediate Ancient Greek II
GREK_V 351 (3) Reading Ancient Greek: Prose
GREK_V 352 (3) Reading Ancient Greek: Verse
GREK_V 401 (3) Greek Prose
GREK_V 403 (3) Studies in Ancient Greek Prose and Verse
HEBR_V 101 (3) Beginning Biblical Hebrew I
HEBR_V 205 (3) Beginning Biblical Hebrew II
HEBR_V 301 (3) Intermediate Biblical Hebrew I
HEBR_V 302 (3) Intermediate Biblical Hebrew II
LATN_V 101 (3) Beginning Latin I
LATN_V 102 (3) Beginning Latin II
LATN_V 201 (3) Intermediate Latin I
LATN_V 301 (3) Intermediate Latin II
LATN_V 350 (3) Latin Literature of the Classical Period (Prose)
LATN_V 403A (3) Studies in Latin Prose and Verse
LATN_V 403B (3) Studies in Latin Prose and Verse
See here for more information on our department’s language course offerings.
Additional resources
The “Ways of Knowing” breadth requirements are only applicable to new students beginning their degree in September 2024. Continuing students are not affected by this change and will keep navigating their degrees according to their original breadth requirements.