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Ancient History

This traditional concentration in History is designed to take advantage of the Department of History's strength in the field and the combined offerings of the Graduate Program in Ancient Studies.

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Ancient Mediterranean Religion

Both Classical Studies and the Department of Religious Studies offer graduate coursework in this area taught by specialists in Greek and Roman, as well as religions of the Eastern Mediterranean world and early Christianity. A concentration in this area draws upon these offerings as well as related work in History, Art History, and Archaeology.

Ancient Political Culture

This concentration draws on departmental offerings and courses in History. It explores the many faces of political power, and the changing lives and identities of citizens in the turbulent, but seminal, periods of Archaic and Classical Greece, the Hellenistic Age and the Roman Republic and Empire.

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Archaeology of the Ancient World

Missouri's distinguished Department of Art History and Archaeology as well as the Museum of Art and Archaeology offer excellent opportunities for combining a traditional philology degree with serious work in ancient archeology.

Classical Tradition

This concentration draws upon departmental offerings in medieval and renaissance Latin, ancient literary criticism, and the Classical tradition, and draws from a number of courses in Art History, English, and History that explore the continuing and vital presence of the Classical in subsequent art and literature.

History of Rhetoric

This concentration involves coursework in several special courses in Classical Studies as well as the English Department's history of rhetoric program.

Late Antiquity

Coursework will be selected from appropriate courses in History, Art History, Religion, and Classical Studies, focusing on years of profound social and cultural change in the Mediterranean area, roughly from AD 200-700.

Oral Tradition

The Center for Studies in Oral Tradition, under the direction of John Miles Foley of Classical Studies, offers a unique opportunity for graduate students to develop special expertise in an area long of central interest to Classicists. Courses in this concentration involve work in Homer, Anglo-Saxon, Folklore, and special courses and seminars in Oral Tradition.

Ancient Studies Minor

The Ancient Studies Minor provides an opportunity for students to diversify their curriculum and to contextualize the Classical world in a broad theoretical and disciplinary context. Students in this program select about one quarter of their classwork from among a variety of courses designated by the departments who participate alongside Classical Studies (Anthropology, Art History and Archaeology, History, Philosophy and Religious Studies).

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