Wittenberg University - Pre-Modern and Ancient World Studies

Minor Overview
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22 Hours are needed for a Pre-Modern and Ancient World Studies minor. Areas of Study include: Art, Economics, History, Literature and Language, Music, Philosophy, Political Science, Religion and Theatre. Some courses and departments directly reflect the area of study, yet some courses in History might be considered meeting an area of study in Religion. A course in Economics might, in fact, be considered a Philosophy area of study. In order to determine how such courses might count, the PAST minor student will work with the PAST advisor and together they will determine, in consultation with the faculty teaching the course under question, if the course could count for another area of study.

Sample of Possible Pre-Modern and Ancient World Studies (PAST) Minor Distributions

Ancient Worlds I Lower Level Foundations: ENGL 180: Sailing the Wine-Dark Sea: Why The Ancient Greeks Matter (every year) RELI 221: Understanding the Old Testament (every year) HIST 203: Excavating Egypt or Holy Antique Women! (every year) Upper Level Advanced: HIST 301: Homer and Greeks Archeology/ Herodotus and the Greeks (alternate years) ART 275: Greek and Roman Art (every third year) PAST 400: Capstone Seminar	Ancient Worlds II Lower Level Foundations: ENGL 121: Art of Biblical Literature (every year) ENGL 180: Sailing the Wine Dark Sea (every year) HIST 161: Pre-Modern East Asia (every year) Upper Level Advanced: ART 275: Greek and Roman Art RELI 333: Buddhist Thoughts and Scriptures PAST 400: Capstone Seminar
Medieval Worlds I Lower Level Foundations: ART 110: History of Art I (every fall semester) RELI 241: Christian Tradition (every year) HIST 241: England from Arthur to Elizabeth I (alternate years) Upper Level Advanced: ART 243: Western Medieval Art (every third year) ENGL 305: Medieval Literature: Love, Sacred, and Profane (every third year) PAST 400: Capstone Seminar	Medieval Worlds II Lower Level Foundations: FREN 140: French Fairy Tales (every year) POLI 211: Ancient and Medieval Political Philosophy (alternate years) HIST 111: Medieval Civilization (every year) Upper Level Advanced: Music 301-History of Western Music to 1750 (every year) Phil 310-Ancient and Medieval Philosophy (every fall semester) PAST 400 Capstone Seminar
Early Modern Worlds I Lower Level Foundations: ART 110: History of Art I (every fall semester) THDN 260: History of European Theater (alternate years) ENGL 280: Survey of British Literature I (every year) Upper Level Advanced: HIST 314: Renaissance and Reformation (alternate years) MUSI 301: History of Western Music to 1750 (every year) PAST 400: Capstone Seminar	Early Modern Worlds II Lower Level Foundations: HIST 251: Russia to 1917 (every year) ENGL 280: Survey of British Literature I (every year) Upper Level Advanced: ART 220: Renaissance Art HIST 314: Renaissance and Reformation (alternate years) MUSC 301: History of Western Music to 1750 (every year) PAST 400: Capstone Seminar

Sample of Course Offerings in departments serving PAST students
These are courses from the department catalogues and are not offered every semester or year. Please consult with the online Open Courses site to review what is available.

Lower Level Courses	Upper Level Courses*
Art 110H History of Art I	Art 275H Greek and Roman Art Art 220H Renaissance Art Art 230H Baroque and Rococo Art
Econ 231 European Economic History Requires ECON 190	Econ 320 History of Economic Thought Requires ECON 190
ENGL 180A Topics Course (when topic appropriate)	Engl 280 Survey of British Literature I Engl 305 Studies in Medieval Literature and Culture Engl 306 Studies in Renaissance Literature and Culture Engl 307 Studies in Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Literature and Culture Engl 330 Chaucer and the Middle Ages Engl 311 Shakespeare
Hist 101 Antiquity in Literature and Film Hist 105H/CPre-Modern World Hist 111H Medieval Civilization Hist 161C Pre-Modern East Asian Hist 171C African Societies to 1500 Hist 202H Writing and Interpreting History (when topic appropriate) Hist 203H/C Historian’s Craft (when topic appropriate) Both 203 & 202 require ENGL 101 as a prerequisite Hist 251C Russia to 1917 Hist 263C Age of the Samurai Hist 241H England from Arthur to Elizabeth I	Hist 301 Topics (when topic appropriate) Hist 312 From Constantine to the Vikings Hist 313 From the Vikings to the Black Death Hist 314 Renaissance and Reformation Hist 390 Reading Colloquium (when topic appropriate)
Chin 130A/C Chinese Women Writers: Ancient and Modern Fren 140A French Fairy Tales	Fren 301A Survey of French Literature I Fren 412 La Prose I: la prose avant 1800 Span 301 Introduction to Hispanic Literature
	Musi 209A: Bach and Handel: Twin Peaks of the Late Baroque Musi 220 Introduction to Church Music Musi 301H History of Western Music to 1750 Some music history courses require ENGL 101 as a prerequisite
	Phil 310 Ancient and Medieval Philosophy Requires one prior philosophy course
Poli 211 Ancient and Medieval Political Philosophy
Reli 121R Art of Biblical Literature Reli 134C/R Chinese and Japanese Religious Traditions Reli 137R Jewish Tradition Reli 221R Understanding the Old Testament Reli 222R Understanding the New Testament Reli 241R Christian Tradition	Reli 321 Biblical and Modern Prophets Reli 324 Apocalyptic Vision I Ancient and Modern Literature Reli 333C/R Buddhist Thoughts and Scriptures Reli 339 C/R Monkeys, Samurai and Gods Reli 381R Women and Religion
Thdn 260H History of the European Theatre