Study Across a Great Depth of Time
The study of ancient human civilizations is both one of the most challenging and most rewarding fields of scholarly endeavor. Successful research across such a depth of time demands an interdisciplinary approach which draws upon a variety of fields, including Anthropology, Archaeology, Art, Classics, English, History, Philosophy, Political Science, Religious Studies, Theatre, World Languages, and others.
Students and scholars who are willing to undertake such study are rewarded with insights into the period of human society when crucial steps were made in constructing the foundations for the modern world. It was, after all, in the ancient world that the building blocks of contemporary religions, languages, social systems, and technologies were laid down.
The Ancient Civilizations Minor is built around a shared core of six (6) semester hours and the choice of three independent tracks which allow students to design a minor which is tailored to their own scholarly interests and needs.
There are many ancient civilizations resources in the area near Northern Kentucky University. One example is the Cincinnati Art Museum with its collections of art related to ancient Egypt, classics, near East, far East, Africa, and the Americas.
The Director of Ancient Civilizations at NKU is Dr. Judy Voelker who can be reached at her office in 217E Landrum or by phone at 859-572-1569 or 5259 or by email at
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. Dr. Voelker does research with the Thailand Archaeometallurgy Project in southeast Asia and is the Director of the NKU Museum of Anthropology.
Ancient civilizations minors are encouraged to participate in the Student Anthropology Society and other student groups. Every April anthropology faculty and alumni host an Anthropology Careers Day program to assist students in ancient civilizations and related areas of anthropology.
Click here to see how often each of the anthropology courses below is offered.
Requirements
All NKU students must have at least one major in addition to a minor, a concentration, or a second major. The requirement for this minor is 21 semester hours.
There are three tracks in the Ancient Civilizations minor:
- Classics & Near East
- World Civilizations
- General
Required Courses for ALL Minors in Ancient Civilizations
- HIS 108 World History to 1500
- ANT 380 Origins of Civilization
Classics & Near East Track
Requirements (6 semester hours)
- LAT 201 Intermediate Latin I
- LAT 202 Intermediate Latin II
Elective Courses (9 semester hours)
Courses must come from at least two different disciplines.
- ANT 331 Women in Prehistory
- ARTH 101 Survey of Western Art I
- ARTH 350 Ancient Art
- ENG 206 Western World Literature I
- ENG 215 Greek and Roman Mythology
- ENG 315 The Bible as Literature
- HIS 100 History of Europe to 1713
- HIS 300 The Ancient Near East and Greece to the Macedonian Conquest
- HIS 301 The Hellenistic World and Rome to the Death of Constantine
- HIS 365 European Military History: Ancient World to the Renaissance
- HIS 494 Topics: History, if a classics or Near East topic
- HIS 594 Topics: History, if a classics or Near East topic
- LAT 280 Topics in Latin Language and Literature
- PHI 181 Philosophers, Cultures and Creativity
- PHI 355 Socrates & Plato
- PHI 394 Topics: Philosophy, if a classics or Near East topic.
- PSC 110 History of Western Political Thought
- PSC 370 Pre-Enlightenment Political Theory
- PSC 394 Topics: Theory and Practice, if a classics or Near East topic.
- REL 181 Old Testament
- REL 182 New Testament
- REL 185 Christianity
- REL 186 Introduction to Judaism
- REL 301 Ancient Religions
- TAR 346 History of the Theatre and Dramatic Literature I
World Civilizations Track
Elective Courses (15 semester hours)
Courses must come from at least two different disciplines.
- ANT 110 Introduction to Archaeology
- ANT 310 African Arts
- ANT 318 Prehistoric Ecology
- ANT 331 Women in Prehistory
- ANT 352 Archeology of Mesoamerica
- ANT 394 Topics: Anthropology, if a world civilizations topic
- ANT 594 Topics: Anthropology, if a world civilizations topic
- ARI 201 Intermediate Arabic I
- ARI 202 Intermediate Arabic II
- ARTH 350 Ancient Art
- CHI 201 Intermediate Chinese I
- CHI 202 Intermediate Chinese II
- HIS 300 The Ancient Near East and Greece to the Macedonian Conquest
- HIS 301 The Hellenistic World and Rome to the Death of Constantine
- HIS 329 History of the Middle East and North Africa
- HIS 331 History of Japan
- HIS 335 History of Ancient Africa
- HIS 340 History of Imperial China
- HIS 494 Topics: History, if a world civilizations topic
- HIS 594 Topics: History, if a world civilizations topic
- JPN 201 Intermediate Japanese I
- JPN 202 Intermediate Japanese II
- PSC 394 Topics: Theory and Practice, if a world civilizations topic.
- REL 301 Ancient Religions
- REL 305 Islam
- REL 394 Topics: Religious Studies, if a world civilizations topic.
General Track
Elective Courses (15 semester hours)
Courses must come from at least two different disciplines.
- ANT 110 Introduction to Archaeology
- ANT 310 African Arts
- ANT 318 Prehistoric Ecology
- ANT 331 Women in Prehistory
- ANT 352 Archeology of Mesoamerica
- ANT 394 Topics: Anthropology, if an ancient civilizations topic
- ANT 594 Topics: Anthropology, if an ancient civilizations topic
- ARI 201 Intermediate Arabic I
- ARI 202 Intermediate Arabic II
- ARTH 101 Survey of Western Art I
- ARTH 350 Ancient Art
- CHI 201 Intermediate Chinese I
- CHI 202 Intermediate Chinese II
- ENG 206 Western World Literature I
- ENG 215 Greek and Roman Mythology
- ENG 315 The Bible as Literature
- HIS 100 History of Europe to 1713
- HIS 300 The Ancient Near East and Greece to the Macedonian Conquest
- HIS 301 The Hellenistic World and Rome to the Death of Constantine
- HIS 325 Early Latin American History
- HIS 329 History of the Middle East and North Africa
- HIS 331 History of Japan
- HIS 335 History of Ancient Africa
- HIS 340 History of Imperial China
- HIS 365 European Military History: Ancient World to the Renaissance
- HIS 494 Topics: History, if an ancient civilizations topic
- HIS 594 Topics: History (3,0,3), if an ancient civilizations topic
- JPN 201 Intermediate Japanese I
- JPN 202 Intermediate Japanese II
- LAT 201 Intermediate Latin I
- LAT 202 Intermediate Latin II
- LAT 280 Topics in Latin Language and Literature
- PHI 181 Philosophers, Cultures and Creativity
- PHI 355 Socrates & Plato
- PHI 394 Topics: Philosophy, if an ancient civilizations topic.
- PSC 110 History of Western Political Thought
- PSC 370 Pre-Enlightenment Political Theory
- PSC 394 Topics: Theory and Practice, if an ancient civilizations topic.
- REL 181 Old Testament
- REL 182 New Testament
- REL 185 Christianity
- REL 186 Introduction to Judaism
- REL 301 Ancient Religions
- REL 305 Islam
- REL 394 Topics: Religious Studies, if a world civilizations topic.
- TAR 346 History of the Theatre and Dramatic Literature I
There are more than 150 departments of ancient civilizations (or classics or near Eastern civilizations or Latin & Greek) throughout the USA and Canada, and NKU is proud to be part of that group. There are many NKU faculty, staff, alumni, and friends who have specialized areas of expertise in ancient civilizations and are willing to serve as resources. They can be reached at the following email addresses and welcome your questions:
- Kimberly Allen-Kattus, Associate Professor of Art
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Ancient art
- Tripta Desai, Professor of History
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Ancient civilizations of east and south Asia
- Jan Gallagher, Part-time Instructor of Philosophy and Religious Studies
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Ancient Near Eastern civilizations; ancient religions
- Joel Hatch, Part-time Instructor of Latin
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Classics; Latin
- Michael Hatton, Lecturer in Theater
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Ancient origins of theater
- Britteny Howell, Part-time Instructor of Anthropology
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Ancient South American civilizations
- Robert Kenney, Lecturer in Religious Studies
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Ancient religions
- William Landon, Assistant Professor of History
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Classical world
- Andrew Miller, Associate Professor of English
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Greek and Roman mythology
- Terry Pence, Professor of Philosophy
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Ancient Philosophy
- Kathleen Quinn, Lecturer in History
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Ancient Near East; ancient Greece; ancient Rome; classics; Latin
- Philip Resnick, Part-time Instructor of Religious Studies
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Ancient Israel
- Jonathan Reynolds, Professor of History and Ancient Civilizations Director Emeritus,
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Ancient African civilizations
- Barbara Thiel, Associate Professor of Anthropology
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Neolithic; origins of agriculture; origins of civilization
- David Tillis, Part-time Instructor of Philosophy and Religious Studies
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Ancient religion; archaeology; Past President of Central Ohio Valley Archaeological Society (COVAS)
- Robert Trundle, Professor of Philosophy
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Ancient Philosophy
- Sharon Vance, Assistant Professor of History
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Middle Eastern and North African history; Jewish history
- Judy Voelker, Associate Professor of Anthropology and Ancient Civilizations Director
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Origins of civilization; ancient east and southeast Asian civilizations; ancient Mesoamerican civilizations: Maya; museums
- and many more
Are you on the NKU faculty or staff? Do you have an ancient civilizations specialty, or do you know of someone who does? Contact
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.
To declare a minor in ancient civilizations, drop by 217C Landrum for about five minutes of paperwork, or click here.
For all sorts of ancient civilizations resources, click here.
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