Student Learning Outcomes

1.  Knowledge of Historical, Literary, Artistic, and Cultural Contexts

Students will be able to reproduce in broad outline the main periods of Ancient Mediterranean history, along with significant events and/or developments in each period. Students will also be able to demonstrate their awareness of basic literary, philosophical, social, and cultural developments that affect the interpretation of texts, artifacts, and historical events from cultures and across the Mediterranean.

2.  Understanding of the Reception of the Ancient World

Students will be able to demonstrate knowledge of at least one of the ways in which material from the Ancient Mediterranean World has been received and integrated into other later artistic, literary, historic, or cultural contexts. 

3.  Proficiency With Primary Sources

Students will be able to identify and articulate scholarly problems based on interaction with primary source materials from the ancient world.  Students who elect to take Greek or Latin will demonstrate further proficiency working with primary source materials in the original languages.

4.  Proficiency in Research Methods

Students will demonstrate knowledge of current research methods and contemporary sources and be able to describe current scholarly conversations about the ancient world. 

5.  Communication of Knowledge

Students will be able to communicate results of their work effectively to others in expository prose, oral presentations, or electronic media such as films or web pages.