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College of Letters and Science Faculty Document No. 645
April 3, 2003

Recommendation of the Ad Hoc Committee on Ancient Mediterranean Studies and the L&S Course and Curriculum Committee to Establish a Certificate Program in Ancient Mediterranean Studies


I. PROGRAM IDENTIFICATION

The Departments of Art History, Foreign Languages and Linguistics (Classics program), and History of the College of Letters and Science sponsor the establishment of an undergraduate certificate with the title Ancient Mediterranean Studies. This new certificate program will be implemented in Semester 1, 2003-2004.

II. RATIONALE

The three major components of the study of the classical world are housed in separate departments: philology in the Classics program in the Department of Foreign Language and Linguistics, history in the Department of History, and art and archaeology in the Department of Art History. Other aspects of the ancient Mediterranean world are studied in courses in other departments, e.g., Philosophy and Anthropology. The traditional structure of academic departments tends to separate these studies and those who pursue them. The proposed certificate program addresses the need to give prominence to the integrity of these studies and to bring students and faculty members in this area together in productive collaboration.

III. INSTITUTIONAL CONTEXT

The purpose of the Ancient Mediterranean Studies Certificate Program is to enhance the already existing programs of study in the classical world in Art History, Classics, and History. It will provide a framework within which undergraduate students can devise a multifaceted plan of study of the ancient world that is comprehensive and methodical. The certificate program also will offer the opportunity for the interaction and collaboration of faculty members with teaching and research interests in the classical world who are housed in a number of different departments.

IV. NEED

The Ancient Mediterranean Studies Certificate Program is designed to serve a broad array of UWM undergraduate students. First, we hope to appeal to the students who enroll in large numbers every semester in Classics, Art History, and History courses with ancient Mediterranean studies content. Many of these students have a deep and abiding interest in the classical world that prompts them to take courses offered by the different departments in various aspects of this area of study. The certificate program will offer such students a way to develop these intellectual interests in a structured and methodical way. We also hope to serve majors and minors in Classics, Art History, and History with a primary interest in the ancient Mediterranean world. These students regularly take courses in the disciplines directly related to their major or minor, whether in Art History, History, or Classics. The certificate program will provide them with the means to structure a comprehensive program of studies in the ancient world, and the certificate itself will serve as a means of recognizing the breath as well as the depth of their preparation in their area of concentration. We estimate that in the first year of its functioning the certificate program will enroll approximately fifteen students.

V. PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

The Ancient Mediterranean Studies Certificate Program at UWM seeks to provide undergraduate students with an interdisciplinary program for the study of the cultures and societies of ancient Greece and Rome and to foster interaction among faculty members with a teaching or research interest in the classical world. Drawing on the resources of specialists working in this field at UWM, the program offers students a coordinated core of courses clustered around the disciplines of Classics, History, and Art History, but also draws on the resources of several other related areas and disciplines such as Anthropology, Comparative Literature, English, Hebrew Studies, Philosophy, and Political Science.

While the Program requires some study of the ancient languages, proficiency in Latin and Greek is not required for certification. Students may, however, obtain a certificate in Ancient Mediterranean Studies with Language Proficiency, if they complete, as part of or in addition to the certificate requirements, 9 credits in Latin or Greek courses numbered 300 and above or pass a proficiency exam. Students also are encouraged to take advantage of the opportunities for study abroad, including fieldwork in archaeology, which may be used to fulfill certificate requirements.

The Program is open to all students seeking a bachelor's degree from UWM and to students who previously received a bachelor's degree from UWM or any other accredited college or university. The Program coordinator interviews interested students to ascertain the appropriateness of the Program to their academic goals and to inform them of Program requirements. Students currently involved in baccalaureate studies who successfully complete the requirements of the Program will be awarded the certificate at the time of graduation. Students who already have a bachelor's degree receive the certificate upon completion of the Program requirements.

Requirements:

Students enrolled in the Program must complete at least 21 credits in the following core courses:
  1. 6 credits in History 201 and 202.
  2. 3 credits in a Latin or Greek 200-level course or equivalent.
  3. 6 credits in Art History (101 or approved 300-level courses)
  4. 6 credits in any of the following: History (301, 303, 304, 307, 308); Classics, Latin, or Greek (above 200); Art History (412, 413, 414, 416, 458); any freshmen seminar (192 and 193), study abroad (297, 497), honors seminar, or directed reading/independent study in History, Classics or Art History with a thematic focus on the ancient Mediterranean world.
In addition to the core requirements, students also must complete 6 credits in L&S courses, at least 3 of which must be at the 300 level and above, from a list of approved courses. Other courses may be taken for credit at the discretion of the Program's Advisory Committee.

Students must achieve a grade point average of 3.0 or higher in the courses that satisfy the Program requirements, and all such courses must be graded rather than taken on a credit/no credit basis.

VI. ADMINISTRATIVE STRUCTURE

  1. Certificate Program Faculty.
    The faculty of the certificate program consists of all university faculty members who teach courses that may be counted toward meeting certificate program requirements.

  2. Advisory Committee.
    Advisory Committee is appointed by the Dean of the College of Letters and Science. The committee consists of five members, including the Certificate Program coordinator, one each from Program faculty members in Art History, Classics, and History, and two from Program faculty members in any two of the other departments offering courses that may be counted toward meeting certificate requirements. The Certificate Program Coordinator serves as the chair of the Advisory Committee.

    3. The Advisory Committee has the following responsibilities:
    1. oversight and revision, as appropriate, of certificate program requirements;
    2. development and revision, as appropriate, of a list of existing courses counting toward meeting certificate program requirements;
    3. approval for meeting certificate program requirements of ad hoc/variable content courses germane to ancient studies that are offered each semester;
    4. advising the program coordinator and the Dean of the College of Letters and Science on the administration of the certificate program.

  3. Certificate Program Coordinator.
    The Certificate Program coordinator is appointed by the Dean of the College of Letters and Science from members of the Certificate Program faculty.

    4. The Certificate Program coordinator has the following responsibilities:
    1. serving as chair of the Advisory Committee;
    2. developing for the review and approval of the Advisory Committee a list of ad hoc/variable content courses germane to ancient Mediterranean studies that are offered each semester;
    3. communicating to the College office each semester the list of ad hoc/variable content courses that have been approved by the Advisory Committee;
    4. maintaining liaison, for the purposes of curricular planning, with the departments offering courses that may be counted toward meeting certificate program requirements;
    5. meeting with certificate program students to plan their programs of study and to assist them in the completion of the "Declaration of Certificate Program," which is to be forwarded for approval to the office of the Assistant Dean for Student Academic Services, College of Letters and Science;
    6. maintaining a set of records of students working toward the certificate;
    7. maintaining liaison with the Student Academic Services area of the College, which has the primary responsibility for maintaining records of students' certificate programs, verifying completion of certificate program requirements, and issuing certificates.

BUDGETARY IMPLICATIONS

We anticipate the need of a modest annual S&E budget of approximately $1720 for expenditures as follows:

Student help--$9 per hr x 10 hrs per mon. x 12 mos        
$1080.00
Photocopying--$.025 per page x 10,000
250.00
Computer diskettes--$15.69 per 100 x 2
31.38
Printer ink cartridges--$25.49 x 4
101.95
Letterhead--$70 for 500 sheets
70.00
$65 for 500 envelope
65.00
Ballpoint pens--$.31 x 30
9.30
Pencils--$1.25 per doz x 10
11.25
Yellow lined pads--$10 per doz x 5
50.00
File folders--$7.41 per 100 x 3
23.73
Paper clips--$.42--per box x 10
4.20
Manila envelopes--$7.91 per 100 x 3
23.73
TOTAL
$1720.54


VIII. CATALOG COPY

The Ancient Mediterranean Studies Certificate Program at UWM seeks to provide undergraduate students with an interdisciplinary program for the study of the cultures and societies of ancient Greece and Rome and to foster interaction among faculty members with a teaching or research interest in the classical world. Drawing on the resources of specialists working in this field at UWM, the program offers students a coordinated core of courses clustered around the disciplines of Classics, History, and Art History, but also draws on the resources of several other related areas and disciplines, such as Anthropology, Comparative Literature, English, Hebrew Studies, Philosophy, and Political Science.

While the program requires some study of the ancient languages, proficiency in Latin and Greek is not required for certification. Students, however, may obtain a certificate in Ancient Mediterranean Studies with Language Proficiency, if they complete, as part of or in addition to the certificate requirements, 9 credits in Latin or Greek courses numbered 300 and above or pass a proficiency exam. Students also are encouraged to take advantage of the opportunities for study abroad, including fieldwork in archaeology, which may be used to fulfill certificate requirements.

The Program is open to all students seeking a bachelor's degree from UWM and to students who previously received a bachelor's degree from UWM or any other accredited college or university. The program coordinator interviews interested students to ascertain the appropriateness of the program to their academic goals and to inform them of program requirements. Students currently involved in baccalaureate studies who successfully complete the requirements of the program will be awarded the certificate at the time of graduation. Students who already have a bachelor's degree receive the certificate upon completion of the program requirements.

Requirements:

The certificate in Ancient Mediterranean Studies requires a total of 27 credits. Students enrolled in the Program must complete at least 21 credits in the following core courses:

  1. 6 credits in History 201 and 202.
  2. 3 credits in a Latin or Greek 200-level course or equivalent.
  3. 6 credits in Art History (101 or approved 300-level courses)
  4. 6 credits in any of the following: History (301, 303, 304, 307, 308); Classics, Latin, or Greek (200 or above); Art History (412, 413, 414, 416, 458); any freshmen seminar (192 and 193), study abroad (297, 497), honors seminar, or directed reading/independent study in History, Classics, or Art History with a thematic focus on the ancient Mediterranean world.

In addition to the core requirements, students also must complete 6 credits in L&S courses, at least 3 of which must be at the 300 level or above, from the following list of approved courses. Other courses may be taken for credit at the discretion of the Program's Advisory Committee.

Students must achieve a grade point average of 3.0 or higher in the courses that satisfy the program requirements, and all such courses must be graded rather than taken on a credit/no credit basis.

Curricular Area   Course Number and Title Credits   U/G
Anthropology   103 Digging Up the Past: Approaches to Archaeology
3
U
305 The Celtic World
3
U/G
306 European Archaeology
3
U/G
307 World Archaeology: Foundations of Civilization
3
U/G
Art History 101 Ancient and Medieval Art and Architecture
3
U
297 Study Abroad: (w/appropriate Subtitle)
1-12
U
312 Minoan and Mycenaean Art and Archaeology
3
U/G
313 Greek Art and Archaeology
3
U/G
315 Art and Archaeology of Ancient Egypt
3
U/G
316 Roman Art and Archaeology
3
U/G
322 Origins of Medieval Art
3
U/G
412 Cities and Sanctuaries of Ancient Greece
3
U/G
413 Greek Sculpture
3
U/G
414 Greek Vase Painting
3
U/G
416 Roman Architecture
3
U/G
458 A Comparative History of Architecture and Urbanism: (w/appropriate Subtitle)
3
U/G
497 Study Abroad: (w/appropriate Subtitle)
1-12
U
Classics 170 Classical Mythology
2
U
171 Classical Mythology: An Audio-Visual Supplement
1
U
201 Introduction to Greek Life and Literature
3
U
202 Introduction to Roman Life and Literature
3
U
260 Classical Utopias
3
U
297 Study Abroad: (Subtitled)
1-12
U
301 The Life and Literature of Classical Athens: Herodotus and Dramatists
3
U
302 Life and Literature of Classical Athens: Thucydides & the Philosophers
3
U
303 The Life and Literature of the Roman Empire
3
U
304 The Graeco-Roman World: (Subtitled)
3
U/G
375 Origins and Survivals of Classical Myth
3
U
381 Honors Seminar: (Subtitled)
3H
U
390 Egyptian Mythology
3
U
497 Study Abroad: (Subtitled)
1-12
U
Comparative 207 World Literature in Translation
3
U
Literature 410 Classical Backgrounds of Modern Literature: (w/appropriate Subtitle)
3
U/G
433 Comparative Mythology
3
U/G
446 Drama: Aeschylus to Corneille
3
U/G
463 Literary Criticism: Major Authors
3
U/G
English 340 The Art of Drama: (w/appropriate Subtitle)
3
U/G
341 The Development of Drama: (w/appropriate Subtitle)
3
U/G
342 The Comic Tradition
3
U/G
343 The Tragic Tradition
3
U/G
360 The Art of Poetry: (w/appropriate Subtitle)
3
U/G
361 The Development of Poetry: (w/appropriate Subtitle)
3
U/G
545 Studies in the History of Literary Criticism: (w/appropriate Subtitle)
3
U
546 Major Figures in Literary Criticism: (w/appropriate Subtitle)
3
U
547 Approaches to Literary Criticism: (w/appropriate Subtitle)
3
U
Greek 103 Introduction to Classical Greek I
4
U
104 Introduction to Classical Greek II
4
U
199 Independent Study
1-3
U
205 Intermediate Greek
3
U
304 Plato
3
U
372 The New Testament
1-2
U/G
501 Readings in Classical Greek Prose: (Subtitled)
3
U/G
502 Readings in Ancient Greek Poetry: (Subtitled)
3
U/G
699 Directed Reading
1-3
U
Hebrew 232 Survey of the Literature of the Post-Biblical Period
3
U
Studies 235 The Dead Sea Scrolls in Translation
3
U
236 Survey of the Literature of the Ancient Near East and the Bible
3
U
274 Ancient Egyptian Civilization
3
U
History 297 Study Abroad: (w/appropriate Subtitle)
1-12
U
301 History of Christianity East and West: to 1500
3
U/G
303 A History of Greek Civilization: The Greek City-State
3
U/G
304 A History of Greek Civilization: The Age of Alexander the Great
3
U/G
307 A History of Rome: The Republic
3
U/G
308 A History of Rome: The Empire
3
U/G
497 Study Abroad: (w/appropriate Subtitle)
1-12
U
Latin 103 Elementary Latin I
4
U/
104 Elementary Latin II
4
U
150 Intensive Latin
4
U
199 Independent Study
1-3
U
201 Intermediate Latin
3
U
203 Cicero's Orations
3
U
310 Introduction to College Latin I
3
U
311 Introduction to College Latin II
3
U
501 Readings in Latin Prose: (Subtitled)
3
U/G
502 Readings in Latin Poetry: (Subtitled)
3
U/G
508 Latin Prose Composition
3
U/G
699 Directed Reading
1-3
U
Philosophy 430 History of Ancient Philosophy
3
U/G
450 Plato
3
U/G
451 Aristotle
3
U/G
452 Special Topics in Ancient and Medieval Philosophy: (w/appropriate Subtitle)
3
U/G
Political 281 Classics of Political Theory
3
U
Science 381 The Development of Western Political Thought
3
U/G


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