Minor Programs and Requirements

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At present CANES offers four 18-hour Minor Programs:

Minor in Ancient Greek

The Greek Minor entails 12 hours of the study of Greek at the 201-level or higher plus 6 hours of upper-division CNE or GRK, or 6 hours at any level in ARA, HEB, or LAT. Normally, a student pursuing the Minor will take GRK 201-301 (or 303)-and two 4xx courses, plus the two electives. This Minor is an excellent choice for Classical and Near Eastern Civilizations majors desiring further specialization in Greek than the Major offers, or for students who have taken Greek to satisfy the CORE and wish to go on with it but cannot declare the Classical Languages Major.
This Minor is not open to students pursuing the Classical Languages Major.

Minor in Ancient History

This is the only systematic program in Ancient History at Creighton. The Minor entails four courses selected from among the basic upper-division Near Eastern, Greek, and Roman history sequences, followed by two electives taken from a prescribed palette of historically-oriented courses. This Minor is an excellent choice for Classical Languages majors wishing to go on to graduate study.
NB: Some courses which can be taken to satisfy the Ancient History Minor are not given HIS credit by the History Department.

In detail:

Four of the following:
CNE 401 Greek History to the Peloponnesian War
CNE 402 Hellenistic History
CNE 403 The Roman Republic
CNE 404 The Roman Empire
CNE 418 Great Empires of the Near East
CNE 419 Ancient Egypt: History, Society, and Culture

Plus two of the following:
CNE 316 Women in Ancient Greece and Hellenistic Egypt
CNE 317 Women in Ancient Rome and Roman Egypt
CNE 348 Muhammad and the Rise of Islam
CNE 349 Egyptian Art and Archaeology
CNE 350 Archaeology of Syria-Palestine
CNE 354 Greek Art and Archaeology
CNE 357 Ancient Near Eastern Art and Archaeology
CNE 362 Early Christian Art and Archaeology
CNE 420 Selected Topics in Ancient History
CNE 430 Selected Topics in Ancient Art and Archaeology
CNE 461 The City of Rome
CNE 524 History of Ancient Israel
CNE 526 Archaeology of Roman Palestine

Minor in Classical and Near Eastern Studies

A comparatively unstructured minor, students can satisfy its requirements with 18 hours of any upper-division courses (300-, 400- or 500-level) under the CNE rubric. This Minor is good for students who have taken some CANES courses, like the field and want to take more courses, but haven't time for the Major, or to satisfy the breadth requirements of the other Minors. It is also an excellent complement to the Classical Languages Major for those wishing to add cultural studies to their study of language, or desiring to go on to graduate study in Classics.
This Minor is not open to students pursuing the Classical and Near Eastern Civilizations Major.

Minor in Latin

The Latin Minor entails 12 hours of the study of Latin at the 201-level or higher plus 6 hours of upper-division CNE or LAT, or 6 hours at any level in ARA, GRK, or HEB. Normally, a student pursuing the Minor will take LAT 201-301 (or 303)-and two 4xx courses, plus the two electives. This Minor is an excellent choice for Classical and Near Eastern Civilizations majors desiring further specialization in Latin than the Major offers, or for students who have taken Latin to satisfy the CORE and wish to go on with it but cannot declare the Classical Languages Major.
This Minor is not open to students pursuing the Classical Languages Major.