Welcome to Ancient Studies at UMBC!

Ancient Studies students discover the world of the ancient Mediterranean with classes in archaeology, history, and Latin and ancient Greek language and literature.  Participants in our annual study/travel program and our student excavators gain first-hand knowledge of ancient cities and sanctuaries when they visit these sites.  Closer to home, our student excavators can prepare for a career in field archaeology and Cultural Resource Management through the department.  Students interested in working in museums can gain experience through our curatorial studies courses and internships. All students, majors as well as minors and students who take only a course or two in Ancient Studies, will enhance their skills in deductive reasoning and train themselves to pay particular attention to detail.

Students who apply for Undergraduate Research Awards (URA) say that their primary source of information and encouragement to apply is a faculty member. Mentors report that repeated encouragement is often needed to help students see the proposal as something they can accomplish. Advice to students about drafting a strong application and selection committee advice to mentors are now available online. Students may also in apply to the Travel Fund to support presentation of their own work at a conference or festival.

Research programs, workshops, and related resources are promoted regularly through the myUMBC community Undergraduate Research. Faculty members and students may join the community and receive e-mail notices when new information is posted. Here is a link to the current research of some of our students: http://umbc.edu/undergrad_ed/research/URCAD/AncientStudiesResearchOUE.html

We hope you enjoy the new Ancient Studies website. We are still working out a few last details,and so some pages are under construction. If you have any suggestions or comments, please email Professor Robert Rivkin.

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Last Updated: December 08, 2011