Religion - Religions of Western Antiquity

Course Structure

1. Hour Requirements: 33 hours
2. Students must take (in addition to REL 5035) at least 24 credit hours in the area of Religions of Western Antiquity (including ancient languages), and 6 hours of electives.
3. Of these 30 hours (all of which must be taken for a letter grade), no more than 9 hours may be taken outside the Religion Department. Coursework in the area of Western Antiquity may be done in other departments such as Classics and Art History. All RWA MA students must take the proseminars in Hebrew Bible and New Testament offered in alternate spring semesters.
4. Up to 9 hours of introductory ancient language work (i.e. courses focusing on grammar) may count toward the required M.A. credit hours. Language courses focusing primarily on the translation and interpretation of texts (such as Intermediate Hebrew and advanced courses in Greek and Latin) can be counted as part of the required RWA coursework, but at least 15 hours of the 33 total required hours, must be in courses that do not have a significant translation component.
5. All coursework needs to be approved by the RWA Faculty
6. Hebrew and Greek
7. Students must complete a third-semester course of Classical Hebrew or Classical Greek and a second semester course of the other.
8. Other Languages
9. In addition to the above, students must either: (1) pass the language exam or take the equivalent of a third-semester university course in French or German; (2) take one semester of another ancient language (such as Latin, Aramaic, Syriac, or Coptic); or (3) complete a third\x96semester course in both Classical Hebrew and Classical Greek.