Undergraduate Bulletin - Loyola Marymount University

116 / CLASSICS AND ARCHAEOLOGY
Archaeology
ARCH 201
Beginning and Intermediate Classical Hebrew
3 Semester Hours
A concentrated course in Hebrew, with attention paid to
its historical development and to comparative phonetics
and morphology.
ARCH 298
Special Studies
1-3 Semester Hours
ARCH 299
Independent Studies
1-3 Semester Hours
ARCH 301
Rapid Readings in Classical Hebrew
3 Semester Hours
Selected readings in both prose and poetry.
ARCH 354
Near Eastern Religions
3 Semester Hours
Study of the religions, rituals, and pantheons of ancient
Near Eastern societies.
ARCH 361
Ancient Near East
3 Semester Hours
Study of the Near Eastern background of classical
civilizations from the Neolithic to the Hellenistic periods.
ARCH 362
Ancient Near Eastern Languages
3 Semester Hours
Study of the languages and writing systems of the ancient
Near East, including Sumerian, Babylonian, Egyptian,
Hebrew, Aramaic, and Arabic.
ARCH 363
Archaeology and the Bible
3 Semester Hours
Study of selections from the Old or New Testament,
combining historical criticism and exegesis with the
relevant archaeological data.
This course may be repeated for credit.
ARCH 364
Principles of Archaeology
3 Semester Hours
Modern archaeological methodology, theory, and
interpretation.
ARCH 398
Special Studies
1-3 Semester Hours
ARCH 399
Independent Studies
1-3 Semester Hours
ARCH 401
Near Eastern Archaeology
3 Semester Hours
Hands-on study of the archaeology and excavated
artifacts of the Levant, from the paleolithic to the Roman
periods.
ARCH 402
Mediterranean Archaeological Studies
3 Semester Hours
Study of the archaeology of a specific ancient
Mediterranean culture, period, type of artifact, or
phenomenon in Egypt, Anatolia, Crete, Greece, Italy,
Israel-Palestine, etc.
This course may be repeated for credit.
ARCH 403
Classical Numismatics
3 Semester Hours
Hands-on study of the coinages of ancient Greece, Rome,
and the Eastern Mediterranean, with emphasis on
archaeology, art history, and monetary origins.
ARCH 404
Egyptology
3 Semester Hours
Study of Egypt from the Neolithic to the Roman period:
history, culture, religion, art, language, and literature.
ARCH 410
Archaeology Field Experience
1-3 Semester Hours
Active participation in archaeological excavations or
surveys at Near Eastern, Classical, or selected New World
sites.
This course may be repeated for credit.