About the Program
Archaeology, Technology and Historical Structures
Information about the Program
This innovative multidisciplinary program studies the establishment and evolution of technological, architectural, and engineering practices and their relationship to the ancient and pre-industrial societies and cultures, which technology and engineering helped create and sustain. Assuming a global perspective, the program integrates material from several disciplines in engineering and the natural sciences, the humanities, and the social sciences. Students learn to apply engineering, archaeological, architectural, and historical methodologies to explore the creation of artifacts, buildings, and infrastructural systems within and across societies and cultures from the first millennium B.C. to the eighteenth century. A prominent feature of the program is undergraduate research under the aegis of both the University of Rochester and prestigious foreign academic institutions to address issues of interpretation, conservation, and restoration of the world’s cultural heritage.
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Special Features of the Program
- Multidisciplinary and interdepartmental
- Integration of archaeology, architecture, classics, art history, history of technology, and engineering
- Study on location and study abroad opportunities
- Major and minor
- Research with faculty leading to Senior Thesis
- Global perspective across societies and cultures
- Collaboration with prestigious foreign academic institutions
- New and unique academic program at the national level
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Archaeology, Technology and
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ATHS Courses
FOUNDATION COURSES – Students in the major program must take three foundation courses – one course from engineering (either ME104Q or ME106), one from architecture (either AH107 or AH243), and one from archaeology (either CLA220 or CLA221). The minor requires only two foundation courses, one of which must be from engineering (either ME104Q or ME106) and the other may be from architecture or archaeology (AH107, AH243, CLA220, CLA221).
CORE COURSES – Depending on their program, students in the major take three or four core courses selected from the four cores: Engineering; Archaeology and Architecture; History; and Science, Technology and Society. Foundation courses not taken for the foundation requirement can be used as core courses. For Track A Majors taking four core courses, at least three courses must be chosen from the same core. For Track B Majors taking three core courses, at least two core courses must be chosen from the same core. The minor program requires two core courses, which may be selected from different cores.
ELECTIVE COURSES – Depending on their program, students in the major take three or four elective courses, which must be selected from the list of electives or from the list of core courses. The minor may include a single elective, or two depending on their program.
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ATHS Courses Offered in Summer and Fall 2013
SUMMER 2013
Core courses:
Bermuda: May 25 – June 30
HIS 299 – Field Research Methods
HIS 399 – Advanced Field Research Methods
Contact: Professor Michael Jarvis
Italy, Torano: San Martino Archaeological Field School – July 12 – August 11
CLA 299/REL 299 – Field Methods in Archaeology
Contact: Professor Elizabeth Colantoni
FALL 2013
Foundation courses:
ME 104Q/EAS 104 – The Engineering of Bridges (TR 940-1055)
AH 188 – Cities and Architecture in pre-Columbian Mesoamerica and the Andes (MW 1400-1515)
Core courses:
ME 104Q/EAS 104 – The Engineering of Bridges (TR 940-1055)
CLA 204W – Building Engineering and Society in Antiquity (TR 1105-1220)
AH 106/CLA 200/HIS 200/REL 200 - Introduction to Archaeology (TR 1230-1345)
AH 114/SA 114 – Creating Architecture (M 1650-1930)
AH 201 – Hispanic Architecture in the Viceroyalty of Peru (MW 1650-1805)
CLA 115 – Roman World (TR 1650-1805)
PHL 201 – History of Ancient Philosophy (TR 1525-1640)
HIS 102 – The West and the World to 1500 (MWF 1100-1150)
HIS 135 – Historical Origins of Modern Astronomy (TR 940-1055)
IT 223/AH 226/ CLA 223 – Monuments of Ancient Italy (taught in Arezzo, Italy)
Elective courses:
ME 110 – Introduction to CAD and Drawing (T 1525-1640)
ME 120 – Engineering Mechanics: Statics (TR 1230-1345)
ME 121 – Engineering Mechanics: Dynamics (TR 1105-1220)
ME 204 – Mechanical Design (MW 1650-1805)
ME 225/PHY 255 – Introduction to Fluid Mechanics (MWF 900-950)
AH 137 – Introduction to Modern Architecture (TR 940-1055)
IT 244/ AH 244 – Art, Architecture, and Literature in the Age of Dante and Beyond (taught in Arezzo, Italy)
AH 274/AH 474 – Cultural History of American Architecture (MW 1400-1515)
SA 131 – Introductory 3D (TR 1400-1640)
EES 204/EES 204W – Mineralogy (TR 940-1055)
EES 211 – Geohazards and their Mitigation: Living on an Active Planet (TR 940-1055)
LAT 102 – Elementary Latin II (MWF 1200-1250)
CGR 101 – New Testament and Classical Greek I (MWF 1400-1515)
CGR 103 – Intermediate Greek I (TR 1230-1345)
