AMS 110Pathways to Cultural Knowledge I
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- AMS
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- 2026
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- catalog.rhodes.edu
Rhodes College · Courses
AMS
19 courses with the subject AMS, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
AMS 210Pathways to Cultural Knowledge III
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- AMS
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- 2026
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- catalog.rhodes.edu
AMS 220Cultural Knowledge and Icelandic Identity4
Credits: Students who have completed the first two courses of an F1 sequence at Rhodes will be well aware that as societies inherit and then redefine their own cultural realities, they also accumulate selective knowledge that must then be transmitted usefully and memorably to others-whether through oral, written, or material means. This course is meant to build upon students’ previous examinations of value, meaning, and cultural transmission as we investigate how Icelandic identity has evolved over the last millennium via its interactions with the diverse religious, political, philosophical, and environmental perspectives emerging throughout Europe and beyond. Although today it is perhaps best known for the spectacular and sometimes unpredictable geological features that earn the country its nickname as the “Land of Fire and Ice,” Iceland also has a rich cultural history that extends back more than a thousand years. But as remote as the island has often seemed to its own inhabitants and especially to outsiders, never did Iceland’s literature, religion, or politics exist in isolation from what was occurring elsewhere in the world. Instead, Iceland’s cultural traditions both reflected and affected the practices occurring on the global stage more broadly. In this five-week course, three weeks of which will be spent in Iceland itself, we will explore a great variety of Icelandic literature and art, examine historical artifacts and communication mediums from several different periods, and most importantly inhabit many of the same geographical spaces and geological landscapes in which the Icelanders forged their traditions and value systems. Our goal will thus be to learn as much as we can about the cultural history of Iceland’s people in order to understand what forces have shaped Icelandic identity over the ages-and also how that evolving identity has been complicated by outsiders often having a different view from the Icelanders themselves about what they found most meaningful.
- Subject
- AMS
- Credits (min)
- 4
- Credits (max)
- 4
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026
- Source
- catalog.rhodes.edu
AMS 225History of Ancient and Medieval Medicine4
Credits: In this survey course, students will be introduced to the theories and practices of ancient and medieval medicine in the West, beginning with its origins in the Near East, Egypt and Greece and then tracing its development in Rome and Europe of the Middle Ages. Through lecture and discussion of primary source documents, students will be exposed to a vast body of literature and evidence (both written and artistic) on some of the most important subjects in the field of medicine, ranging from the diagnosis and treatment of various diseases and ailments to the study of epidemics and particular subfields of medicine, including mental health, gynecology and obstetrics, and even veterinarian science. Particular attention will be paid to ethics and professional conduct, including oaths, the rise of specialized healing spaces, such as sanctuaries and hospitals, and controversial topics like eugenics, infanticide, abortion.
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- AMS
- Credits (min)
- 4
- Credits (max)
- 4
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026
- Source
- catalog.rhodes.edu
AMS 240Language Acquisition and Pedagogy
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- AMS
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- 2026
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- catalog.rhodes.edu
AMS 250Serving Gods: Religion in Ancient Greece and Rome
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- AMS
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- 2026
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- catalog.rhodes.edu
AMS 255Myth in Ancient Greece and Rome
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- AMS
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- 2026
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- catalog.rhodes.edu
AMS 260Poetry and Performance
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- AMS
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- 2026
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- catalog.rhodes.edu
AMS 270Ancient Political Economy
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- AMS
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- 2026
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- catalog.rhodes.edu
AMS 275Introduction to Classical Studies
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- AMS
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- 2026
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- catalog.rhodes.edu
AMS 280African Receptions of Greek and Roman Poetry4
Credits: This course will study how artists of the African Diaspora have translated, adapted, and re-envisioned the poetic works from the Greek- and Latin-speaking cultures of antiquity as vehicles to express their individual views, illuminate aspects of their cultures, and comment on the concerns and conflicts within their own communities and between their communities and external forces.
- Subject
- AMS
- Credits (min)
- 4
- Credits (max)
- 4
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026
- Source
- catalog.rhodes.edu
AMS 283Introduction to Study in Europe, the Mediterranean, and the Near East
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- AMS
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- 2026
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- catalog.rhodes.edu
AMS 285Classical Myth and Its Reception in Modern Film4
Credits: This course focuses on the close reading of mythological texts from ancient Greece and Rome, with particular attention to their specific literary qualities and linguistic art. The course also employs reception studies as a means of literary interpretation. How do modern films understand and make use of our mythological inheritance, both explicitly and implicitly, in whole or in part? Students will emerge from the course as critical, sensitive readers and viewers possessing refined analytical skills and a heightened awareness of the power of language.
- Subject
- AMS
- Credits (min)
- 4
- Credits (max)
- 4
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026
- Source
- catalog.rhodes.edu
- Prerequisite
- Successful completion of or concurrent enrollment in HUM 101/102, or consent of instructor.
AMS 290The Fall of the Roman Empire
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- AMS
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- 2026
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- catalog.rhodes.edu
AMS 305Travel-Study in Europe, the Mediterranean, and the Near East
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- AMS
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- 2026
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- catalog.rhodes.edu
AMS 320Introduction to Historical Linguistics4
Credits: This course serves as an introduction to historical linguistics, the study of language change over time. Course topics will include fundamental aspects of linguistic variation and evolution (such as phonology, morphology, syntax, and semantics) as well as techniques (for instance, the comparative method and historical reconstruction) for exploring these processes of change. Additionally, we will examine how issues of geography, dialect, and technology all act as influences that have promoted or inhibited language change historically and continue to do so in our world today.
- Subject
- AMS
- Credits (min)
- 4
- Credits (max)
- 4
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026
- Source
- catalog.rhodes.edu
- Prerequisite
- LANG 280 or ENGL 315 or prior fulfillment of the F10 requirement
AMS 361GIS and Mediterranean Archaeology
ASIA/URBN 367: Mapping Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Oral Histories and Geographies in Memphis: GIS and Public Storytelling
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- AMS
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- course
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- 2026-2027
- Source
- www.rhodes.edu
AMS 474Introduction to Senior Seminar
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- AMS
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- 2026
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- catalog.rhodes.edu
AMS 476Senior Seminar: Dissemination
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- AMS
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- 2026
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- catalog.rhodes.edu
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