Ancient and Classical History

Overview

This graduate certificate in Ancient and Classical History at American Public University System program emphasizes the medieval world in light of the changing social, political, and religious environments that led to the Renaissance. The growth of humanism, art, sculpture, architecture, market economies, city-states and monarchies of the Holy Roman Empire, and religious upheavals of Protestantism, Anabaptists, and Catholic Reformation are examined. 

Program Objectives:

• Explain and critique Ancient Greece’s political, economic, social, and intellectual movements.

• Explain and critique Roman history from its beginnings until the Age of Constantine, including the political and social developments in the Republic and the early empire.

• Examine and appraise great Byzantium leaders, the spread of Christianity throughout the Roman Empire, the recapture of Constantinople from the crusaders, and the impact of Byzantium culture on Western intellect.

• Explain and assess European social, political, economic, and religious institutions and cultural and intellectual phenomena in the light of the changing historical environment from the end of the Ancient World to the Renaissance.

• Explain and assess the medieval church and rise of the Renaissance papacy; growth of humanism, including painters, architects, and sculptors; city-states and monarchies of the Holy Roman Empire; religious upheavals of Protestantism; Anabaptists; and the Catholic Reformation.