Program: Egyptology Minor - The American University in Cairo

Apr 01, 2025

2016-2017 Academic Catalog

Egyptology is the science and study of Ancient Egypt, including the different aspects of its material and nonmaterial culture. The minor in Egyptology is designed to provide students with a substantive introduction to Ancient Egyptian civilization through the study of its history, art and architecture, religion and literature.

Requirements (15 credits):

All three of the following:

EGPT 343/3211 - History of Ancient Egypt I: Pre-Dynastic Through Middle Kingdom Egypt (3 cr.)
EGPT 344/3212 - History of Ancient Egypt II: Middle Kingdom through Ptolemaic Egypt (3 cr.)
EGPT 304/5100 - Culture and Society of Ancient Egypt (3 cr.)

Two from among the following

EGPT 250/2250 - Ancient Egyptian Literature in Translation (3 cr.)
EGPT 253/2251 - Hieroglyphics I (3 cr.)
EGPT 254/2252 - Hieroglyphics II (3 cr.)
EGPT 361/3201 - Art and Architecture of Ancient Egypt I (3 cr.)
EGPT 362/3202 - Art and Architecture of Ancient Egypt II (3 cr.)
EGPT 440/4040 - Ancient Egyptian Religion and Ethics (3 cr.)

Requirements (15 credits):

All three of the following:

Two from among the following

AUC New Cairo Campus

AUC Tahrir Square Campus

New York