The graduate departments of Classical Studies , History of Art, and Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations at the University of Toronto offer a rich interdisciplinary program in Ancient Studies at the M.A. and Ph.D. levels. The departments contribute courses and provide facilities and supervision for graduate research.
Students register in one of the participating departments.
The faculty in the three departments cover a broad spectrum of Ancient, Mediterranean and Mesopotamian cultures. Classical Studies and the History of Art together are concerned with the cultures of the Bronze Age Aegean and the Greco-Roman world. Classics , with over twenty graduate faculty, offers a full range of courses in Greek and Roman history, language, and literature. The History of Art Department, with a graduate staff of four in the Ancient field, includes the art and archaeology of the Aegean Bronze Age through the Greek and Roman periods. Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations includes the archaeology, languages, and literature of Egypt, Syria-Palestine and Eastern Asia.