Studying at the University of Verona

Here you can find information on the organisational aspects of the Programme, lecture timetables, learning activities and useful contact details for your time at the University, from enrolment to graduation.

Study Plan

A.A. 2024/2025 A.A. 2023/2024 A.A. 2022/2023 A.A. 2021/2022 A.A. 2020/2021 A.A. 2019/2020 A.A. 2018/2019 A.A. 2017/2018 A.A. 2016/2017 A.A. 2015/2016 A.A. 2014/2015 A.A. 2013/2014 A.A. 2012/2013 A.A. 2011/2012 A.A. 2010/2011 A.A. 2009/2010 A.A. 2008/2009

This information is intended exclusively for students already enrolled in this course.
If you are a new student interested in enrolling, you can find information about the course of study on the course page:

Laurea in Lettere - Enrollment from 2025/2026

The Study Plan includes all modules, teaching and learning activities that each student will need to undertake during their time at the University.
Please select your Study Plan based on your enrollment year.

CURRICULUM TIPO:

1° Year 

ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
12
A
L-FIL-LET/10
12
A
L-LIN/01
12
A
M-GGR/01 ,M-STO/02
6
A
L-FIL-LET/12
One course to be chosen among the following
12
B
L-ANT/07
12
B
L-ART/03
12
B
L-ART/01
12
B
L-ART/02
Foreign language B1 (CB Test)
3
E
-
3
E
-
3
E
-
3
E
-
3
E
-
3
F
-
3
F
-

2° Year   activated in the A.Y. 2016/2017

ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
6
A
M-GGR/01
6
A
L-FIL-LET/04
One course to be chosen among the following
6
B
L-FIL-LET/05
6
B
L-LIN/01
6
B
L-LIN/01
6
B
L-FIL-LET/04
6
B
L-FIL-LET/08
2 course to be chosen among the following
6
A
M-DEA/01
6
A
M-FIL/07
6
A
M-FIL/06
6
A
M-STO/06
6
A
M-STO/05
6
A
M-STO/07
2 course to be chosen among the following
12
B
M-STO/04
12
B
M-STO/02
12
B
L-ANT/02
12
B
L-OR/01
12
B
M-STO/01
12
B
L-ANT/03
3
F
INF/01

3° Year   activated in the A.Y. 2017/2018

ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
12
B
L-FIL-LET/10
One course to be chosen among the following
6
B
L-FIL-LET/14
6
B
L-LIN/10
6
B
L-LIN/03
6
B
L-LIN/13
6
B
L-FIL-LET/11
6
B
L-LIN/05
3 course to be chosen among the following
6
C
L-ANT/02
6
C
M-STO/08
6
C
M-STO/04
6
C
M-STO/02
6
C
SECS-P/12
6
C
L-FIL-LET/02
6
C
L-FIL-LET/02
6
C
L-ART/06
6
C
L-ART/02
6
C
L-ART/07
6
C
L-ART/07
6
C
SPS/03
6
C
M-STO/02
6
C
L-ART/05
6
C
L-ANT/03
6
C
M-STO/09
6
C
M-STO/01
6
C
M-STO/04
6
C
L-ANT/01
6
C
L-ANT/01
6
C
M-STO/02
6
C
L-ANT/03
6
C
SPS/08
6
C
L-ART/03
6
C
M-STO/05
6
E
-
activated in the A.Y. 2016/2017
ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
6
A
M-GGR/01
6
A
L-FIL-LET/04
One course to be chosen among the following
6
B
L-FIL-LET/05
6
B
L-LIN/01
6
B
L-LIN/01
6
B
L-FIL-LET/04
6
B
L-FIL-LET/08
2 course to be chosen among the following
6
A
M-DEA/01
6
A
M-FIL/07
6
A
M-FIL/06
6
A
M-STO/06
6
A
M-STO/05
6
A
M-STO/07
2 course to be chosen among the following
12
B
M-STO/04
12
B
M-STO/02
12
B
L-ANT/02
12
B
L-OR/01
12
B
M-STO/01
12
B
L-ANT/03
3
F
INF/01
Modules Credits TAF SSD
Between the years: 1°- 2°- 3°
12
D
-
Between the years: 1°- 2°- 3°
Other activitites
6
F
-

Legend | Type of training activity (TTA)

TAF (Type of Educational Activity) All courses and activities are classified into different types of educational activities, indicated by a letter.

A Basic activities
B Characterizing activities
C Related or complementary activities
D Activities to be chosen by the student
E Final examination
F Other training activities
S Placements in companies, public or private institutions and professional associations
iIntroductory
padvanced
mMasterful

History of the Ancient Near East (i+p) (2016/2017)

Teaching code

4S02202

Credits

12

Coordinator

Simonetta Ponchia

Language

Italian

Also offered in courses:

MoodleMoodle Seminars 0

The teaching is organized as follows:

I MODULO PARTE (I)

Credits

6

Period

Sem. IA (31.10.16 sosp.lezioni), Sem. IB

Academic staff

Simonetta Ponchia

II MODULO PARTE (P)

Credits

6

Period

Sem. IIA

Academic staff

Simonetta Ponchia

Learning outcomes

The course aims at providing a basic knowledge of the cultures, geographical environment and main historical phases and events of the ancient Near East, knowledge of the main historical sources concerning the periods treated and of the methods for their analysis; knowledge of main and recent approaches to the study of Near Eastern history and of basic bibliographical tools. The second part of the course (p) is aimed at an in-depth study of specific sectors of the history of the ancient Near East and related sources, to provide the knowledge of specific bibliographical and analytical tools framed in an integrated approach combining historical, philological and archaeological data and methods.

Program

The course (i+p) is aimed at providing a comprehensive view of the history of the ancient Near East from prehistory to the first millennium BC. The first part (course i) is general in character and considers the major historical periodizations of Syro-Mesopotamian history, especially from the beginning of urban civilization to the Middle Babylonian period. Focus of the course (p) are the relationships between East and West in the II and I millennium BC, i.e.: a) the relations between II millennium Near Eastern imperial organizations, the Levant and the Aegean area during Mycenaean and Minoic periods; b) the end of the Bronze Age and related problems; c) the development of new relationships in the I millennium BC: Assyrian imperial expansion in Anatolia and the Levant, diffusion and circulation of persons, goods, artistic objects, styles, and ideas in the eastern Mediterranean and Aegean areas as far as western Mediterranean shores.

Examination Methods

oral exam
Reference books: part (i) M. Liverani, Antico Oriente. Storia, società economia, Roma-Bari (Laterza), 2011; S. de Martino (a cura di), Storia dell’Europa e del Mediterraneo. Il mondo antico. Vol. II: Le civiltà dell’Oriente mediterraneo, Salerno editrice, Roma 2006.
part (p): in addition to the books indicated above, the following one is considered J. Aruz, S.B. Graff, Y. Rakic (eds), Assyria to Iberia at the Dawn of the Classical Age, New York 2014; other materials will be indicated during the lessons.

Students with disabilities or specific learning disorders (SLD), who intend to request the adaptation of the exam, must follow the instructions given HERE