Undergraduate Program
There are no prerequisites, but students are encouraged to learn German or French early in their college careers because so much of the scholarly literature is written in these languages.
The core of the B.A. program in Egyptology is two years of instruction in Middle Egyptian plus a senior seminar. In addition to these five courses, four courses must be taken from related offerings in other phases of the language or in lecture courses. Three programs to choose from are:
- Egyptian Language and Literature
- Egyptian Civilization
- Egyptian History
To request more information about the college, visit the admissions office .
The ancient Egyptians defined their country as the fertile land around the Nile river. Egypt rarely received any rain, and the fertility of the soil was due almost entirely to the annual flood of the Nile that provided an approximately two-mile-wide strip of land on either side of the river with the water and organic nutrients necessary for agriculture.