Modern cinema often shapes our understanding of the past – both good and bad. But just how historically accurate are our favorite films? Are modern directors more interested in wowing audiences with over-the-top theatrics and CGI effect instead of portraying a historically-accurate account of the ancient world? Are you not entertained!?

This summer, ANCS 350 – The Ancient World in Modern Film explores the way in which modern films interpret and represent ancient Greece and Rome to modern audiences. By comparing source materials (many of which were popular entertainment in their own day) with their film counterparts, students will gain a better understanding of the creative choices made by artists inspired by the past, and explore how we too might use history to inspire art.

Films covered will include Prince of Egypt, Clash of the Titans (1981), 300, Quo Vadis, Gladiator, and the Japanese film Thermae Romae.

ANCS 350 is a six-week hybrid course offered during Summer Session II.

Register Now

The 9th annual FORBES Top Colleges list recognizes UMBC as one of the nation’s top 100 public colleges and universities.

UMBC ranks #6 among mid-sized public colleges in the northeast, a list led by the U.S. Military Academy and U.S. Naval Academy, and #126 of all leading northeast colleges, including both public and private institutions. FORBES has also named UMBC #134 on its list of top research universities nationwide.

The Top Colleges ranking “is our answer to the debate over whether higher education is worth it,” writes Caroline Howard for FORBES. She says, “For these outstanding institutions, we give a resounding yes.”

This ranking includes 660 top U.S. colleges and universities, and focuses specifically on what students are getting out of college. It includes measures of post-graduate success, student debt, student satisfaction, graduation rate, and academic success.

Several prominent rankings have featured UMBC in 2016, including Time Higher Education naming UMBC one of the world’s top universities for the fifth time in April 2016.

UMBC has also been featured this year in Princeton Review’s 2016 “Colleges that Pay You Back” and the 2017 Fiske Guide to Colleges. Describing what makes UMBC distinctive, the Fiske Guide notes: “Students here are given access to academic and social resources usually reserved for those attending mammoth public institutions or pricey private colleges.”

• Call the Technology Support Center (TSC) at 410-455-3838
• Walk into the TSC on the first floor of the Albin O. Kuhn Library
• File a ticket by clicking the Help tab on myUMBC (above!), then clicking on a relevant link under Computing & Technology