ANES Major and Minor Experiential Learning Funds
Experiential Learning
- Jerusalem Center: Many of our students choose to participate in a semester at the BYU Jerusalem Center for Near Eastern Studies. This is BYU’s home base for study in the Holy Land and offers a remarkable opportunity for Ancient Near Eastern Studies students to visit and experience the sites and artifacts that are central to the major program. See the BYU Jerusalem Center page for more program information.
Archaeological Field Schools: For students interested in archaeology, there are a number of possibilities for participation in an archaeological field school. Any one of these experiences will help students to gain important knowledge and skills, such as learning the history of the ancient Near East from the material culture, learning archaeological techniques and their application, gaining active experience on an archaeological excavation, etc.
- Ataruz: There is an archaeological field school conducted annually at Ataruz, Jordan. Dr. Aaron Schade (Ancient Scripture) is the contact person for this field school: aaron_schade@byu.edu
- Petra: There is an archaeological field school conducted annually at Petra, Jordan. Dr. Cynthia Finlayson (Anthropology) is the contact person for this field school: calderfin@byu.onmicrosoft.com
- As other archaeological opportunities present themselves, they will be added to our website.
- Study Abroad—“Babylon to Berlin”: For students who are interested in encountering and learning about artifacts and material culture of the ancient world as they are represented in the museums of Europe, the “Babylon to Berlin” study abroad was created to give students the opportunity to visit a wide variety of European sites and museums where such objects have been collected and are displayed. This study abroad is offered every 2 to 3 years. To see if it is currently being offered, see the Find Your Program page. This program will be announced to all ANES students whenever it is being offered.
Experiential Learning Funds
Every year, we receive funds from BYU to support students in the major and minor in experiential learning opportunities (which may fund Ancient Near Eastern Studies sponsored or endorsed study abroad programs, internships, other study/research opportunities, etc.). If interested, please fill out an application below.
Please Note—it is best to submit an application for experiential learning funding in January of each calendar year, but students may submit an application for funding at any time throughout the year. Because allocations of funding occur during winter semester each year, it is advantageous to submit an application early in the year, even for an opportunity that you are not sure that you will actually do. Applications received later in the year will have to compete for smaller amounts of available money.
To apply for this funding, please click the ‘Apply Now’ button found below.