Classics Major: requirements

Latin

Learning outcomes

  • Demonstrate knowledge of Latin language and literature
  • Identify and analyze characteristics of different types of texts and other primary evidence
  • Situate evidence about critical concepts, sites, events, and figures within their own historical and cultural context, and in connection or contrast with the contemporary world
  • Synthesize and evaluate arguments from secondary scholarship, and compose sustained, evidence-based written work
  • Discuss the goals, methods, and disciplinary history of Classical studies

Requirements: 

  • LATIN 1205 or 2201;
  • five courses in Latin numbered 2202 and above; at least three of them must be at the 3000-level;
  • three CLASS courses.

Latin Major Requirements Form

Greek

Learning outcomes

  • Demonstrate knowledge of Greek language and literature
  • Identify and analyze characteristics of different types of texts and other primary evidence
  • Situate evidence about critical concepts, sites, events, and figures within their own historical and cultural context, and in connection or contrast with the contemporary world
  • Synthesize and evaluate arguments from secondary scholarship, and compose sustained, evidence-based written work
  • Discuss the goals, methods, and disciplinary history of Classical studies

Requirements: 

  • Greek 2101;
  • five courses in Greek numbered 2102 or above; at least three of them must be at the 3000-level;
  • three CLASS courses.

Greek Major Requirements Form

Classics (combined Latin and Greek emphases)

Learning outcomes

  • Demonstrate knowledge of Greek and Latin languages and literatures
  • Identify and analyze characteristics of different types of texts and other primary evidence
  • Situate evidence about critical concepts, sites, events, and figures within their own historical and cultural context, and in connection or contrast with the contemporary world
  • Synthesize and evaluate arguments from secondary scholarship, and compose sustained, evidence-based written work
  • Discuss the goals, methods, and disciplinary history of Classical studies

Requirements: 

  • six courses in Greek and Latin numbered 2101 or above with a minimum of two 3000-level courses in one language and one 3000-level course in the other;
  • three CLASS courses.

Classics Major Requirements Form

Classical Civilization

Learning outcomes

  • Situate evidence about critical concepts, sites, events, and figures within their own historical and cultural context, and in connection or contrast with the contemporary world
  • Synthesize and evaluate arguments from secondary scholarship, and compose sustained, evidence-based written work
  • Discuss the goals, methods, and disciplinary history of Classical studies

Requirements: 

  • two courses in ancient history;
  • two courses in classical art or archaeology;
  • two courses on ancient literature in translation;
  • four additional CLASS courses.

Students are encouraged to take at least some courses in Greek and/or Latin, though this is not required.

Classical Civilization Major Requirements Form

Seminar Paper

For all tracks, one course must yield a seminar paper whose minimum length is either 3000 words or 10 double-spaced pages in 12-point font, to be completed by the end of the first semester of your senior year and approved by the DUS. Please consult your advisor or the DUS for information on qualifying courses.

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