Classics Majors: 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 at the 2000-level or above.

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 at the 2000-level or above.

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 at the 2000-level or above.

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 at the 2000-level or above.

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 3000 words (approx. 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. This must be a research paper which presents the student’s own sustained, evidence-based argument and demonstrates an ability to synthesize and evaluate arguments from secondary scholarship. If you have any questions about whether a particular paper is suitable, you should consult with your advisor and the DUS.

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