Classical Studies: Classics

Hours	51 - 67 Credit Hours
MAP	Major Academic Plan

Program Requirements

Emphasizes Greek and Latin literature and language, with some work in Classical Civilization.

It is strongly recommended that StDev 317, a 1-credit-hour course, be taken at the end of the sophomore year or the beginning of the junior year. Because liberal arts degrees provide preparation in a variety of useful fields rather than a single career track, this course is recommended to help liberal arts students focus on specific educational and occupational goals and to identify the career options or educational opportunities available to them. The course will introduce them to the resources needed for accessing information about graduate schools, internships, careers, and career development. Students will learn basic employment strategies, including the steps necessary for obtaining employment related to their own specialty.

requirement 1 Complete 1 course

HCOLL 110 - Introduction to the College of Humanities 2.0v

requirement 2 Complete 1 course

CL CV 110 - Introduction to Greek and Roman Literature 3.0

CL CV 201 - The Classical Tradition 1: Antiquity to the Renaissance 3.0

CL CV 241 - Greek and Roman Mythology 3.0

requirement 3 Complete 5 courses

Greek courses (note: Greek 101, 102 may be waived with equivalent language experience):

GREEK 101 - First-Year Greek (First Semester) 4.0

GREEK 102 - First-Year Greek (Second Semester) 4.0

GREEK 201 - Intermediate Greek 4.0

GREEK 301 - Classical Greek Poetry: Homer's Iliad 3.0

GREEK 302 - Classical Greek Prose 3.0

requirement 4 Complete 1 option

Latin courses (note: Latin 101, 102 or 111 may be waived with equivalent language experience):

option 4.1 Complete 2 courses

LATIN 101 - First-Year Latin (First Semester) 4.0

LATIN 102 - First-Year Latin (Second Semester) 4.0

option 4.2 Complete 1 course

LATIN 111 - Beginning Latin Accelerated 5.0

requirement 5 Complete 3 courses

LATIN 201 - Intermediate Latin 4.0

LATIN 301 - Classical Latin Poetry 3.0

LATIN 302 - Classical Latin Prose 3.0

In both languages the 302 course is the prerequisite for all 400-level prose courses in the same language and the 301 course is the prerequisite for all 400-level poetry courses in the same language. Concurrent enrollment will be permitted only in rare and special cases and must have the approval both of the classics section head and of the instructor of the 400-level course concerned.

requirement 6 Complete 1 course

CL CV 245 - Golden Age of Greece 3.0

CL CV 246 - Golden Age of Rome 3.0

Complete IHum 311: Advanced Writing in Comparative Arts and Humanities or another GE-approved Advanced Written and Oral Communication course.

requirement 7 Complete 4 courses

CL CV 304 - (Cl Cv-Hist 247) Greek History 3.0

CL CV 307 - (ClCv-Hist 248) Roman History 3.0

CLSCS 297 - Pro-Seminar in Classical Studies 2.0

CLSCS 497 - Exit Examination in Classical Literature 1.0

requirement 8 Complete 1 course

GREEK 401 - Greek Prose Composition 3.0

LATIN 401 - Latin Prose Composition 3.0

requirement 9 Complete 9.0 hours from the following option(s)

Complete three additional courses (at least one Greek and one Latin) from the following:

option 9.1 Complete up to 9.0 hours from the following course(s)

GREEK 401 - Greek Prose Composition 3.0

GREEK 411R - Apostolic Fathers 3.0

GREEK 411R - Pauline Epistles 3.0

GREEK 411R - New Testament Apocrypha 3.0

GREEK 411R - Pre-Nicene Fathers 3.0

GREEK 411R - Synoptic Gospels 3.0

GREEK 411R - Apocalypse 3.0

GREEK 411R - Greek New Testament and Early Christian Greek Texts 3.0

GREEK 411R - Post-Nicene Fathers 3.0

GREEK 411R - Luke-Acts 3.0

GREEK 411R - Johannine Writings 3.0

GREEK 430 - Herodotus 3.0

GREEK 431 - Homer's Odyssey 3.0

GREEK 433 - Thucydides 3.0

GREEK 434 - Sophocles and Euripides 3.0

GREEK 435 - Greek Lyric Poetry 3.0

GREEK 436 - Plato 3.0

GREEK 437 - Attic Orators 3.0

GREEK 490R - Topics in Greek Literature 3.0v

LATIN 401 - Latin Prose Composition 3.0

LATIN 411R - Latin Vulgate and Early Christian Latin Texts 3.0

LATIN 430 - Livy 3.0

LATIN 431 - Vergil 3.0

LATIN 432 - Ovid 3.0

LATIN 433 - Cicero 3.0

LATIN 434 - Plautus and Terence 3.0

LATIN 435 - Catullus 3.0

LATIN 436 - Tragedy and Epic of the Early Empire 3.0

LATIN 437 - The Latin Epistle 3.0

LATIN 438 - Horace 3.0

LATIN 439 - Tacitus 3.0

LATIN 440 - Roman Satire 3.0

LATIN 441 - Medieval Latin 3.0

LATIN 490R - Topics in Latin Literature 3.0v

option 9.2 Complete up to 9.0 hours from the following course(s)

CL CV 340R - Topics in Classical Literature and Civilization 3.0

CLSCS 420 - Ancient Literary Criticism 3.0

CLSCS 430R - (Clscs-Hist) Topics in Greek and Roman History 3.0

You may take up to 6 credit hours.

CLSCS 490R - Seminar in Classics 3.0

You may take up to 6 credit hours.

Note: Greek 411R, Latin 411R, and Cl Cv 340R may be counted only once each toward major requirements.

Program Outcomes

Mechanics of the Greek and Latin languages

With minimal and informed recourse to dictionaries, grammars, commentaries, and other translation aids, students will be able to read and comprehend the prose and poetry of Classical Greek and Latin authors. For example, they will be able to read and comprehend the writings of Caesar, Xenophon, Cicero, Plato, Homer, Vergil, and other Greek and Latin authors of comparable difficulty. Students will be able to compose Greek and/or Latin sentences and paragraphs in imitation of the style of Classical Greek and Latin masters.

Interpretation and analysis of Greek and Latin texts

Students will demonstrate their ability to write analytical papers or the equivalent that apply close readings to Classical literary texts to develop and clearly express original interpretations of these texts.

Understanding and contextualizing Classical cultures

Students will demonstrate a broad knowledge and comprehension of the history, literature, philosophy, and visual arts of Greece from the Mycenaean civilization through the Hellenistic Age, and of Rome from the Regal Period to the decline of the Empire.

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