Ten approved courses. All majors must take at least one course in archaeology and attain at least intermediate proficiency in at least one ancient language. Additional requirements are distributed according to each student's concentration within the major. Students with an interest in teaching in Latin or in graduate studies related to Classics (including Classical archaeology) should choose the Classics concentration. The strong emphasis on ancient languages in the Classics concentration is essential for these goals. The Ancient Cultures concentration is an interdisciplinary program that may be appropriate for students who have other career goals but share an interest in the study of antiquity. The Ancient Cultures concentration also more easily accommodates advanced studies in mathematics and computer science, which are vital to archaeology. In both concentrations, courses at the intermediate 200 level in any ancient language may count among the ten courses. Courses at the introductory 100 level in an ancient language cannot be counted among the ten courses unless it is a student's second ancient language and a student satisfies the requirement for intermediate proficiency in another ancient language.
Classics Concentration of the Ancient Studies Major
Ten courses in the archaeology, literature, and languages of Classical antiquity. At least one must be an appropriate archaeology course. Six courses must be in Latin above the intermediate level (i.e., LAT 300 level or above). The remaining three courses should be chosen from courses in ancient studies that deal with Classical cultures (CLA, LAT, GRK, HON, HIS, PHL, REL).
Ancient Cultures Concentration of the Ancient Studies Major
Ten courses in ancient studies, at least six of which must be at the 300 level or above. At least one must be an archaeology course. The remaining courses may be chosen from any of the groups below. To ensure the interdisciplinary nature of the program, students must take courses from at least three groups. No more than three of these ten courses may be chosen from any one group except in the case of the language group, where no such restriction applies. In addition to achieving intermediate proficiency in at least one ancient language, students must take at least two additional courses in either an ancient language or an appropriate symbolic language. These two courses may be any two advanced courses (above the intermediate level) in the first ancient language; any two courses at any level in a second ancient language; or any two courses in mathematics and/or computer science above MAT 162 (Calculus II) and CSC 120 (Computer Science I). Students who use a symbolic language (mathematics or computer science) instead of an ancient language for this two-course requirement still must take at least ten courses in ancient studies.
Minor in Latin
Students may elect a minor in Latin by taking six courses at LAT 201 level or higher.
Minor in Classical Humanities
Students may elect a minor in Classical Humanities by taking six courses selected from all CLA 201 or higher, GRK 201, GRK 202, and LAT 201 level or higher.
Minor in Ancient Studies
Students may elect a minor in Ancient Studies by taking six courses in ancient studies from any of the groups below with no more than three from any one group unless it is a language group. At least four must be at the 300 level or above.
Courses
Art and Archaeology
CLA 301 Art and Archaeology of Greece
CLA 302 Art and Archaeology of Italy
CLA 303 Pompeii and Herculaneum: Life in the Roman Empire
CLA 304 Etruscan Art and Archaeology
CLA 305 Cleopatra Through Ancient and Modern Eyes
History
HIS 316 The Grandeur That Was Rome: 709 BCE-476 CE
HON 320 The Golden Age of Rome
Language
GRK 101-102 Beginning Ancient Greek
GRK 201-202 Intermediate Ancient Greek
LAT 101-102 Beginning Latin
LAT 201-202 Intermediate Latin
LAT 301 Oratory
LAT 302 Republican Prose
LAT 303 Historiography
LAT 304 Drama
LAT 305 Lyric Poetry
LAT 401 Silver Age Latin
LAT 402 Golden Age Latin
LAT 403 Epic Poetry
LAT 404 Horace
LAT 410 Research Materials and Methods
Literature in Translation
CLA 201 Classical Mythology
CLA 202 Classical Epic: Gods and Heroes in Homer and Virgil
CLA 203 Classical Tragedy
CLA 306 Ancient Medicine in Context
HON 321 Sexuality and Gender in the Ancient World
CLA 493-494 Independent Research in Classics
Philosophy
PHL 401 Ancient Philosophy
PHL 402 Plato and Aristotle
PHL 404 Love and Friendship in the Ancient World
Religion
THE 221 Introduction to the New Testament
THE 211 Hebrew Bible
REL 251 Religions of Ancient India
THE 323 The Psalms
REL 212 Israelite Religion
REL 321 Origins of Law & the Bible
REL 322 Myth and History in the Bible
REL 382 Women and Religion in the Ancient World
REL 381 Apocalypticism in the Ancient World
THE 322 Letters of Paul
THE 321 Synoptic Gospels
REL 335 Christian Origins