Major & Minor Requirements

Note: This page is designed to assist students, faculty, and advisors by providing degree requirements and recommendations in an easy-to-use format. The course catalogue remains the official source of degree requirements -- please report any discrepancies with this page to the department chair.  

Major Requirements

 A minimum of eight courses, including:

• Three course credits in either Latin or Greek at or above the 200 level
• Two course credits in Greek and Roman literature in English translation selected from:
  • Classical Mythology (CLA 216)
  • Masterpieces of Greek and Roman Theatre (CLA 364)
  • Epic Tradition (CLA 372)
  • Love and Sexuality in Greece and Rome (CLA 373)
• Three course credits in related areas selected from:
  
  • Greek and Hellenistic Art (ART 251)
  • Etruscan and Roman Art (ART 252)
  • Women in Antiquity (CLA 264)
  • Greek Archaeology (CLA 381)
  • Roman Archaeology (CLA 382)
  • Rome from Vergil to St. Augustine (HIS 202)
  • Ancient Philosophy (PHI 302 )
  • Jesus in the Gospels (REL 251)
  • Epistles of Paul (REL 252)
  • Christian Foundations (REL 353)
  • Tragedy Then and Now: Greek Tragedy and Contemporary Reworkings (THE 341)
   
• NOTES:
  
  • A term of independent research is highly recommended
  • With the permission of the major advisor, relevant courses from other departments may be counted toward the major.

Minor Requirements

A minimum of five course credits which include:

• Two courses in either Latin or Greek at or above the 200 level
• One course credit in Greek and Roman literature in English translation
• Two other courses approved for the Classical Studies major