Classical Civilization

Degree Requirements

Students pursuing a MULT concentration in Classical Civilization as a second major or second degree may double count up to 12 sh from other degree programs or Foundations Curriculum requirements. No double counting is allowed if Classical Civilization is the only major of a first degree.

Required Cognates

Foreign Language through level 2004 (12 sh). Take 1001-2004 of the same language from:

  • LATN 1001 Latin Level I
  • LATN 1002 Latin Level II
  • LATN 2003 Latin Level III
  • LATN 2004 Latin Level IV
or
GRK 1001 Ancient Greek Level I
GRK 1002 Ancient Greek Level II
GRK 2003 Ancient Greek Level III
GRK 2004 Ancient Greek Level IV

Requirements in Classical Civilization (30 SH)

Classical History (3 sh)

  • HIST 3405 History of Ancient Greece to 146 BC or
  • HIST 3410 History of Ancient Rome

Classics Seminars (6 sh)

  • CLAS 2220 Great Works of Ancient Literature I: Greece (WI) or
  • CLAS 2230 Great Works of Ancient Literature II: Rome (WI) and
  • CLAS 4000 Seminar in Classical Studies (WI)

Core Courses (6 sh). Additional courses from above (including foreign language) or from the following:

  • CLAS 2000 Intro to Classics: Humanities
  • CLAS 2220 Great Works of Ancient Literature I: Greece
  • CLAS 2230 Great Works of Ancient Literature II: Rome
  • CLAS 2500 Greek Tragedy in Translation
  • GRK 3001 Homer and Hesiod
  • GRK 3002 Age of Herodotus
  • GRK 3330 Greek Prose Composition
  • GRK 3700 Selected Topics in Ancient Greek
  • GRK 4001 Athenian Drama
  • GRK 4002 Classical Greek Prose Authors
  • GRK 4521-2-3 Directed Readings in Greek
  • LATN 3001 Age of Cicero
  • LATN 3002 Age of Augustus
  • LATN 3330 Latin Prose Composition
  • LATN 3700 Selected Topics in Latin
  • LATN 4001 Silver Age Latin Literature
  • LATN 4002 Roman Drama
  • LATN 4521-2-3 Directed Readings in Latin


Electives (15 sh). May be chosen from above or from the following:

  • ANTH 3030 Death and Disease in the Classical World
  • ANTH/RELI 3113 Archaeology of the Old Testament World
  • ANTH/RELI 3114 Archaeology of the New Testament World
  • ANTH 3118 Pyramids, Pharaohs, and Mummies: The Archaeology of Ancient Egypt
  • ARTH 2910 Ancient Art History
  • ARTH 2920 Art of the Middle Ages
  • CLAS 1300 Greek and Latin for Vocabulary Building
  • CLAS 1500 Classical Mythology
  • CLAS/RELI 1600 Greek and Roman Religions
  • CLAS 2400 Women in Classical Antiquity
  • CLAS 3300 Ancient Greek Culture and Civilization
  • CLAS 3400 Roman Culture and Civilization: The Republic
  • CLAS 3405 Roman Culture and Civilization: The Empire
  • CLAS 3410 The Ancient City: Pompeii
  • CLAS 3500 Classical Drama in Performance
  • CLAS 3700 Selected Topics in Classical Studies
  • CLAS 4521-2-3 Directed Readings in Classics in Translation
  • ENGL 3600 Classics from Homer to Dante
  • HIST 3406 War and Society in Ancient Greece and Rome
  • HIST 3412 A History of Christianity to 1300
  • HIST 3415 The Middle Ages
  • HIST 5340 The Ancient Near East
  • HIST 5350 The Renaissance in European History
  • HIST 5505 Maritime History of the Western World to 1415
  • PHIL 1311 Great Philosophers from Antiquity to the Present
  • PHIL 3313 Ancient Philosophy
  • PHIL 3321 Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy
  • RELI 3796 Paul and His Letters
  • RELI 3896 Life and Teachings of Jesus