Classics, B.A.

Learning Goals

Students will be able to read Greek and/or Latin with good comprehension of content, style, and nuance.
Students will have a clear appreciation of the power of language and of aesthetic issues relating to language.
Students will be able to think critically and write persuasively.
Students will know and understand the origins of key concepts and institutions in Western thought.
Students will have an appreciation of the multicultural nature of classical antiquity as a means to better understand our comparably multicultural world.
Students will acquire facility in interdisciplinary thinking and develop an ability to think outside the boundaries of traditional disciplines.
Students will read and discuss select passages of Vergil's epic Aeneid in the original with attention to content, style, and literary technique.
Students will read and discuss select passages of Homer's epic Iliad and/or Odyssey in the original with attention to content, style, and literary technique.
Students will display both in oral translation and discussion in class as well as in written assignments facility with the works and historical context of at least six different Latin or Greek authors or literary genres.
Students will display facility in Latin prose composition.

Requirements for the Major

Requirements for a major and an example of a typical program of courses are as follows:

Eight, three-credit courses in Latin beyond one year of secondary school Latin or its college equivalent (LT 101 ). Advanced Greek reading courses may be substituted for Latin electives. The Senior Honors Thesis (CL 450 ) is an Honors option available to qualified senior majors. The course involves an independent study and a thesis, and it may be substituted for up to two Latin electives.
Latin Prose Composition (LT 300 ).
Four courses in Greek (typically GK 101 , GK 102 , GK 103 , GK 104 ).

Freshman Year

Fall Term

LT 103 - Intermediate Latin *
HS 100-Level Core Course**
Math/Science Core**
Social Science Core**
Elective

Spring Term

LT 104 - Latin Golden Age Prose and Poetry *
WR 100 - Effective Writing **
Math/Science Core**
Social Science Core**
Elective

Sophomore Year

Fall Term

Spring Term

PL 200-Level Philosophical Perspectives Course**
English Core**
History Core**
Theology Core or
Elective
Latin Elective*

Junior Year

Fall Term

GK 101 - Introductory Greek I *
TH 201 - Introduction to Theology ** or
Elective
Latin Elective
Nondepartmental Elective
Elective

Spring Term

GK 102 - Introductory Greek II *
Theology Core** or
Elective
Latin Elective*
Nondepartmental Elective
Elective

Senior Year

Fall Term

GK 103 - Intermediate Greek *
LT 300 - Latin Prose Composition *
Fine Arts Core**
Latin Elective*
Elective

Spring Term

Ethics Core**
Latin Elective
Nondepartmental Elective
Elective
Elective

GK 104 - Greek Literature *
Ethics Core**
Latin Elective*
Nondepartmental Elective
Elective

Key:

* Required for major. Greek electives may be substituted for Latin electives.
** Terms may be interchanged.

Notes:

Students must complete the diversity core requirement through a designated diversity core, major, or elective course (see Diversity Core Requirement under Curriculum and Policies).