BA in Classical Studies: Classics Emphasis (47–63 hours*)

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

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1. Complete one course from the following:
   CL CV 110 : Introduction to Greek and Roman Literature. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   CL CV 110 : Introduction to Greek and Roman Literature. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	F, W
   DESCRIPTION:	Homer's Iliad, Sophocles' Oedipus the King, Vergil's Aeneid, and other important works of the Greeks and Romans.
   NOTE:	All readings in English. Honors also.
   
   
   CL CV 201 : Honors Classical Tradition 1: Antiquity to Renaissance. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   CL CV 201 : Honors Classical Tradition 1: Antiquity to Renaissance. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	F
   DESCRIPTION:	Civilization from Greek and Roman antiquity to the Italian Renaissance, emphasizing Greco-Roman culture--its institutions, literature, arts, and ideas.
   
   
   CL CV 241 : Greek and Roman Mythology. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   CL CV 241 : Greek and Roman Mythology. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	F, W, Sp; Honors also.
   DESCRIPTION:	Greek and Roman gods, heroes, and myths, emphasizing literature but also giving attention to representations in the visual arts.
   
              : Honors Greek and Roman Mythology.
   
   
2. Complete the following:
GREEK 101 : First-Year Greek (First Semester). (4:4:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

GREEK 101 : First-Year Greek (First Semester). (4:4:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

OFFERED:

F


GREEK 102 : First-Year Greek (Second Semester). (4:4:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

GREEK 102 : First-Year Greek (Second Semester). (4:4:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

OFFERED:

W


GREEK 201 : Intermediate Greek. (4:4:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

GREEK 201 : Intermediate Greek. (4:4:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

OFFERED:	F
PREREQUISITE:	Greek 102.
DESCRIPTION:	Readings from Xenophon with review and continuation of grammar.


GREEK 301 : Classical Greek Poetry: Homer's, Iliad. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

GREEK 301 : Classical Greek Poetry: Homer's, Iliad. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

OFFERED:	F
PREREQUISITE:	Greek 201.


GREEK 302 : Classical Greek Prose. (3:3:3) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

GREEK 302 : Classical Greek Prose. (3:3:3) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

OFFERED:	W
PREREQUISITE:	Greek 201.



Note: Greek 101, 102 may be waived with equivalent language experience.

3. Complete one of the following options:
Either
LATIN 101 : First-Year Latin (First Semester). (4:4:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

LATIN 101 : First-Year Latin (First Semester). (4:4:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

OFFERED:

F


LATIN 102 : First-Year Latin (Second Semester). (4:4:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

LATIN 102 : First-Year Latin (Second Semester). (4:4:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

OFFERED:	W
PREREQUISITE:	Latin 101 or two years of high school Latin.


Or
LATIN 111 : Beginning Latin Accelerated. (5:5:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

LATIN 111 : Beginning Latin Accelerated. (5:5:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

OFFERED:	F, W, Sp; Honors also.
DESCRIPTION:	Equivalent of combined Latin 101, 102.
NOTE:	Prepares students for Latin 201.



Note: Latin 101, 102 or 111 may be waived with equivalent language experience.
4. Complete the following:
LATIN 201 : Intermediate Latin. (4:4:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

LATIN 201 : Intermediate Latin. (4:4:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

OFFERED:	F, W
PREREQUISITE:	Latin 102, 111, or three years of high school Latin.
DESCRIPTION:	Readings from Caesar, with a review and continuation of grammar.


LATIN 301 : Classical Latin Poetry. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

LATIN 301 : Classical Latin Poetry. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

OFFERED:	W
PREREQUISITE:	Latin 201.
DESCRIPTION:	Selections from Vergil's Aeneid and Ovid's Metamorphoses.


LATIN 302 : Classical Latin Prose. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

LATIN 302 : Classical Latin Prose. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

OFFERED:	F
PREREQUISITE:	Latin 201.
DESCRIPTION:	Readings in Cicero's Catilinarian orations and Sallust's Catiline.



Note: 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.

5. Complete one course from the following:
   CL CV 245 : Golden Age of Greece. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   CL CV 245 : Golden Age of Greece. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	W odd years.
   DESCRIPTION:	History of Civilization, culture, and daily life of Greece as indicated through its literature, art, history, and archaeology.
   NOTE:	All readings in English.
   
   
   CL CV 246 : Golden Age of Rome. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   CL CV 246 : Golden Age of Rome. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	W even years.
   DESCRIPTION:	History of Civilization, culture, and daily life of Rome as indicated through its literature, art, history, and archaeology.
   NOTE:	All readings in English.
   
   
6. Complete one course from the following:
   CL CV 304 : (Cl Cv-Hist 247) Greek History. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   CL CV 304 : (Cl Cv-Hist 247) Greek History. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	W
   DESCRIPTION:	Political, economic, social, and intellectual history of Greece from Mycenaean times to the Hellenistic period.
   
   
   CL CV 307 : (ClCv-Hist 248) Roman History. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   CL CV 307 : (ClCv-Hist 248) Roman History. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	F
   DESCRIPTION:	Political, economic, social, and intellectual history of Rome from the foundation of the city to Constantine.
   
   
7. Complete one course from the following:
   GREEK 401 : Greek Prose Composition. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   GREEK 401 : Greek Prose Composition. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	F odd years
   PREREQUISITE:	Greek 302.
   DESCRIPTION:	Exercises in composing Greek prose.
   
   
   LATIN 401 : Latin Prose Composition. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   LATIN 401 : Latin Prose Composition. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	W alternate years.
   PREREQUISITE:	Latin 302 or concurrent enrollment.
   
   
8. Complete four additional courses (at least one Greek and one Latin) from the following:
   Any 400-level course in Greek or Latin.
   CLSCS 420 : Ancient Literary Criticism. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   CLSCS 420 : Ancient Literary Criticism. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   PREREQUISITE:	Greek 302 or Latin 302.
   DESCRIPTION:	Survey emphasizing both chief works of the tradition and their practical application to reading of Greek and Latin authors.
   
   
   CLSCS 430R : (Clscs-Hist) Topics in Greek and Roman History. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   CLSCS 430R : (Clscs-Hist) Topics in Greek and Roman History. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	F, W
   PREREQUISITE:	Cl Cv 304-Hist 247 and Greek 201 (Greek topics) or Cl Cv 307-Hist 248 and Latin 201 (Roman topics).
   DESCRIPTION:	Topics vary (e.g., rise of the Greek city-state, Greek political thought, classical historiography, Rome and the Etruscans, imperial Rome).
   
               : Greek City-State.
               : Classical Historiography.
               : Hellenistic World.
               : Rome and Etruscans.
               : Rise of Rome.
               : Roman Revolution.
               : Imperial Rome.
               : Roman Politics.
               : Roman Religion.
               : Augustan Rome.
               : Archaic Greece.
               : Athens: Rise and Fall.
               : 4th Century Greece.
               : Late Roman Empire.
               : World of New Testament.
               : Early Christianity.
               : Julio-Claudians.
   
   
   CLSCS 490R : Seminar in Classics. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   CLSCS 490R : Seminar in Classics. (3:3:0) (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   PREREQUISITE:	Latin or Greek at 300-level as topic demands.
   DESCRIPTION:	Combined topics in Greek and Latin (e.g., comparative epic poetry, classical tradition of criticism, Euripides and Seneca). Topics vary.
   
   
   
   Note: Greek 411R and Latin 411R may be taken only once.

*Hours include courses that may fulfill university core requirements.

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