Requirements
Prerequisites: Two courses selected from the following: CLST 1, CLST 4, CLST 6; LAT 3; GRK 3. These courses provide an introduction to ancient Greece and Rome and the methodologies scholars employ in studying these cultures.
Two courses in ancient history selected from the following: CLST 11, 14, 15, 1 7, 18, 19, 31.These courses establish a general knowledge of ancient Greek and Roman history and introduce students to historical methodologies. CLST 11 is a topics course that can be taken more than once when different subjects are offered.
Two courses in Classical archaeology selected from the following: CLST 12, 20-26, 30. These courses establish a general knowledge of ancient Greek and Roman material culture and introduce students to archaeological methodologies. CLST 12 is a topics course that can be taken more than once when different subjects are offered.
Two courses in Classical literature, philosophy, and religion (exclusive of the courses identified as prerequisites), selected from the following:
CLST 2, CLST 3, CLST 4, CLST 5, CLST 10, and any GRK or LAT course numbered 10 or higher. These courses establish a general knowledge of languages, literature, and systems of thought in ancient Greece and Rome and introduce students to the methodologies used in studying that subject matter. CLST 10, Greek 30, and Latin 30 are topics courses that can be taken more than once when different subjects are offered.
Two additional courses that extend the student's knowledge, skills and methodologies for the study of Greco-Roman antiquity selected from the following:
All remaining Classical Studies offerings (except CLST 7) ;
Any GRK or LAT course numbered 10 or higher;
Art History 11.01, 11.02, 12.01;
Courses in Comparative Literature numbered 10 or higher (when the content of the course focuses on Classical literature);
Philosophy 11.
Completion of Culminating Experience Requirement.
Participation in either of the Department's two Foreign Study Programs will meet the requirements for two of the above courses, one in ancient history and one in Classical archaeology. No more than two courses from any single Classics Foreign Study Program may count towards the major. (Four courses can be counted by participation in both the Greece and Rome FSP programs.)