
Prospective Students
In their first fall semester, students interested in Classics should take either Greek or Latin and one of the departmental courses on mythology, literature, or history. In the spring, students should continue their study of an ancient language, enroll in the gateway to the major, CC200: The Classical World, take a course on art and archaeology or another course in ancient history.
FALL SEMESTER YEAR 1
CL110 Elementary Latin
or
CG110 Elementary Greek
CC220 Classical Mythology
One of the following literature courses:
CC222 Greek Drama: Myth in Action
CC223 Greek and Roman Comedy: Society on the Stage
CC224 The Hero(ine)’s Tale: Traditions of
Greek and Roman Epic
CC225 The Ancient Novel
One of the following history courses:
HI203 Rise of
HI205 Rise of
SPRING SEMESTER YEAR 1
CL210 Intermediate Latin
or
CC200 Classical World
One of the following:
AH222 Greek Art and Archaeology
AH223 Roman Art and Archaeology
One of the following:
HI204
HI206 Fall of
Departmental faculty participate yearly in the First-Year Experience. While Scribner Seminars do not count towards the Classics major, new students to the College interested in Greco-Roman civilization should consider enrolling in the Seminars offered by our departmental faculty. Recent Scribner Seminars have included
SSP Democracy (In)action
SSP Myth Conceptions
SSP Den of Antiquities: The Illicit Market in Ancient Art
The faculty will offer the following Scribner Seminars in the next two years:
2009 Sex and the
2010
2010 Den of Antiquities: The Illicit Market in Ancient Art (in