Classics Minor Checklist

To officially declare a minor in Classics, you need to complete the Declaration of Minor Form in duplicate. One form must go to the Office of the Registrar and the other to Ruby Grande, department secretary.

Majors and minors are encouraged to study the modern languages (French, German, and Italian) in which there is an abundance of scholarship available in classics.

A Classics minor consists of 20 credits, including a minimum of:

Intermediate Language Proficiency in Greek or Latin

• CG 110 Elementary Greek (4 cr.) and CG 210 Intermediate Greek (4 cr.)

or

• CL 110 Elementary Latin (4 cr.)and CL 210 Intermediate Latin (4 cr.)

Classics Gateway Course

• CC 200 The Classical World (4 cr.)

Two courses in area studies, each from a different cluster

Greek and Latin Literature in Translation

• CC 220 Classical Mythology (3 cr.)
• CC 222 Greek Tragedy (3 cr.)
• CC 223 Greek and Roman Comedy (3 cr.)
• CC 224 Greek and Roman Epic (3 cr.)
• CC 225 Ancient Novel (3 cr.)

Ancient History

• CC 226 Greek and Roman Historians (3 cr.)
• HI 203 Rise of Athens (3 cr.)
• HI 204 Athens, Alexander the Great, and Cleopatra (3 cr.)
• HI 205 Rise of Rome (3 cr.)
• HI 206 Fall of Rome (3 cr.)

Ancient Art History and Archaeology

• AH 222 Greek Art and Archaeology (3 cr.)
• AH 223 Roman Art and Archaeology (3 cr.)
• CC 265 Parthenon & TX 200A Travel Study to London and Athens (4 cr.)

300-Level Seminar (Classics seminars may be taken more than once)

• CC 365 Special Topics in Classics (may be cross-listed as HI 363) (4 cr.)
• CG 310 Seminar in Greek Poetry (4 cr.)
• CG 311 Seminar in Greek Prose (4 cr.)
• CL 310 Seminar in Latin Poetry (4 cr.)
• CL 311 Seminar in Latin Prose (4 cr.)
• GO 303 Classical Political Thought (3 cr.)
• GO 351 Topics in Political Thought (3 cr.)
• HI 363 Topics in Ancient History (4 cr.)
• PH 327A Great Philosophers (3 cr.)
• PH 327B Great Philosophers (3 cr.)
• RE 330 Special Topics in Religion (3 cr.)

Additional Credit Toward the Minor

• CC 227 Race and Ethnicity in Ancient Greece and Beyond (3 cr.)
• CC 265 Topics in Classical Civilization (3 cr.)
• CC 292 Project in Classics (1 cr.)
• CC 371 Independent Study (1-4 cr.) (may be taken again as
• GO 303 Classical Political Thought (3 cr.)
• GO 351 Topics in Political Thought (3 cr.)
• HI 363 Topics in Ancient History (4 cr.)
• PH 203 History of Philosophy: Greek Philosophy (3 cr.)