Below are the departmental learning goals mapped to College-wide goals for student learning.

The overall learning goals of the Classics Department are to empower students exploring classical antiquity to:

• Read Greek and Latin prose and poetry within their larger cultural and historical settings. (Ia, Ib, Ic, IVc, IVd)
• Read critically and analyze closely literary texts and modern scholarship. (Ia, Ic, IIa, IIb, IIe, IVa, IVd)
• Identify and assess selected artifacts and monuments within their cultural contexts. (Ia, Ib, Ic, IVd)
• Read and analyze historical documents within their social contexts and evaluate the role of the individual in ancient cultures. (Ia, Ib, Ic, IIa, IIb, IVa, IVb, IVc, IVd)
• Present orally and in written form an argument supported by primary and secondary sources. (Ic, IIa, IIb, IIc, IId, IIe, IIIc, IVa, IVb, IVc, IVd)
• Develop multi- and cross-cultural perspectives and apply them to gender, ethnic, and social issues. (Ia, Ib, Ic, IId, IIe, IIIa, IIIb, IIId; IVa, IVb, IVc, IVd)
• Assess and present scholarship of a theoretical nature and apply theory to both primary and secondary sources. (Ia, Ic, IIa, IIb, IIc, IIe; IIIc, III.d, IVa, IVb, IVc, IVd)

Visual literacy

• Isolate the appropriate visual materials for assignments and assessments, such as papers, in-class discussions, presentations, and exams. (Ia, Ic; IIa, IIb, IIe; IVc)
• Interpret visual materials in isolation and in their original context. (Ib; IIIb, IIId; IVb, IVc, IVd)
• Analyze visual materials for historical, art historical, and/or cultural significance. (Ic, IIa, IIb, IIe, IIIb, IIId, IVa, IVb, IVc, IVd)
• Deploy visual materials appropriately in assignments and assessments. (Ic, IIa, IIb, IIc, IIe, IIIc, IIId, IVa, IVb, IVc, IVd)

Information literacy

• Identify and isolate primary and secondary sources for assignments and assessments. (Ia, Ic, IIa, IIb, IIe, IVc)
• Acquire the research skills to assess those sources. (Ic, IIa, IIb, IIe, IIIc, IVb, IVc, IVd)
• Evaluate the merits of those sources in terms of content and reliability. (Ib, IIa, IIb, IIe, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IVb, IVc, IVd)
• Incorporate those sources into a project. (Ic, IIa, IIb, IIc, IId, IIe, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IIId, IVa, IVb, IVc, IVd)
• Employ ethical and legal standards when utilizing those sources. (IIa, IIb, IIe, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IIId, IVb, IVc)

Oral communication literacy

• Develop the skills to conduct close readings of original Greek or Latin texts. (Ia, Ib, Ic, IIa, IIc, IIIc, IVc, IVd)
• Read and translate these texts orally. (Ic, IIa, IIb, IIc, IId, IIe, IIIc, IVb, IVc)
• Construct and present oral analyses of these texts. (Ia, I.c, IIa, IIb, IIc, IId, IIe, IIIb, IIIc, IIId, IVa, IVb, IVc, IVd)
• Construct and present oral analyses of translations, visual materials, theory, and so forth. (I.a, I.c; IIa, IIb, IIc, IId, IIe, IIIb, IIIc, IIId, IVa, IVb, IVc, IVd)
• Develop the skills to make oral presentations in public settings. (Ib, IIa, IIb, IIc, IId, IIe, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IIId, IVa, IVb, IVc, IVd)

Technology literacy

• Deploy scholarly databases to acquire, manage, evaluate, create, and communicate knowledge. (Ic, IIa, IIb, IIe, IIIc, IIId, IVb, IVc, IVd)