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Greek, Latin, and Ancient Mediterranean Studies
Studying the cultures, languages, literatures, mythologies, and material remains of ancient Greece and Rome, as well as their interdependent relationships with other societies of the ancient Mediterranean, teaches advanced skills in critical thought, creative problem-solving, communication, and careful analysis. Much about these societies can probably never be known for certain, but the large degree of uncertainty is just as useful as the evidence itself: continuing to produce knowledge about these societies requires ethical, precise, multidisciplinary, and creative approaches both to the evidence and to the gaps in evidence.
Our curriculum, therefore, teaches students multiple ways of approaching the ancient Mediterranean world and its continued influence, offering one major that uses Latin and Greek languages and another that uses a working knowledge of either Latin or Greek in addition to non-philological multidisciplinary inquiry. In our majors and minor, students are empowered to question how knowledge is and has been produced, to confront how such knowledge is given authority in the present, and to become producers of their own knowledges and communities as they move forward in their lives.
Majors
Courses with asterisks (*) apply only iftopic is appropriate. Consult with a Greek,Latin, and Ancient Mediterranean Studies advisor for approval.
- Six departmental units:
- Completion of at least 3 courses in either Greek or Latin.
- Three courses selected from the following: Greek, Latin, and Ancient Mediterranean Studies 100, 200, 201, 205, 206, 207, 215.
- Supporting courses (4 units):
- Either Greek, Latin, and Ancient Mediterranean Studies 202/History 221 or Greek, Latin, and Ancient Mediterranean Studies 204/History 222.
- Three courses chosen in consultation with the advisor. Especially recommended are: Anthropology 110; Art History 150* and 210; Philosophy 200 and 350; Political Science 280; and appropriate critical identity studies courses.
- Majors are strongly encouraged to participate in overseas study.
Courses with asterisks (*) apply only if topic is appropriate. Consult with a Greek, Latin, and Ancient Mediterranean Studies advisor for approval.
- Ten departmental units:
- Six courses in either Greek or Latin.
- Two courses in the other classical language.
- Two courses selected from the following: Greek, Latin, and Ancient Mediterranean Studies 100, 200, 201, 205, 206, 207, 215.
- Supporting courses (2 units):
- Two courses chosen in consultation with the advisor. Especially recommended are: Anthropology 110; Art History 150* and 210; Greek, Latin, and Ancient Mediterranean Studies 202/History 221 and Greek, Latin, and Ancient Mediterranean Studies 204/History 222; Philosophy 200 and 350; Political Science 280; appropriate upper-level courses in other literatures.
- Majors are strongly encouraged to participate in overseas study.
Minors
Courses with asterisks (*) apply only iftopic is appropriate. Consult with a Greek,Latin, and Ancient Mediterranean Studies advisor for approval.
- Two units: Greek, Latin, and Ancient Mediterranean Studies 100 and either Greek, Latin, and Ancient Mediterranean Studies 202/History 221 or Greek, Latin, and Ancient Mediterranean Studies 204/History 222.
- Four courses chosen from: Anthropology 110; Art History 150*, 210; Greek, Latin, and Ancient Mediterranean Studies 100, 120, 121, 140, 141, 200, 201, 205, 206, 207, 215, 220, 221, 222, 223, 240, 241, 242, 243; Political Science 280; critical identity studies courses approved by the advisor; or courses listed in 1, above, if not used to meet that requirement.