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2023-2024 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2023-2024 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Ancient Greek and Roman Studies (BA)


Program Educational Goals


A. Linguistic Proficiency / Communication Skills:  Students will function in ancient Greek/Latin with an emphasis on reading skills.

·  Students will understand paragraph-length ancient Greek or Latin texts from familiar authors with minimal aid.

·  Students will identify, analyze, and explain all grammatical and stylistic forms they have encountered (e.g. parsing and poetic meter [scansion]).

·  Students will understand the main idea of an unfamiliar text on a new theme with moderate vocabulary and grammar assistance, including glosses and/or dictionary aid.

B. Cultural Understanding / International Experience:  Students will demonstrate the ability to place themselves within Greek/Roman culture as far as possible and will reflect actively about their experiences.

·  Students will identify common practices and worldviews of Greek/Roman cultures when encountered in primary source material.

·  Students will demonstrate an awareness of Greek/Roman history as it relates to familiar texts.

·  Students will compare and contrast Greek/Roman cultural practices with those of the modern world.

C. Appreciation of World Literatures: Students will analyze and interpret literature, broadly construed, in the target languages of Ancient Greek and Latin and in translations.

·  Students will contextualize Greek/Latin literature within world traditions and identify influences of these ancient works upon later creative arts.

·  Students will analyze critically longer works of Greek and Latin literature in translation by drawing upon knowledge of relevant literary, ideological, and aesthetic movements.

·  Students will access and use research resources appropriate for studying the ancient Greek and Roman worlds.

University Requirements:


College Requirements:


College Breadth Requirements:


The College Breadth requirements are in addition to the University Breadth requirement. Up to three credits from each of the University Breadth Requirement categories may be used to simultaneously satisfy these College of Arts and Sciences Breadth Requirements. Minimum grade C- required for courses used to satisfy College Breadth.

*If the grade earned is sufficient, a course may be applied toward more than one requirement (e.g., breadth and major requirements), but the credits are counted only once toward the total credits for graduation. If all but one course in a group has been taken in one department or program, a course cross-listed with that program will not satisfy the distribution requirement.

Foreign Language:


  • Completion of the intermediate-level course (107 or 202) in an ancient or modern language with minimum grades of D-.
    • The number of credits (0-12) needed and initial placement will depend on the number of years of high school study of foreign language.
      • Students with four or more years of high school work in a single foreign language, or who have gained proficiency in a foreign language by other means, may attempt to fulfill the requirement in that language by taking an exemption examination  through the Languages, Literatures and Cultures Department.

Mathematics:


The math requirement must be completed by the time a student has earned 60 credits. Students who transfer into the College of Arts and Sciences with 45 credits or more must complete this requirement within two semesters.

Complete one of the following four options (minimum grade D-):

Option One:


Option Two:


One of the following:

Option Three:


Successful completion of any 200-level or higher mathematics course except: MATH 201 , MATH 202 , MATH 205 , MATH 251 , MATH 252 , MATH 253 , and MATH 266 .

Option Four:


  • Successful performance on a proficiency test in mathematics administered by the Department of Mathematical Sciences (0 credits awarded).

Second Writing Requirement:


A Second Writing Requirement  approved by the College of Arts and Sciences. This course must be taken after completion of 60 credit hours, completed with a minimum grade of C-, and the section enrolled must be designated as satisfying the requirement in the academic term completed.

Major Requirements:


Eleven courses (31-34 credits) as follows:

LLCU Courses:


Six credits on Ancient Greek and Roman authors or topics chosen from among the following courses:

Ancient Greek or Latin:


  • Six credits in Ancient Greek or Latin at the 200-level or above.

Electives:


  • Eighteen credits from GREK, LATN, LLCU, ANTH, ARTH, HIST, PHIL, THEA with prior approval of the advisor, at least six credits must be at the 300 or 400-level (If a course is used for the above requirements, it cannot also be used for this elective requirement).
  • Including but not limited to:

Capstone:


AGRS majors may choose to take LLCU 499  (1cr.) in the fall of the senior year, or may receive permission from the major adviser to write a senior thesis (2-4cr.) 

Electives:


After required courses are completed, sufficient elective credits must be taken to meet the minimum credit requirement for the degree.

Credits to Total a Minimum of 124


Last Revised for 2020-2021 Academic Year