Undergraduate Studies

Minor Requirements

College of the Arts and Sciences

Students who wish to minor in Classics may choose a minor area in Greek Civilization, Roman Civilization, classical Greek language, Latin language, or Modern Greek. Courses in Greek and Roman literature and civilization are taught in translation. Twenty-five credit hours are required for a minor in Greek and Latin; twenty hours are required in Modern Greek. It should be noted that courses used for the major may not be used for a minor in Greek and Latin. All students in a Greek and Latin minor must have their programs approved by the Undergraduate Advisor.

Students may choose from four areas of concentration:

• Classics Minor
• Classical Greek Minor
• Latin Minor
• Modern Greek Minor

Note: Courses used on the major may not be used for the Classical Languages Minor.

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1. Classics Minor

   The Classics minor includes two tracks: Greek Civilization or Roman Civilization.
   Each track consists of a minimum of 25 hours.
   
   Requirements:
   • Classics 101 or Classics 102
     • CLA 101 Masterpieces of Greek Literature in Translation (Greek Civilization track)
     • CLA 102 Masterpieces of Latin Literature in Translation (Roman Civilization track)
   • Classics 224 or Classics 225
     • CLA 224 Classical Civilization: Greece (Greek Civilization track)
     • CLA 225 Classical Civilization: Rome (Roman Civilization track)
   • 3 Courses (15 hours) from the following (both Greek and Roman Civilization tracks):
     • Classics 222 Classical Mythology
     • Classics 226 Byzantine Civilization
     • Classics 230 Medicine in the Ancient World
     • Classics 301 Greek and Roman Epic
     • Classics 302 Greek and Roman Drama
     • Classics 303 Comic Spirit in Antiquity
     • Classics 310 Topics in Ancient Literature and Culture
     • Classics 322 The Hero in Classical Mythology
     • Classics 323 Religion in the Greco-Roman World
     • Classics 326 Christian Heroes: Byzantine Saints' Lives
     • Classics 505 Political Thought and Institutions in the Greco-Roman World
     • Classics 506 Greek and Roman Science and Technology
     • Classics 508 Gender and Sexuality in Antiquity
     Alternatively, a student may take up to 10 hours of Greek (or Latin) at the 200 level or above.

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2. Classical Greek Minor

   Required: 25 hours above the 103 level with at least five hours at the 600 level.
   The following Greek courses may be used to fulfill the requirement:
   • 210 The Greek New Testament
   • 221 Attic Prose
   • 222 Euripides
   • 223 Homer
   • 224 The Greek Historians
   • 225 Sophocles
   • 604 Greek Historians
   • 605 Greek Tragedy
   • 607 Greek Epic
   • 608 Attic Oratory
   • 609 Readings in Plato
   • 610 Greek Comedy
   • 611 Greek Hymn, Lyric and Elegy
   • 612 Attic Prose Composition
   • 660 Special Topics in Greek Literature

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3. Latin Minor

   Required: 25 hours above the 103 level with at least 5 hours at the 600 level.
   The following Latin courses may be used to fulfill the requirement:
   • 104 Intermediate Latin II
   • 210 Cicero
   • 211 Vergil
   • 212 Roman Historians
   • 213 Ovid
   • 214 Latin Lyric
   • 612 Latin Prose Composition
   • 614 Readings in Roman Lyric and Erotic Poetry
   • 615 Readings in Roman Oratory and Rhetorical Theory
   • 616 Readings in Latin Epic
   • 617 Readings in Roman Historians
   • 618 Readings in Roman Philosophy
   • 622 Readings in Roman Comedy
   • 623 Readings in Roman Satire and Novel
   • 625 Readings in Post Classical Latin
   • 660 Special Topics in Latin Literature

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4. Modern Greek Minor

   Required: 20 hours chosen from the following courses:
   • MG 401, 402 Advanced Modern Greek
   • MG 241 Culture of Contemporary Greece
   • MG 367 Issues in Greek-American Society and Culture
   • MG 371 Modern Greek Literature in Translation
   • MG 651 Contemporary Greek Prose
   • MG 652 Contemporary Greek Poetry
   • a course in an allied field or a repeat of MG651, 652