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Minor in Classics

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Students emerge from the Classics minor thoroughly trained in Greek, Latin, and Greek and Roman history, art, and literature. The Classics Minor prepares students for graduate school in Classics, or simply to possess a traditional classical education that has dominated Western civilization for thousands of years.

 

Students in the Classics minor also have a unique opportunity to experience history with annual trips led by Dr. Doug Favelo to Greece and Rome.

 

 

Learning Objectives for the Classics Minor

  • Read classical Latin at an advanced level, and Attic Greek at a basic level.

  • Understand Greek and Roman literature, art, architecture, and history from the Bronze Age to the fall of the Western Empire.

Classics minor requirements:

LAT313 Latin V
LAT323 Latin VI
GRK303/HCL323 Greek Civilization
LAT413/HCL413 Roman Civilization

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