The Classical Archaeology Concentration is for students wishing to examine the material culture of the ancient Mediterranean. This track draws on methodologies and resources from literature, art history, anthropology, and archaeology. Program of studies:
A. Prerequisites (unless fulfilled by Advanced Placement): students must complete either Latin or Greek through the 200-level. The Latin or Greek sequence also satisfies the College of Humanities & Fine Arts language requirement. (12 credits)
Latin 110
Latin 120 OR: Latin 126 Greek 126
Latin 230
Latin 240 OR: Latin 246 Greek 246
B. Required language component, third year: select two of the following. (min. 6 credits) Note: Any 400-level Greek or Latin course may be substituted in this section.
Latin 310: Latin Prose Greek 310: Greek Poetry
Latin 320: Latin Poetry Greek 320: Greek Prose
C. Classical civilization/history component, basic courses: students must take one. (min. 3 credits)
Classics 100: Greek Civilization Classics 200: Golden Age of Greece
Classics 102: Roman Civilization Classics 202: Age of Augustus
History 300: Ancient Greece Classics 224: Classical Mythology
History 301: Ancient Rome History 349, 391T, or 397: Roman Empire
D. Classical archaeology component, basic courses: students must take all three. (min. 9 credits)
Classics 103: Introduction to Classical Archaeology
Classics 300: Greek Archaeology
Classics 301: Roman Archaeology
E. Classical art and archaeology component, advanced courses: Students must take 4 courses. (min. 12 credits)
Classics 305: Roman Material World Classics 390: Pompeii
Classics 310: Greek & Roman Painting Classics 491A: Technology in the Ancient World
Classics 338: World of the Etruscans Art History 302: Evaluating Greek Art
Classics 339: Celtic Archaeology Art History 303: Roman Art
Classics 380: The Ancient City
F. Archaeological fieldwork and/or methodology and/or material culture: one course. (min. 3 credits) This requirement can also be satisfied by the successful completion of any approved field school not listed here.
Anthro 325: Analysis of Material Culture
Classics 396: Poggio Civitate Field School
G. Junior writing requirement: Classics 381: The Field of Classics. (3 credits)
A junior writing course in a second major may be substituted for this requirement.
H. Integrative Experience: students must take one IE. This is a university requirement but needs to be fulfilled within a student’s major. Students with a double major may take the IE in their other major.
Classics 494PI: Herodotus and the Persian Wars
Classics 494JI: Jews in Greco-Roman Antiquity
Classics 494SI: Slavery and Manumission in the Greco-Roman World
I. Highly recommended but not required: at least one year of German, French, or Italian, and Greek or Latin past the third year. Particularly recommended for students planning on graduate studies in classical archaeology.