The Combined Major in English and Classical Studies
Note: A grade of C (2.0) is required in all coursework comprising the major.
15.5 units, including
Eight courses in Classics, to include
- CLSC 305 Greek and Roman Values or 306 The Classical Tradition
- CLSC 205 Greek and Roman Mythology: Epic
- CLSC 208 Mythology: Greek Drama
- Two other literature classes in Classics (may include language classes at the 200 level or higher)
- A minimum of three other Classics Department courses
- ENGL 297 Literature in Context: Genre and Mode
- ENGL 298 Literature in Context: Texts in History
- One 300-level course from Group A (Literature Before the Early to Mid-19th Century)
- One 300-level course from Group B (Literature After the Early to Mid-19th Century)
- Two additional courses at the 300-level
- ENGL 400 Junior/Senior Seminar
Senior Writing Project
A senior writing project (taken for one half unit as IDST 379) on a comparative topic dealing with literatures in Latin or Greek and English will be required. The paper will be 20-30 pages long and will make significant use of primary and secondary sources. The writing project will have two advisors, one from the English department and one from the classics department. By the beginning of senior year, the student should designate one of the advisors as the primary advisor, and this advisor will have primary responsibility for determining the student's grade on the writing project. If there is sharp disagreement between the two advisors over the final grade, the primary advisor's departmental chairperson will appoint a third reader/grader, whose decision will break the deadlock between the first and second advisors.