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• Real engagement with the ancient world:<br />
Students are encouraged to immerse<br />
themselves in the environments that<br />
inspired the ancient Greeks and Romans.<br />
Our program offers the opportunity to<br />
study the culture and literature of the<br />
Romans while travelling to important sites<br />
in Rome and Italy. Our program is also<br />
supportive of students who wish to study<br />
abroad in programs in Greece and Italy<br />
specifically focused around Classical Studies.<br />
• Practical experience: Our students are<br />
encouraged to take advantage of<br />
opportunities to work with faculty on<br />
research of their own, whether in the form<br />
of a <strong>Butler</strong> Summer Institute project or a<br />
senior thesis. Students who have done<br />
quality research have presented their work<br />
at undergraduate conferences and regional<br />
Classics conferences.<br />
• Making your education your own: Thanks<br />
to generous support from the Georgia<br />
Watkins Fund, our program provides funds<br />
to help students participate in archaeological<br />
digs, select summer study programs, or<br />
conferences in Classics. Grants are awarded<br />
on a competitive basis.<br />
• Embracing the liberal arts: Since the field<br />
of Classical Studies embraces a wide variety<br />
of approaches to the study of the Ancient<br />
Greeks and Romans, our program encourages<br />
students who wish to relate their interest<br />
in Classics with work in other disciplines.<br />
Our students often take courses in English,<br />
history, philosophy, religion, political<br />
science and the modern languages.<br />
CLA Program Student Learning<br />
Outcomes<br />
Students majoring in Classical Studies are<br />
expected to gain factual knowledge about key<br />
figures, historical events and concepts from<br />
Greek and Roman antiquity. They will interpret<br />
and analyze significant works from antiquity,<br />
and at the same time gain a better understanding<br />
of cultural diversity by comparing current<br />
values and practices to those of the Greeks and<br />
Romans. They will become proficient in reading<br />
Latin or Ancient Greek texts and discover how<br />
knowledge of Latin or Ancient Greek helps in<br />
the understanding of modern languages.<br />
<strong>Butler</strong> <strong>University</strong><br />
Degrees<br />
• Major in Classical Studies<br />
• Minor in Classical Studies<br />
Requirements for the Major:<br />
A minimum of 30 hours combined of CLA,<br />
GK, and/or LT, including one 300-level course<br />
in GK or LT. A minimum of three 300 level<br />
courses all together. Students may test out of<br />
the 200-level courses.<br />
Requirements for the Minor:<br />
A minimum of 18 hours combined of CLA,<br />
GK, and/or LT. A minimum of two 300-level<br />
courses all together. Note: It is recommended<br />
that students learn either Greek or Latin, at<br />
least at the beginning level. If they continue<br />
with two courses at the 200-level or above,<br />
these courses will count both towards their<br />
minor and towards fulfilling the foreign<br />
language requirement for a liberal arts degree.<br />
Core Courses Offered by<br />
Classical Studies<br />
TI200-CLA, Roman Perspectives: This course<br />
will examine civic engagement in the Roman<br />
world, both as a pagan and Christian capital<br />
for the West. We will undertake this investigation<br />
by looking at a variety of original sources<br />
translated into English. As we examine the texts<br />
of these authors, we will also have the opportunity<br />
to think about how the ideas of the ancient<br />
Romans have influenced cultures from Britain,<br />
France and Spain in the West to the shores of<br />
North Africa to the civilizations of the Eastern<br />
Mediterranean. (U)(3). Fall only, counts also<br />
for major/minor credit.<br />
TI201-CLA, Ancient Greek Perspectives: An<br />
examination of areas of ancient Greek culture.<br />
Sources include texts of poetry, history, drama,<br />
law, medicine and philosophy, as well as works<br />
of art. Themes will vary depending on the professor.<br />
Possible themes: deep thinking and free<br />
thinking, participating in democracy, gender<br />
roles, warfare and empire. (U)(3). Spring only,<br />
counts also for major/minor credit.<br />
PCA262-CLA, Greek Art and Myth: Art<br />
illuminates myth; myth makes sense of art. Students<br />
will acquire a sense of the major periods<br />
of western art, will consider artistic questions<br />
large (is art subjective? is there a proper subject<br />
matter for art?) and small (what is contrapposto?),