2013–2014 The Bulletin - USS at Tufts - Tufts University

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AFFILIATED FACULTY:
Associate Professor Ioannis D. Evrigenis, Political Science;
Political theory
Assistant Professor Christiana Olfert, Philosophy; Ancient
philosophy, Early Modern philosophy, ethics
Lecturer David J. Proctor, History; Medieval Western Europe,
Southeastern Europe, Byzantium, church-state relations
Professor Vickie Sullivan, Chair; Political Science; Political
theory
The Department of Classics is dedicated to the
study of Greek and Roman culture and to clarifying
and assessing its continuing impact on contemporary
life. Classics is more than the study of the
Greek and Latin languages; it can liberate the student
from the parochialisms of both time and place.
The role of the contemporary individual in relation
to society can be examined through the history,
archaeology, art, architecture, science, philosophy,
religion, mythology, and especially the literatures of
Greece and Rome.
Classics constitutes an interdisciplinary study of
the cultures of the ancient Mediterranean, Near
East, and Europe. Despite the period of antiquity
in which it concentrates, the field of classics is
constantly changing in light of new discoveries,
new methodologies, new interpretations, and new
relationships with other areas of study. In many
ways, classics offers the undergraduate student an
ideal educational opportunity to integrate different
fields and methodologies, and to study intrinsically
interesting and time-tested topics in the literature,
mythology, art, archaeology, history, and science of
Greece and Rome.
UNDERGRADUATE concentrATION
REQUIREMENTS
Majors in the Department of Classics meet the
requirements of four classes of students:
1) those who have no professional interest in
classics but who wish to bring together disparate
distribution and foundation requirements for a
coherent liberal arts major;
2) those who want a combined major in Latin,
Greek, or Classical Studies and one of the natural
sciences, social sciences, or humanities;
3) those who want an intensive study of Greek or
Latin preparatory to postgraduate study in another
field, such as law, theology, medicine, philosophy,
history, English, or modern languages;
4) those who are professionally interested in the
classics and who plan to do postgraduate study in
the field and then teach or engage in research or
museum work.
Major in Classical Studies
Ten courses are required, usually distributed as
follows: Classics 31 and 32; two courses from either
Classics 37, 38, or Classics 27, 164, 168; two
additional classics courses numbered above 100;
two other courses offered by the Department of
Classics (strongly recommended are Latin 3 and
above, and Greek language courses); and two
courses that may be in related fields.
Major in Greek
Ten courses: four courses in Greek, one of which
may be Greek 7 (intermediate level), depending on
a student’s prior level of preparation, and at least
three at the 100 level; Classics 31 (Classics of
Greece); Classics 37 (History of Greece); and four
other courses in the department, of which at least
two must be at the 100 level.
Major in Latin
Ten courses: five in Latin above the intermediate
level, including at least three at the 100 level; plus
Classics 32 (Classics of Rome); Classics 38 (History
of Rome); and three other courses in the department,
of which two must be at the 100 level.
Major in Greek and Latin
Ten courses: six courses in Greek and Latin above
the intermediate level, of which four must be at
the 100 level; four other courses offered by the
department.
Interdisciplinary Major in Archaeology
A detailed description of this major can be found
in the alphabetical listings in this bulletin under
Archaeology.
PLACEMENT FOR ENTERING
UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS
Students with two years of secondary school
preparation in Latin are usually placed in Latin 3.
Students with three or four years of preparation in
Latin are usually placed in Latin 3, or 21, 22,
depending on CEEB examination or previous
records, together with placement examination and
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