| The Classics program offers courses in English and beginning and advanced courses in Latin and Ancient Greek. In the Classics courses students learn about the literature and civilization of the ancient world as it is presented in the original writings of ancient poets, historians, orators, and philosophers. All reading is done in translation. Many of these courses fulfill the LASAR Humanities requirements. The Greek and Latin courses provide students with a reading knowledge of the ancient languages. We offer a Classics major or minor, and majors in Ancient Greek and Latin.
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The Classics Major is a new Humanities program that incorporates courses from other departments in order to emphasize the culture of the Ancient Greek and Roman worlds. This proposal adds a track in Classical Studies in order to make a major program available to students interested in the culture of the ancient Greek and Roman worlds who do not wish, or are not able, to complete the programs in ancient languages. This track will also incorporate courses in ancient studies from other departments (especially Philosophy, History, and Art) as well as from the Classics section, thereby broadly encouraging the study of the classical heritage. The new program will offer an opportunity to concentrate in this area to transfer students, education students, BALA or Journalism students, or any students who come to the subject after their freshman year or who wish to combine it with other, more professionally-oriented training, while providing a liberal arts concentration which is a useful background for careers in law, publishing and communication, creative work and the arts, or education.
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The concentration in Classical Studies emphasizes cultural knowledge
acquired through courses using materials in translation, and will
make the experience of the language an optional part of the curriculum.
This program will:
1) provide a liberal arts concentration which is a useful background for careers in law, publishing and communication, creative work and the arts, or education.Although each program has a distinctive character, there will be sufficient overlap among the programs in Greek, Latin, Classics and Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies to allow students to shift their choice of major as their interests develop. While the language-based programs remain the best preparation for graduate study in Classics (because they give students direct access to the sources) and provide a traditional option for distinguished undergraduate scholarly achievement, they now represent only one approach to the subject matter. While Classics at the graduate level has always been an interdisciplinary field with a language base, in the last three decades scholarship in Classics has evolved in such a way that the methods for evaluating source material (involving a knowledge of, e.g., history, religion, literary theory, comparative cultural studies) no longer need to presuppose linguistic mastery, and the critical examination of ancient texts and sources can be taught at the undergraduate level to students who have not studied the languages. |
For the Major in Classical Studies,
6 Core courses drawn from the
Latin 101 Advanced credits (6): Classics 300 Four electives (12 credits), chosen in consultation with the adviser, drawn from: Any course in Greek, Latin, or Classics not counted as a core course, such as: Art 110, 205, 206, 207 Because the content of the courses which constitute some of the "core" courses, as well some of the electives which are introductory courses in other departments, are typically offered as part of an introductory liberal arts sequence in other colleges, transfer students are likely to have satisfied some of the requirements before entering Queens. |
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| The major in Ancient Greek consists of a minimum of 12 credits beyond Greek 252; at least 6 credits of Latin beyond Latin 102 or its equivalent; and Classics 120, 130, and 140 (27 credits). | The major in Latin consists of a minimum of 15
credits of Latin beyond Latin 203; Greek 251 and 252 or their equivalent (8 credits); and Classics 120, 130, and 140 (9 credits). |
| Try These Links to the Ancient World |
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| Courses in Translation
140. Classical Mythology 150. Greek and Latin Classics in Translation 250. Ancient Epic and Tragedy 240. Religion and Philosophy in Ancient Greece and Rome
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| Try These Ancient Greek Links |
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Try These Roman Links |
| Faculty:
Joel B.Lidov, coordinator and
advisor Adjunct staff: Bruce King |
