2008-09 Undergraduate Catalog
Majors
Classics is an interdisciplinary major, with tracks in civilization, language and teacher certification that bring students the history, literature and culture of the ancient Greeks and Romans. All tracks require either Latin or Ancient Greek; students may also learn Modern Greek.
Students who major in classics often pursue graduate studies in classical languages and literature, art history, ancient history, archaeology, comparative literature and museum studies. Small class sizes, emphasis on critical thinking and expression and a faculty committed to involvement in lower-level undergraduate courses make this major appealing to students who want excellent preparation for entry to professional schools (e.g., medicine or law).
Overseas Study : Students may participate in summer, semester, or academic year programs of study in Italy and Greece. Competitive scholarships for study abroad are available.
Placement: Refer to Placement Testing and Evaluation
To graduate with this major, students must complete all university, college and major requirements.
Specialization: Ancient Language
Specialization: Classical Civilization
Specialization: Teacher Certification
* Students with prior Greek or Latin and an SAT II Latin score of 540 or higher, a 3 or higher on the AP Latin exam or a 4 or higher on the IB exam will begin with more advanced courses.
Proficiency can be demonstrated by completing LNW 2630 (Latin Love Poetry) or LNW 3660 (Vergil and Roman Epic) or a 2000-level ancient Greek course. Students in the teacher certification concentration should take Latin.
Students following the ancient language concentration need to complete the following by the end of fourth year: 15 hours in Latin, ancient Greek or a combination of the two at the 3000 level, plus two courses on the ancient Graeco-Roman world. These students should begin the ancient Greek or Latin sequence now if they have not already done so. Students in the high school teaching concentration need to complete by the end of the senior year nine hours in Latin vocabulary, grammar and composition, 15 hours in Latin literature (not in translation) and six hours in Roman culture.
** Courses may be from the Department of Classics or from the following list of approved courses in other departments: ANT (Anthropology) 4110, 4114, 4823, 4824; ARH (Art) 3130, 3171, 4135, 4200, 4251; EUH (History) 2000, 3383, 3401, 3411;
PHH (Philosophy) 3100, 3111, 4141; POT (Political Science) 4013; REL (Religion) 3252. Students in the teacher certification concentration should take a Latin literature course.
* Students with prior Greek or Latin and an SAT II Latin score of 540 or higher, a 3 or higher on the AP Latin exam or a 4 or higher on the IB exam will begin with more advanced courses.
Proficiency can be demonstrated by completing LNW 2630 (Latin Love Poetry) or LNW 3660 (Vergil and Roman Epic) or a 2000-level ancient Greek course. Students in the teacher certification concentration should take Latin.
Students following the ancient language concentration need to complete the following by the end of fourth year: 15 hours in Latin, ancient Greek or a combination of the two at the 3000 level, plus two courses on the ancient Graeco-Roman world. These students should begin the ancient Greek or Latin sequence now if they have not already done so. Students in the high school teaching concentration need to complete by the end of the senior year nine hours in Latin vocabulary, grammar and composition, 15 hours in Latin literature (not in translation) and six hours in Roman culture.
** Courses may be from the Classics department or from the following list of approved courses in other departments: ANT (Anthropology) 4110, 4114, 4823, 4824; ARH (Art) 3130, 3171, 4135, 4200, 4251; EUH (History) 2000, 3383, 3401, 3411; PHH (Philosophy) 3100, 3111, 4141;POT (Political Science) 4013; REL (Religion) 3252. Students in the teacher certification concentration should take a Latin literature course.
*** Six hours of modern Greek may be substituted for one 2000 level or above Classics course or one 2000 level or above ancient Greek or Latin course.
* Students with prior Greek or Latin and an SAT II Latin score of 540 or higher, a 3 or higher on the AP Latin exam or a 4 or higher on the IB exam will begin with more advanced courses.
Proficiency can be demonstrated by completing LNW 2630 (Latin Love Poetry) or LNW 3660 (Vergil and Roman Epic) or a 2000-level ancient Greek course. Students in the teacher certification concentration should take Latin.
Students following the ancient language concentration need to complete the following by the end of fourth year: 15 hours in Latin, ancient Greek or a combination of the two at the 3000 level, plus two courses on the ancient Graeco-Roman world. These students should begin the ancient Greek or Latin sequence now if they have not already done so. Students in the high school teaching concentration need to complete by the end of the senior year nine hours in Latin vocabulary, grammar and composition, 15 hours in Latin literature (not in translation) and six hours in Roman culture.
** Courses may be from the Classics department or from the following list of approved courses in other departments: ANT (Anthropology) 4110, 4114, 4823, 4824; ARH (Art) 3130, 3171, 4135, 4200, 4251; EUH (History) 2000, 3383, 3401, 3411; PHH (Philosophy) 3100, 3111, 4141; POT (Political Science) 4013; REL (Religion) 3252. Students in the teacher certification concentration should take a Latin literature course.
| Classical Studies |
| College: Liberal Arts and Sciences |
| Degree: Bachelor of Arts |
| Hours for Degree: 120 |
| Specializations: Ancient Language, Classical Civilization, Teacher Certification |
| Minor: Yes |
| Combined-Degree Program: No |
| Website: www.classics.ufl.edu/undergrad/undergrad.html |
Classics is an interdisciplinary major, with tracks in civilization, language and teacher certification that bring students the history, literature and culture of the ancient Greeks and Romans. All tracks require either Latin or Ancient Greek; students may also learn Modern Greek.
Students who major in classics often pursue graduate studies in classical languages and literature, art history, ancient history, archaeology, comparative literature and museum studies. Small class sizes, emphasis on critical thinking and expression and a faculty committed to involvement in lower-level undergraduate courses make this major appealing to students who want excellent preparation for entry to professional schools (e.g., medicine or law).
Overseas Study : Students may participate in summer, semester, or academic year programs of study in Italy and Greece. Competitive scholarships for study abroad are available.
Placement: Refer to Placement Testing and Evaluation
To graduate with this major, students must complete all university, college and major requirements.
Critical Tracking and Recommended Semester Plan
Semester 1:
- 2.0 UF GPA required for semesters 1-5
Semester 2:
- Complete 1 Latin, Greek or Classics course
Semester 3:
- Maintain 1 course completed
Semester 4:
- Complete 1 additional Latin, Greek or Classics course with 2.5 GPA on all critical-tracking coursework
Semester 5:
- Complete 2 additional Latin, Greek or Classics courses with 2.5 GPA on all critical-tracking coursework
Specialization: Ancient Language
Specialization: Classical Civilization
Specialization: Teacher Certification
Recommended semester plan
| Semester 1 | Credits |
| LAT 1120 Beginning Latin 1 (4) or LAT 1130 Accelerated Beginning Latin 1 (5) or higher, if placed out by SAT II * | 4-5 |
| Physical Science (GE-P) | 3 |
| Composition (GE-C, WR) | 3 |
| Social and Behavioral Sciences (GE-S) | 3 |
| Elective | 3 |
| Total | 16-17 |
| Semester 2 | Credits |
| LAT 1121 Beginning Latin 2 (3) or LAT 1131 Accelerated Beginning Latin 2 (5) or Elective, if placed out by SAT II * | 3-5 |
| Biological Science (GE-B) | 3 |
| Mathematics (GE-M) | 3 |
| Electives | 6 |
| Total | 15-17 |
| Semester 3 | Credits |
| LAT 1104 Beginning Latin 3 (3) or GRE 1130 Accelerated Beginning Ancient Greek 1 (5) or Elective, if placed out by SAT II * | 3-5 |
| Mathematics (GE-M) | 3 |
| Social and Behavioral Sciences (GE-S) | 3 |
| Physical Science (GE-P) | 3 |
| Physical or Biological Science Laboratory | 1 |
| Total | 13-15 |
| Semester 4 | Credits |
| GRE 1131 Accelerated Beginning Ancient Greek 2 | 5 |
| Social and Behavioral Sciences (GE-S) | 3 |
| Biological Science (GE-B) | 3 |
| Electives | 6 |
| Total | 17 |
| Semester 5 | Credits |
| Two Latin or Greek courses (3000 level or above) | 6 |
| Composition (GE-C, WR) | 3 |
| Electives (3000 level or above, not in major) | 6 |
| Total | 15 |
| Semester 6 | Credits |
| Latin or Greek course (3000 level or above) | 3 |
| Ancient Graeco-Roman World (3000 level or higher) ** | 3 |
| Electives (3000 level or above, not in major) | 6 |
| Elective | 3 |
| Total | 15 |
| Semester 7 | Credits |
| Latin or Greek course (3000 level or above) | 3 |
| Ancient Graeco-Roman World (3000 level or higher) ** | 3 |
| Electives (3000 level or above, not in major) | 6 |
| Elective | 3 |
| Total | 15 |
| Semester 8 | Credits |
| Latin or Greek course (3000 level or above) | 3 |
| Elective (or honors thesis) | 3 |
| Electives | 10-3 |
| Total | 16-9 |
* Students with prior Greek or Latin and an SAT II Latin score of 540 or higher, a 3 or higher on the AP Latin exam or a 4 or higher on the IB exam will begin with more advanced courses.
Proficiency can be demonstrated by completing LNW 2630 (Latin Love Poetry) or LNW 3660 (Vergil and Roman Epic) or a 2000-level ancient Greek course. Students in the teacher certification concentration should take Latin.
Students following the ancient language concentration need to complete the following by the end of fourth year: 15 hours in Latin, ancient Greek or a combination of the two at the 3000 level, plus two courses on the ancient Graeco-Roman world. These students should begin the ancient Greek or Latin sequence now if they have not already done so. Students in the high school teaching concentration need to complete by the end of the senior year nine hours in Latin vocabulary, grammar and composition, 15 hours in Latin literature (not in translation) and six hours in Roman culture.
** Courses may be from the Department of Classics or from the following list of approved courses in other departments: ANT (Anthropology) 4110, 4114, 4823, 4824; ARH (Art) 3130, 3171, 4135, 4200, 4251; EUH (History) 2000, 3383, 3401, 3411;
PHH (Philosophy) 3100, 3111, 4141; POT (Political Science) 4013; REL (Religion) 3252. Students in the teacher certification concentration should take a Latin literature course.
Recommended semester plan
| Semester 1 | Credits |
| Latin or Ancient Greek * | 4-5 |
| Biological Science (GE-B) | 3 |
| Composition (GE-C, WR) | 3 |
| Social and Behavioral Sciences (GE-S) | 3 |
| Total | 13-14 |
| Semester 2 | Credits |
| CLA 2100 The Glory That Was Greece (3) or CLA 2120 The Grandeur That Was Rome (3) (a 3000-level CLA or CLT course can be substituted) or Latin or Ancient Greek * | 3-5 |
| Physical Science (GE-P) | 3 |
| Mathematics (GE-M) | 3 |
| Electives | 6 |
| Total | 15-17 |
| Semester 3 | Credits |
| CLA 2100 The Glory That Was Greece (3) or CLA 2120 The Grandeur That Was Rome (3) (a 3000-level CLA or CLT course can be substituted) or Latin or Ancient Greek * (H, I) | 3-4 |
| Mathematics (GE-M) | 3 |
| Social and Behavioral Sciences (GE-S) | 3 |
| Physical Science (GE-P) | 3 |
| Elective | 3 |
| Total | 15-16 |
| Semester 4 | Credits |
| Ancient Graeco-Roman world (2000-level or higher) **/*** or Latin or Ancient Greek * | 3 |
| Social and Behavioral Sciences (GE-S) | 3 |
| Biological Science (GE-B) | 3 |
| Electives | 6 |
| Total | 15 |
| Semester 5 | Credits |
| Classics course (2000 level or above) | 3 |
| Physical or biological science laboratory (GE-P or GE-B) | 1 |
| Electives (3000 level or above, not in major) | 6 |
| Electives | 6 |
| Total | 16 |
| Semester 6 | Credits |
| Composition (GE-C, WR) | 3 |
| Classics courses (3000 level or above) | 6 |
| Electives (3000 level or above, not in major) | 6 |
| Total | 15 |
| Semester 7 | Credits |
| Classics courses (3000 level or above) | 6 |
| Electives (3000 level or above, not in major) | 6 |
| Elective | 3 |
| Total | 15 |
| Semester 8 | Credits |
| Classics courses (3000 level or above) | 6 |
| Elective (or honors thesis) | 3 |
| Elective(s) | 7-3 |
| Total | 16-12 |
* Students with prior Greek or Latin and an SAT II Latin score of 540 or higher, a 3 or higher on the AP Latin exam or a 4 or higher on the IB exam will begin with more advanced courses.
Proficiency can be demonstrated by completing LNW 2630 (Latin Love Poetry) or LNW 3660 (Vergil and Roman Epic) or a 2000-level ancient Greek course. Students in the teacher certification concentration should take Latin.
Students following the ancient language concentration need to complete the following by the end of fourth year: 15 hours in Latin, ancient Greek or a combination of the two at the 3000 level, plus two courses on the ancient Graeco-Roman world. These students should begin the ancient Greek or Latin sequence now if they have not already done so. Students in the high school teaching concentration need to complete by the end of the senior year nine hours in Latin vocabulary, grammar and composition, 15 hours in Latin literature (not in translation) and six hours in Roman culture.
** Courses may be from the Classics department or from the following list of approved courses in other departments: ANT (Anthropology) 4110, 4114, 4823, 4824; ARH (Art) 3130, 3171, 4135, 4200, 4251; EUH (History) 2000, 3383, 3401, 3411; PHH (Philosophy) 3100, 3111, 4141;POT (Political Science) 4013; REL (Religion) 3252. Students in the teacher certification concentration should take a Latin literature course.
*** Six hours of modern Greek may be substituted for one 2000 level or above Classics course or one 2000 level or above ancient Greek or Latin course.
| Semester 1 | Credits |
| LAT 1120 Beginning Latin 1 (4) or LAT 1130 Accelerated Beginning Latin 1 (5) or higher, if placed out by SAT II * | 4-5 |
| Physical Science (GE-P) | 3 |
| Composition (GE-C, WR) | 3 |
| Social and Behavioral Sciences (GE-S) | 3 |
| Elective | 3 |
| Total | 16-17 |
| Semester 2 | Credits |
| LAT 1121 Beginning Latin 2 (3) or LAT 1131 Accelerated Beginning Latin 2 (5) or Elective, if placed out by SAT II * | 3-5 |
| Biological Science (GE-B) | 3 |
| Mathematics (GE-M) | 3 |
| Electives | 6 |
| Total | 15-17 |
| Semester 3 | Credits |
| LAT 1104 Beginning Latin 3 (3) or GRE 1130 Accelerated Beginning Ancient Greek 1 (5) or Elective, if placed out by SAT II * | 3-5 |
| Mathematics (GE-M) | 3 |
| Social and Behavioral Sciences (GE-S) | 3 |
| Physical Science (GE-P) | 3 |
| Physical or Biological Science Laboratory | 1 |
| Total | 13-15 |
| Semester 4 | Credits |
| Latin course (2000 level or higher vocabulary, grammar and composition course) | 3 |
| Social and Behavioral Sciences (GE-S) | 3 |
| Biological Science (GE-B) | 3 |
| Electives | 6 |
| Total | 15 |
| Semester 5 | Credits |
| Latin course (3000 level or higher vocabulary, grammar and composition course) | 3 |
| Composition (GE-C, WR) | 3 |
| Electives for Pathways to Teaching minor (3000 level or above, not in major) | 6 |
| Elective | 3 |
| Total | 15 |
| Semester 6 | Credits |
| Two Latin courses (3000 level or higher vocabulary, grammar and composition) | 6 |
| Ancient Roman culture (3000 level or higher) ** | 3 |
| Electives for Pathways to Teaching minor (3000 level or above, not in major) | 6 |
| Total | 15 |
| Semester 7 | Credits |
| Three Latin literature courses (3000 level or above, not in translation) | 9 |
| Ancient Roman culture (3000 level or higher) ** | 3 |
| Electives for Pathways to Teaching minor (3000 level or above, not in major) | 3 |
| Total | 15 |
| Semester 8 | Credits |
| Two Latin literature courses (3000 level or above, not in translation) | 6 |
| Elective (or honors thesis) | 3 |
| Elective (3000 level or above, not in major) | 3 |
| Elective | 4-0 |
| Total | 16-12 |
* Students with prior Greek or Latin and an SAT II Latin score of 540 or higher, a 3 or higher on the AP Latin exam or a 4 or higher on the IB exam will begin with more advanced courses.
Proficiency can be demonstrated by completing LNW 2630 (Latin Love Poetry) or LNW 3660 (Vergil and Roman Epic) or a 2000-level ancient Greek course. Students in the teacher certification concentration should take Latin.
Students following the ancient language concentration need to complete the following by the end of fourth year: 15 hours in Latin, ancient Greek or a combination of the two at the 3000 level, plus two courses on the ancient Graeco-Roman world. These students should begin the ancient Greek or Latin sequence now if they have not already done so. Students in the high school teaching concentration need to complete by the end of the senior year nine hours in Latin vocabulary, grammar and composition, 15 hours in Latin literature (not in translation) and six hours in Roman culture.
** Courses may be from the Classics department or from the following list of approved courses in other departments: ANT (Anthropology) 4110, 4114, 4823, 4824; ARH (Art) 3130, 3171, 4135, 4200, 4251; EUH (History) 2000, 3383, 3401, 3411; PHH (Philosophy) 3100, 3111, 4141; POT (Political Science) 4013; REL (Religion) 3252. Students in the teacher certification concentration should take a Latin literature course.