Santa Clara University

Ancient Studies 

This program offers students the opportunity to study, in a comprehensive and multidisciplinary fashion, the cultures of ancient Greece and Rome in the context of other civilizations that arose near the Mediterranean Sea prior to A.D. 500. Through sources in translation (there is no classical language component to this program), the ancient studies major explores the development, cross-fertilization, and legacies of the sundry cultures of western Asia, northern Africa, and southern Europe, which together shaped many of the fundamental institutions and ideas of the modern world.

Ancient Studies Major

1. Five lower-division courses, distributed as follows:

a. CLAS 60 
b. CLAS 61 or ENGL 11
c. CLAS 62 or HIST 11
d. Two additional lower-division courses from the following list (at least one of which must be ARTH 11, PHIL 11, or Performance and Culture 11): ARTH 11, CLAS 65, 67, 68, 75; THTR 11; PHIL 11; various courses in Religious studies (consult with Classics Department chair).

2. Seven upper-division courses from the following list of approved courses. At least one course must be taken from three of four disciplinary perspectives, and three courses must be taken within one of these perspectives:

a. Language and Literature: CLAS 141, 175, 181, 182, 184; ENGL 161
b. Philosophy and Religious Studies: CLAS 112, 114, 119, 177; PHIL 131; various courses in Religious Studies (consult with Classics Department chair)
c. Art History, Music/Theatre and Dance: ARTH 104, 106, 110; CLAS 181, 182
d. History and Political Science: CLAS 108, 109, 110, 111, 176, 183, 185, 186, 187; HIST 107, 112; POLI 111

3. CLAS 198A & B (capstone project).