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Classical Studies Home  Undergraduate Program Classical Studies
Major Requirements
Prerequisite for the Major
A prerequisite for the classical studies major is the lower-division sequence in elementary Greek or Latin language (Greek 1 and 2 or Latin 1 and 2).
Course Requirements
The major requires a total of ten courses plus a senior comprehensive exam and must include the following:
- one lower-division survey of ancient history or literature in translation;
- three upper-division courses in Greek or Latin Literature;
- six additional approved upper-division courses (which may include addidtional courses in Greek or Latin Literature);
- Enrollment in a 2-credit comprehensive examination preparatory course, History 199F, is required in the same quarter that the senior oral examination will be given. The preparatory course will be taken with the chair of the student's examination committee.
Senior Comprehensive Exam and Senior Checkout Packet
As fulfillment of the University Senior Comprehensive requirement in the major, Classical Studies majors are required to pass a comprehensive examination. Each student shall identify two or three classical studies faculty members to serve on the examination committee, one of which shall be designated as the committee chair.
One quarter prior to the exam, all Classical Studies majors are required to complete a Senior Checkout Packet with their exam committee chair. At this time, all students must indicate their final degree plan on the Senior Check, complete a Petition for Undergraduate Individual Studies and schedule the Comprehensive Examination, all with the assistance of the committee chair. The purpose of completing the Senior Check and Petition for Undergraduate Individual Studies is to ensure that all students are on track to finish the major requirements by their graduation quarter and to obtain enrollment in HIS 199F, the comprehensive examination preparatory course.
The Senior Check and Petition for Undergraduate Individual Studies must be submitted to the History Department Office during Drop-In Advising Hours. The undergraduate adviser will issue an enrollment code for HIS 199F at this time. Both forms must be completed in entirety and approved by the committee chair before an enrollment code will be issued.
Minor Requirements
A minor in classical studies requires the lower-division sequence in elementary Greek or Latin language (Greek 1 and 2 or Latin 1 and 2) and Greek or Latin Literature 100 plus any four of the upper-division courses listed as satisfying the classical studies major requirements.
Declaration of Major or Minor Procedure
(See Academic and Administrative Calendar for declaration of major/minor deadlines.)
- Pick up two forms:
- A declaration of major/minor form available at advising.ucsc.edu. Make sure that Section 1 (monitoring of completed GEs) is completed with your college adviser.
- A Classical Studies major or minor planning worksheet, available at the History Department or online.
- Meet with one of the classical studies faculty advisers to plan an individualized program of study. Obtain your faculty adviser's signature in Section II of the declaration of major/minor form and on your major or minor planning worksheet.
- Go to the History Department with your signed declaration of major form and your major or minor planning worksheet. The undergraduate adviser will complete Section III. If no further advising from other departments is required, the adviser will then forward the completed declaration to the Registrar, your college office, and second department of study (when applicable).
Classical Studies Faculty Advisers, 2008 - 2009
Karen Bassi, Professor of Literature
228 Cowell College • 459-2586 • bassi@ucsc.edu
Dan Selden, Professor of Literature
639 Humanities 1 • 459-2175 • dselden@ucsc.edu
Classical Studies Faculty Advisers, ON LEAVE 2008 - 2009
Mary-Kay Gamel, Professor of Literature
329 Humanites 1 • 459-4127 • mkgamel@ucsc.edu
Charles W. Hedrick Jr., Professor of History
242 Cowell College • 459-2727 • hedrick@ucsc.edu
Associated Faculty and Professional Interests
- Karen Bassi, Professor of Literature
Greek and Latin literatures, Greek drama, Hellenistic poetics, feminist interpretation,
literary and cultural theory, pre- and early modern studies, historiography
- Mary-Kay Gamel, Professor of Literature
Performance studies, ancient Mediterranean performance, Greek and Latin literature,
myth, reception of Greek and Roman texts and artifacts, film, feminist
approaches to literature and performance
- Gildas Hamel, Lecturer
French history and culture, Celtic languages and literatures, history of Judaism and early Christianity
- Charles W. Hedrick Jr., Professor of History
Greek and Roman history, epigraphy, historiography, political theory
- John P. Lynch, Professor of Literature, Emeritus
Greek and Latin literatures; Plato and Aristotle; Lucretius, Virgil, and Petronius; ancient education
- Daniel L. Selden, Professor of Literature
Afroasiatic languages and literatures, Greek and Latin, Hellenistic culture, the classical tradition, history of criticism, literary theory
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