CLASSICS

Marston Hall
206-281-2036
www.spu.edu/depts/fll

FACULTY:  Robert N Baah, Kathryn Mary Bartholomew, Michelle  Beauclair, Owen M Ewald, Lylje H Klein, Katya  Nemtchinova, Eric William Vogt, Michael Joakim Ziemann

The surviving works of literature and art inherited from classical Greece and Rome have been foundational to Western European culture. From the classical world have come the patterns within which intellectual thought has developed, the models from which canons of aesthetic excellence have been formed and the languages in which the original literary works were written, including more than 1,000 years of Christian theology. The student who chooses to major in classics will acquire preparation that can key into any of the liberal arts, as well as provide enrichment for personal satisfaction. Students interested in pre-law, pre-medicine, education, and many of the sciences are encouraged to consider the classics offerings as electives, as are business majors aspiring to management.

All students who complete the classics major must be proficient in a foreign language. Proficiency is established upon satisfactory completion of the third quarter of a first-year college-level foreign language or its equivalent. For alternative ways of satisfying this requirement, see General Education in this Catalog. Language proficiency is not satisfied by transfer of an associate’s degree from a community college unless the transcript records the completion of foreign language coursework.

Classics: Student-designed

Owen Ewald, Contact person

Admission to the Classics Major
Applicants for a major in classics must have a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher in all college work applicable to the B.A. degree and a 2.5 GPA in 10 credits of coursework at SPU in classics and/or Latin. Since the major is student-designed the student must work closely with the classics advisor.

Requirements for the Major – Language Emphasis
Requirements for the Major – Cultural Emphasis
Requirements for the Minor – Classics
Requirements for the Minor – Latin

Note: Classical Latin courses appear under the Latin program requirements.

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