Classics and Religious Studies

Departmental Honors

Departmental honors are awarded to students who, upon invitation by the faculty, complete a senior honors thesis. Departmental honors candidates must have a minimum overall average of 3.0 and a minimum departmental average of 3.5. The program, completed in the candidate’s senior year, consists of completion of CLSICS 495: Senior Seminar in the fall and CLSICS 490, GREEK 490, or LATIN 490 (3 credits) in the spring.

Programs

• Classical Languages Major (BA)
• Classical Studies Major (BA)

• Classical Languages Minor
• Classical Studies Minor
• Religious Studies Minor

Courses

• CLSICS 112G - Women, Gender, and Sexuality in Ancient Greece
• CLSICS 125G - The Myth of the Hero
• CLSICS 161 - Demystifying Language: English Vocabulary
• CLSICS 180 - Poets, Warriors and Sages: The Greeks
• CLSICS 205G - Running a Business in Ancient Rome
• CLSICS 212G - Women in Ancient Greece
• CLSICS 215G - Women of Rome
• CLSICS 218G - Soul & Self in Ancient Greece
• CLSICS 230L - Ancient Egypt
• CLSICS 233L - The Homeric Warrior
• CLSICS 239L - Hindu Myth and Narrative: the Epics and Puranas
• CLSICS 240G - What’s So Funny? Greek Comedy and Beyond
• CLSICS 241L - Myth, History, and Prophecy: Old Testament
• CLSICS 242L - Origins of Christianity: From Jesus to Constantine
• CLSICS 262L - Greek Art and Architecture
• CLSICS 270 - The Life and Works of Julius Caesar
• CLSICS 271 - Paganism and Christianity
• CLSICS 278 - Cities of Vesuvius: Pompeii and Herculaneum
• CLSICS 280 - Special Topics
• CLSICS 281 - Greek Civilization: Multi-Cultural Perspectives
• CLSICS 282 - Roman Civilization
• CLSICS 284 - Greek and Roman Mythology
• CLSICS 285 - Greek and Roman Tragedy
• CLSICS 287 - Women in Greek Society and Literature
• CLSICS 288 - Image and Reality: The Women of Rome
• CLSICS 289 - Rome in Hollywood
• CLSICS 290 - Lovers, Slaves, and Shipwrecks: The Origins of the Novel
• CLSICS 291 - Sport and Spectacle in Greece and Rome
• CLSICS 292 - Alexander the Great and His Legacy
• CLSICS 294 - Magic and Science in Greece and Rome
• CLSICS 301L - Ancient Greek History
• CLSICS 302L - Roman History
• CLSICS 303L - The Archaeology of Ancient Greece
• CLSICS 306L - The Archaeology of Ancient Rome
• CLSICS 311L - The Fall of Rome
• CLSICS 320L - Bronze Age Aegean Archaeology
• CLSICS 327L - Hellenistic Art and Culture
• CLSICS 376 - Greek and Roman Comedy
• CLSICS 380 - Special Topics
• CLSICS 383 - Heroes, Wars and Quests
• CLSICS 385 - Greek & Roman Religion
• CLSICS 387 - The Golden Age of Athens
• CLSICS 388 - The Golden Age of Rome
• CLSICS 416L - Thucydides: War & Human Nature
• CLSICS 478 - Independent Study
• CLSICS 479 - Independent Study
• CLSICS 490 - Honors Program
• CLSICS 491 - Honors Program
• CLSICS 495 - Senior Seminar
• HIST 320L - Bronze Age Aegean Archaeology

• GREEK 101 - Elementary Classical Greek I
• GREEK 102 - Elementary Classical Greek II
• GREEK 120 - An Introduction to Sappho’s Greek
• GREEK 151 - Biblical Greek I
• GREEK 211 - Intermediate Greek
• GREEK 222 - Intermediate Greek II: Homer
• GREEK 301 - Attic Orators
• GREEK 302 - Plato
• GREEK 306 - Aristophanes
• GREEK 307 - Herodotus
• GREEK 309 - Lyric Poetry
• GREEK 397 - Special Topics
• GREEK 478 - Independent Study
• GREEK 479 - Independent Study
• GREEK 490 - Honors

• LATIN 101 - Fundamentals of Latin I
• LATIN 102 - Fundamentals of Latin II
• LATIN 115 - Intensive Elementary Latin
• LATIN 201 - Intermed Latin
• LATIN 202 - Ovid-Metamorphoses
• LATIN 220 - Readings in Latin Literature
• LATIN 300 - Roma Aeterna: Latin Reading Fluency
• LATIN 301 - Cicero
• LATIN 302 - Caesar
• LATIN 303 - Roman Comedy
• LATIN 309 - Lucretius
• LATIN 310 - Virgil
• LATIN 311 - The Roman Novel: Petronius and Apuleius
• LATIN 314 - Catullus and Horace
• LATIN 320 - Latin Letters
• LATIN 321 - Advanced Readings in Latin Literature
• LATIN 325 - Literature in the Age of Nero
• LATIN 335 - Latin Historians
• LATIN 397 - Special Topics
• LATIN 415 - Methods of Teaching in the Latin Language
• LATIN 460 - History of Latin Literature
• LATIN 478 - Independent Study
• LATIN 479 - Independent Study
• LATIN 490 - Honors

• RELSTY 109 - Symbol, Myth and Ritual: Cultural Studies in Religion
• RELSTY 110 - Religions of Boston
• RELSTY 111 - Religions of the West
• RELSTY 112L - Religions of Asia
• RELSTY 115G - Religion, Politics, Sex & Violence
• RELSTY 125L - Jerusalem: Sacred Space, Contested Space
• RELSTY 218G - Religion and Film
• RELSTY 222L - Religion and the Environment: Global Stewardship and Practices of Faith Communities
• RELSTY 225L - The Philosophy of Religion
• RELSTY 233L - Introduction to Islam
• RELSTY 235L - Yoga in History, Philosophy, and Practice
• RELSTY 239L - Hindu Myth and Narrative: the Epics and Puranas