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Program Minimum Units
20 Units
University Minimum Units
18 Units
Interests
Literature & Culture, Studying the Past, Languages, Human Rights
Academic Areas
Humanities & Arts, Social Sciences

Overview

The undergraduate program in Classics strives to provide students with a broad background centered on the textual and material culture of ancient Greece and Rome, including Greek and Latin language, literature, philosophy, history, art, and archaeology. At Stanford, students in the Classics program also explore the connections between ancient cultures and the modern world, as well as specialized fields such as ancient economics, law, textual criticism, and science. The program’s faculty approaches Classics from an interdisciplinary perspective that crosses geographical, temporal, and thematic territories. The program is concerned not only with Greek and Roman civilization but also with the interaction of cultures and societies that influenced the ancient Mediterranean basin and continue to influence human society across the globe.

Requirements

Program Requirements

Classics Minor Requirements Overview

Students may choose among four fields of study for the minor in Classics: Classical Languages, Ancient History, Literature and Philosophy, and Classical Studies. These fields of study are not declared in Axess or printed on the transcript or diploma.

Students can review the department website opens in a new tab for information on how to declare the minor.

Classical Languages

Students must take a minimum of five courses in Greek or Latin. In addition to the five required courses, students must take CLASSICS 150 Majors Seminar (WIM). Choose from the following courses:

Complete all of the following requirements:
Required Course
Earn at least 5 units in the following course(s):
CLASSICS 150

Majors Seminar

5 Units
and
Classical Languages Electives
Earn at least 15 units in the following course(s):
CLASSICS 1L

Beginning Latin

5 Units
CLASSICS 2L

Beginning Latin

5 Units
CLASSICS 3L

Beginning Latin

5 Units
CLASSICS 11L

Intermediate Latin

5 Units
CLASSICS 12L

Intermediate Latin

5 Units
CLASSICS 13L

Intermediate Latin

5 Units
CLASSICS 101L

Advanced Latin

3-5 Units
CLASSICS 102L

Advanced Latin

3-5 Units
CLASSICS 103L

Advanced Latin

3-5 Units
CLASSICS 1G

Beginning Greek

5 Units
CLASSICS 2G

Beginning Greek

5 Units
CLASSICS 3G

Beginning Greek

5 Units
CLASSICS 11G

Intermediate Greek

5 Units
CLASSICS 12G

Intermediate Greek

5 Units
CLASSICS 13G

Intermediate Greek

5 Units
CLASSICS 101G

Advanced Greek

3-5 Units
CLASSICS 102G

Advanced Greek

3-5 Units
CLASSICS 103G

Advanced Greek

3-5 Units

Ancient History

Students are required to take a minimum of five courses in history, art history, and archaeology. Courses taken outside of the department may be substituted for one or more of these courses with prior, written approval from the Director of Undergraduate Studies. In addition to the five required courses, students must take CLASSICS 150 Majors Seminar (WIM). Courses offered in Latin and Greek that focus on historical topics or authors may count toward this minor with prior approval from the Director of Undergraduate Studies. Choose from the following courses:

Complete all of the following requirements:
Required Course
Earn at least 5 units in the following course(s):
CLASSICS 150

Majors Seminar

5 Units
and
Ancient History Electives
Earn at least 15 units in the following course(s):
CLASSICS 11N

Roman Portraits and Persons

3 Units
CLASSICS 30

Greek Archaeology: The Worlds the Greeks Made

4-5 Units
CLASSICS 36

Gender and Power in Ancient Rome

3-5 Units
CLASSICS 56

What is Art: Introduction to Early Global Art and Architecture

3-5 Units
CLASSICS 81

Ancient Empires: Near East

4-5 Units
CLASSICS 83

The Greeks

4-5 Units
CLASSICS 84

The Romans

3-5 Units
CLASSICS 151

Ten Things: An Archaeology of Design

3 Units
CLASSICS 153

Ancient Urbanism

3-5 Units
CLASSICS 154

Sailing the Wine-Dark Sea: Maritime Archaeology of the Ancient Mediterranean

3-5 Units
CLASSICS 156

Design of Cities

3-5 Units
CLASSICS 161

Introduction to Greek Art I: The Archaic Period

4 Units
CLASSICS 162

Introduction to Greek Art II: From the Parthenon to Scopas

4 Units
CLASSICS 163

Artists, Athletes, Courtesans and Crooks

5 Units
CLASSICS 164

Roman Gladiators

3-5 Units
CLASSICS 168

Engineering the Roman Empire

3-5 Units
CLASSICS 181

Classical Seminar: Origins of Political Thought

3-5 Units
CLASSICS 186

African Archive Beyond Colonization

3-5 Units

Philosophy and Literature

Students must take at least five courses in classical literature or philosophy, including classical science. Courses taken outside the department (for instance, from the Philosophy department) may be substituted for one or more of these courses with prior written approval from the Director of Undergraduate Studies. In addition to the five required courses, students must take CLASSICS 150 Majors Seminar (WIM). Courses in Latin and Greek that focus on philosophical or literary topics or authors may count toward the minor. Choose from the following courses:

Complete all of the following requirements:
Required Course
Earn at least 5 units in the following course(s):
CLASSICS 150

Majors Seminar

5 Units
and
Philosophy and Literature Electives
Earn at least 15 units in the following course(s):
CLASSICS 16N

Sappho: Erotic Poetess of Lesbos

3 Units
CLASSICS 42

Philosophy and Literature

3-5 Units
CLASSICS 123

Ancient Medicine

3-4 Units
CLASSICS 134

The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius

3-5 Units
CLASSICS 136

The Greek Invention of Mathematics

3-5 Units
CLASSICS 181

Classical Seminar: Origins of Political Thought

3-5 Units
CLASSICS 189

Et in Arcadia Ego: The Pastoral Ideal, from Antiquity to the Present

3-5 Units

Classical Studies

Students must take at least five courses in Classics (any course with subject code CLASSICS) plus CLASSICS 150 Majors Seminar (WIM).

Complete all of the following requirements:
Required Course
Earn at least 5 units in the following course(s):
CLASSICS 150

Majors Seminar

5 Units
and
Classical Studies Electives

Students are required to take at least five courses in Classics (any course with subject code CLASSICS)