Classics

Director
D. Thomas Benediktson
Professor of Classics and
Comparative Literature

Advisory Board
David Cook, Theatre
Jacob Howland, Philosophy
Joseph Kestner, English
Victor Udwin, Languages

The certificate program in classics is designed for the traditional and non-traditional student who wants to acquire a solid foundation in Latin or Greek and to employ this knowledge in the study of the ancient world. Students must either have a bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university or be in the process of completing a bachelor’s degree at The University of Tulsa.

Course Requirements

Fourteen hours of lower-division Greek or Latin or equivalent, six hours of upper-level Greek or Latin, and 12 additional hours of approved course work.

 

Required Courses

Six hours of Greek or Latin at 3000 or 4000 level. (Prerequisite: 14 hours of lower-level Greek or Latin).

  • Grk 3003, Attic Prose 
  • Grk 3013, Attic Prose
  • Grk 3103, Homer
  • Grk 3203, Tragedy
  • Lat 3023-3033, Advanced Latin Texts
  • Lat 3683, Advanced Latin Grammar and Composition
  • Lat 3991-3, Independent Study
  • Lat 4991-3, Independent Study

Electives

12 hours, nine must be at the 3000 or 4000 level. Courses are to be selected in consultation with the classics advisor; courses other than those listed may be added for selection.

  • ArtH 3133, Greek and Roman Art 
  • CpLt 2013, Comparative Mythology
  • Hist 2173, The Origins of War
  • Hist 2313, Ideas and Institutions in the Ancient World
  • Hist 2323, The Ancient City
  • Hist 3313, Crisis of Greek Civilization 
  • Hist 4803, Topics in Greek History
  • Hist 4813, Topics in Roman History
  • Hon 1003, Piety, Wisdom, Eros and Spiritedness 
  • Phil 1083, Intellectual Evolution of Western Civilization I 
  • Phil 1453, The Great Conversation I
  • Phil/Pol 2083, Western Political Thought I
  • Phil 3043, Ancient Philosophy 
  • Phil 3223, Nietzsche and Socrates
  • Phil 4143, Studies in Plato and Aristotle
  • Thea 2323, Survey of Dramatic Literature
  • Thea 3023, Theatre History and Literature: The Classical Theatre
  • WS 1013, Women in Antiquity

Certificate Requirements
Credit Hours
Core 20 
Electives 12 
Total Hours Required for Certificate 32