Classics

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Director
Jonathan J. Arnold
Assistant Professor of History

Advisory Board
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 2313, Ideas and Institutions in the Ancient World
  • Hist/Flm 3783, Greece & Rome in Film
  • Hist 3813, The Rise & Fall of the Roman Empire 
  • Hist 4803, Topics in Greek History
  • Hist 4813, Topics in Roman History
  • Hist 4873, Topics in Medieval History 
  • Hon 1003,  Greek History, Philosophy and Drama
  • Phil 1083, Intellectual Evolution of Western Civilization I 
  • Phil/Rel 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

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