2013-2014 Samford University Catalog 
    
    Mar 28, 2024  
2013-2014 Samford University Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Classics


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Faculty

Stephen R. Todd, Chair, Professor
Douglas C. Clapp, Associate Professor
Shannon R. Flynt, Assistant Professor
P. Andrew Montgomery, Assistant Professor

Undergraduate Programs and Requirements

Majors Minors
Classics Major, B.A. 
Greek Major, B.A. 
Latin Major, B.A. 
Classics Minor 
Greek Minor 
Latin Minor 

The Department of Classics offers majors in classics, Greek, and Latin leading to a bachelor of arts degree. These majors provide students with the opportunity to pursue a course of study that covers a variety of Greek and Latin prose and poetry in the original languages, as well as the history and culture of the classical world and its importance for the 21st century. While the Greek major and the Latin major allow students to concentrate their undergraduate program around the mastery of a single language, the classics major encourages training in both Greek and Latin. Each of these majors would be an appropriate program of study to prepare a student for graduate study in classics or ancient history, but they are also designed for students pursuing a broad program of study as a background for graduate programs in the humanities and professional programs in fields such as medicine, dentistry, theology, and law. Likewise, a minor in classics, Greek, or Latin can strengthen the majors and degrees throughout the College of Arts and Sciences and the University by supporting and complementing the many disciplines
that draw on the classics.

University Core Curriculum and General Education Requirements

See University Core Curriculum and General Education Requirements  in the Howard College of Arts and Sciences introductory pages for a list of required and applicable courses.


 

Programs

    MajorMinor

    Courses

      ClassicsGreek

      Note: Students may take one year of Greek, plus one year of Hebrew, in lieu of two years of the same language, to satisfy the General Education Requirement for language.

      Latin

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