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Classical Studies Minor
Lake Forest provides two ways to achieve a minor in Classical Studies. A traditional, on-campus track offers exposure to the literary legacies of Greece and Rome, combined with an on-campus survey of the art of the period. The on-site track includes as a centerpiece the College’s unique Program in Greece and Turkey, which explores the art and architectural remains of Greek civilizations from the Bronze Age, through the Classical Period, and into the Byzantine Era.  As a traveling program, classes are held on sites and in museums, from Agamemnon’s citadel at Mycenae, to the acropolis of Periclean Athens, the agora where Socrates engaged in philosophical debates, Apollo’s oracle at Delphi, and Justinian’s magnificent Ayia Sophia in Istanbul. (See page 42 for course descriptions.)

If you are interested in this minor or if you have questions about it, please contact any member of the program committee.

There is no language requirement for the minor but familiarity with either ancient Greek or Latin is encouraged and is available through tutorials.

On-site focus
Six courses, including:

Participation in the Program in Greece  and Turkey:

Greek Civilizations 201 (Ancient Greece:  Life, Thought, and the Arts)

Greek Civilizations 202 (Greece in the  Bronze Age)

Greek Civilizations 203 (Greece in the Classical-Roman Ages)

Greek Civilizations 204 (Greece in the Byzantine-Medieval Ages)

Another course from the list below may be substituted for one of the on-site courses, with the permission of the Classical Studies program chair.

Plus two additional courses from the following:

Art 210 (Ancient Art)

Classical Studies 275 (Greek Greats)

History 210 (Ancient Greece)

History 211 (Roman History)

Philosophy 290 (History of Western Philosophy: Ancient Greece)

Religion 306 (Roman and Medieval Christianity)

An appropriate tutorial or research project, approved by the Classical Studies program chair

On-campus focus
Six courses, including four courses from the following:

Art 210 (Ancient Art)

Greek Civilizations 201 (Ancient Greece:  Life, Thought, and the Arts)

History 210 (Ancient Greece)

History 211 (Roman History)

Literature in Translation 275 (Greek Greats)

Philosophy 290 (History of Western Philosophy: Ancient Greece)

Religion 306 (Roman and Medieval Christianity)

An appropriate tutorial or research project, approved by the Classical Studies program chair

Plus an additional two courses from among those listed above or:

Ancient Greek or Latin (as a tutorial by arrangement)

Religion 203 (The Christian Testament)

Other courses listed below with the approval of the Classical Studies program chair and the instructor, providing the student focuses sufficiently on the Classical period:

English 210 (Ancient and Medieval Literature)

Sociology and Anthropology 216 (Introduction to Archaeology)

Sociology and Anthropology 375 (History of Social Thought)

Theater 230 (Theater History I: Greeks to Shakespeare)