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Classical Studies

Mount Holyoke College · South Hadley, MA

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Program
Award
Classical Studies
Total credits (published)
16
Catalog edition
Catalog 2026-27
Checklist type
degree-program
Description
Classical studies comprises the languages, literature, history, culture, and society of the Greeks and Romans and of the ancient Mediterranean world from about the eighth century BCE to the fifth century CE. Literary genres (such as epic poetry, drama, rhetoric, and historiography), political institutions and ideals (such as democracy and free speech), as well as principles of philosophy and science are all part of the rich legacy of the ancient Greeks and Romans. Many of their ideas and institutions were consciously revived in the Renaissance and Enlightenment and remain with us today. Latin, moreover, is alive and well in the many English words that have Latinate roots and as the matriarch of the modern Romance Languages, so, too, ancient Greek in modern biomedical terminology. More important, these ancient languages live on in the famous authors and works still read today: Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey , Greek tragedy and philosophy; the histories of Herodotus and Thucydides; as well as Vergil, Livy, Horace, Ovid, and Tacitus. Important, too, is the influence these works have had on later writers and thinkers in ways that today’s students still find relevant.
Identifiers
IPEDS UNITID
166939
CourseShelf checklist
CK_166939_2dc3e50b_1
CollegeTransfer.Net
Institution Transfer Profile
Source
CourseShelf publish 61

Requirements to complete

Every course or condition the catalog lists, in the catalog's order.

Requirements for the Major

major core · 2 items
  1. Two courses at the 300-level in Classical Studies 1
    Not resolved to a course
    8
  2. Six additional courses at the 200-level or above in Classical Studies 1
    Not resolved to a course
    24

All majors must take at least one approved course in two of the following three subject areas: 2

major core · 0 items

    Literary/mythological

    0 items

      Art historical/archeological

      0 items

        Historical

        1 item
        1. One additional language course in Latin (CLAS-102 or above) or Greek (CLAS-112 or above)
          Not resolved to a course
          4

        Requirements for the Minor

        2 items
        1. One course at the 300 level in Classical Studies 1
          Not resolved to a course
          4
        2. Three additional courses at the 200 level or above in Classical Studies 1
          Not resolved to a course
          12

        Courses Approved to Count for the Classical Studies Major and Minor

        major core · 0 items

          Art History

          1 item
          1. ARTH 290AR
            4

          Classical Studies

          29 items
          1. CLAS 101
            4
          2. CLAS 102
            4
          3. CLAS 111
            4
          4. CLAS 112
            4
          5. CLAS 201
            4
          6. CLAS 202CE
            4
          7. CLAS 202RC
            4
          8. CLAS 202RN
            4
          9. CLAS 202VA
            4
          10. CLAS 202WR
            4
          11. CLAS 216
            4
          12. CLAS 218
            4
          13. CLAS 226
            4
          14. CLAS 227
            4
          15. CLAS 231
            4
          16. CLAS 242
            4
          17. CLAS 247
            4
          18. CLAS 250AR
            4
          19. CLAS 295
            1-4
          20. CLAS 302
            4
          21. CLAS 307
            4
          22. CLAS 308
            4
          23. CLAS 309
            4
          24. CLAS 312
            4
          25. CLAS 313
            4
          26. CLAS 316
            4
          27. CLAS 318
            4
          28. CLAS 320
            4
          29. CLAS 395
            1-8

          History

          4 items
          1. HIST 226
            4
          2. HIST 227
            4
          3. HIST 228
            4
          4. HIST 320
            4

          Philosophy

          1 item
          1. PHIL 201
            4

          Politics

          1 item
          1. POLIT 211
            4

          Religion

          2 items
          1. RELIG 225KG
            4
          2. RELIG 225KH
            4

          Courses Approved to Count for the Literary/Mythological Area of the Classical Studies Major

          major core · 0 items

            Classical Studies

            14 items
            1. CLAS 202RC
              4
            2. CLAS 202RN
              4
            3. CLAS 202VA
              4
            4. CLAS 202WR
              4
            5. CLAS 231
              4
            6. CLAS 242
              4
            7. CLAS 247
              4
            8. CLAS 307
              4
            9. CLAS 308
              4
            10. CLAS 309
              4
            11. CLAS 312
              4
            12. CLAS 313
              4
            13. CLAS 316
              4
            14. CLAS 318
              4

            Courses Approved to Count for the Art Historical/Archaeological Area of the Classical Studies Major

            major core · 0 items

              Art History

              1 item
              1. ARTH 290AR
                4

              Classical Studies

              1 item
              1. CLAS 250AR
                4

              Courses Approved to Count for the Historical Area of the Classical Studies Major

              major core · 0 items

                Classical Studies

                6 items
                1. CLAS 202CE
                  4
                2. CLAS 216
                  4
                3. CLAS 218
                  4
                4. CLAS 226
                  4
                5. CLAS 227
                  4
                6. CLAS 302
                  4
                Source. Mount Holyoke College, catalog Catalog 2026-27 — http://catalog.mtholyoke.edu/areas-study/classical-studies/. Captured page pages/0166.html.gz. Assembled from the institution's published catalog as captured; every record names its captured page and source URL. Assembled, not asserted.