Nov 21, 2024  
Xavier University Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog 2024-2025 
  
Xavier University Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog 2024-2025

Classical Humanities, B.A.


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The Bachelor of Arts degree in Classical Humanities major engages students who have an interest in the enduring purchase of topics and themes from classical antiquity. CLHU embraces a wide range of areas such as art, history, religion, archaeology, literature, mythology, and Greek and Latin languages.  There is no language requirement in the Classical Humanities major, but students are encouraged to use core language requirements as an opportunity to complement their CLHU studies.  The major aim is for students to encounter in the culture of classical antiquity the diversity of the ancient world and to gain an awareness of the ongoing influence of classical antiquity on contemporary culture.

Requirements for the Classical Humanities Major


Core Curriculum Requirements:


See Undergraduate Core Curriculum  

Major Requirements:


31 credit hours, as follows:

18 required credit hours


12 elective hours in any CLAS, LATN, GREK courses


  • Note: coan include core requirements in language, Theological Perspectives, Social Sciences, Humanities, and  Oral Communication, Quantitative Reasoning, Writing, E/RS, and Diversity Flags

1 hour Senior Capstone Project


Note(s):


  • A 2.500 cumulative average must be attained in the above courses.
  • In addition to the above requirements, the student has approximately 26 hours of non-designated electives which can be used to meet specific interests or needs.

TOTAL Minimum Hours Required for Degree: 120 Semester Hours


B.A. Classical Humanities


This is a sample course sequence to illustrate class offerings for this major.  See your academic advisor.

Freshman Year


First Semester


  • Core language requirement I (LATN 101 or LATN 111)
  • CORE 100 First Year Seminar
  • CREATIVE PERSPECTIVES (CLAS 241)
  • PHILOSOPHY 100 - Ethics as Intro. to Philosophy
  • ENGLISH 101 or 115 - English Composition or Rhetoric
  • CORE 101: GOA

Total (15)

Second Semester


  • CORE LANGUAGE REQUIREMENT II (LATN 102 or LATN 112)
  • HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES (CLAS 120, 121, 160, 161)
  • SCIENTIFIC PERSPECTIVES Lecture and Lab 
  • THEOLOGY 111 Theological Foundations
  • MATHEMATICAL PERSPECTIVES
  • CORE 102: GOA 

 

Total (15)

Sophomore Year


First Semester


  • CORE LANGUAGE REQUIREMENT III (Latin/Greek 201)
  • NATURAL SCIENCE Lecture and Lab
  • THEOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES
  • HUMANITIES Elective
  • CLAS, LATN, GREK Elective

Total (15)

 

Second Semester


  • Classical Mythology (CLAS 240, 241, 245)
  • CLAS 205 Classical Literature and the Moral Imagination
  • ORAL COMMUNICATION FLAG Elective
  • PHILOSOPHY PERSPECTIVES Elective
  • CLAS, LATN, GREK Elective

 

Total (15)

Junior Year


First Semester


  • Classical Culture (CLAS 236, 239)
  • CLAS, LATN, GREK Elective 
  • QUANTITATIVE FLAG Elective
  • SOCIAL SCIENCE Elective (CLAS 261, 262)
  • GENERAL Elective

 

Total (15)

Second Semester


  • Ancient History (CLAS 310)
  • WRITING FLAG Elective
  • E/RS Elective
  • CLAS, LATN, GREK Elective
  • General Elective

Total (15)

Senior Year


First Semester


  • CLASSICS 380 Ancients and Moderns
  • DIVERSITY FLAG Elective
  • General Elective
  • General Elective
  • General Elective

Total (15)

Second Semester


  • CLASSICS 397 Senior Capstone Research
  • General Elective
  • General Elective
  • General Elective
  • General Elective
  • General Elective
  • CORE 499

Total (16)

Scheduling Notes:


  • Consult the “Undergraduate Core Curriculum ” requirements of the Catalog.
  • E/RS Focus Elective requirement may be used to satisfy another element of the core or the major.

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