Classics Department

The Classics Department is one of eighteen academic departments at Knox. It offers three majors and three minors. The department is located in GDH.

Department Faculty

Current

• Stephen Fineberg, Professor of Classics, Szold Distinguished Service Professor
• Brenda Fineberg, Professor and Chair of Classics
• Umit Dhuga, Visiting Assistant Professor of Classics
• Michell Parks, Professor of Classics

Former

• Joanna Fryer, Visiting Instructor
• Jonathan Chicken, Visiting Instructor (2005-2007)
• Katherine Northrup, Visiting Instructor
• Nathan Bethell, Visiting Instructor

Cooperating Faculty from Other Programs

• Lance Factor, Professor of Philosophy
• Lane Sunderland, Chancie Ferris Booth Professor of Political Science
• Robert Whitlatch, Robert A. and Katherine M. Seeley Distinguished Professor of Theatre

Greek and Roman Culture

See main page at Greek and Roman Culture.

The department offers one major and one minor in Greek and Roman Culture.

Greek and Roman Culture (major)

This major allows advanced study in Classics.

Courses Required for the Greek and Roman Culture major

10.5-11 credits:

• All of the following:
  • CLAS 201
  • CLAS 202
  • CLAS 203
  • ART 105 (Art History I)
  • CLAS 399
• Three credits in Latin or Greek, at least one of which is at the 300-level and the rest at the 200-level
• One credit in theory or methodology approved by the department chair. Examples include:
  • ANSO 228 (Gender in Cross-Cultural Perspective)
  • ANSO 270 (Language and Culture)
  • ANSO 300 (Modern Theories of Society and Culture)
  • ANSO 301 (Methodologies in Sociology and Anthropology)
  • ART 342 (Interpreting Works of Art)
  • CS 317 (Artificial Intelligence)
  • CS 360 (Natural Language Processing)
  • ENG 124 (Introduction to Film)
  • ENG 200 (Ways of Reading)
  • ENG 334 (Literary Criticism)
  • HIST 285 (The Historian's Workshop)
  • PHIL 243 (Philosophies of Feminism)
  • THEA 379 (Dramatic Theory and Criticism)

Greek and Roman Culture (minor)

This minor allows for intermediate study in Classics.

Courses Required for the Greek and Roman Culture minor

5 credits:

• Two credits in Latin or Greek, at least one of which is at the 300-level and the rest at the 200-level
• All of the following:
  • CLAS 201
  • CLAS 202
• One additional credit in Classics, Latin, or Greek at the 200- or 300-level

Latin

See main page at Latin.

The department offers one major and one minor in Latin.

Latin (major)

This major allows advanced study in Classics and Latin.

Courses Required for the Latin major

10.5-11 credits:

• All of the following:
  • CLAS 201
  • LAT 210
  • CLAS 399
• One of the following:
  • CLAS 202
  • CLAS 203
• Six additional credits in Latin, at least two of which are at the 300-level
• One credit in theory or methodology approved by the department chair. Examples include:
  • ANSO 228 (Gender in Cross-Cultural Perspective)
  • ANSO 270 (Language and Culture)
  • ANSO 300 (Modern Theories of Society and Culture)
  • ANSO 301 (Methodologies in Sociology and Anthropology)
  • ART 342 (Interpreting Works of Art)
  • CS 317 (Artificial Intelligence)
  • CS 360 (Natural Language Processing)
  • ENG 124 (Introduction to Film)
  • ENG 200 (Ways of Reading)
  • ENG 334 (Literary Criticism)
  • HIST 285 (The Historian's Workshop)
  • PHIL 243 (Philosophies of Feminism)
  • THEA 379 (Dramatic Theory and Criticism)

Latin (minor)

This minor allows for intermediate study in Classics and Latin.

Courses Required for the Latin minor

5 credits:

• CLAS 201
• Three credits in Latin, at least one of which is at the 300-level and the rest at the 200-level
• One additional credit in Classics or Latin at the 200- or 300-level

Greek

See main page at Greek.

The department offers one major and one minor in Greek.

Greek (major)

This major allows advanced study in Classics and Greek.

Courses Required for the Greek major

10.5-11 credits:

• All of the following:
  • CLAS 202
  • GRK 210
  • CLAS 399
• One of the following:
  • CLAS 201
  • CLAS 203
• Six additional credits in Greek, at least two of which are at the 300-level
• One credit in theory or methodology approved by the department chair. Examples include:
  • ANSO 228 (Gender in Cross-Cultural Perspective)
  • ANSO 270 (Language and Culture)
  • ANSO 300 (Modern Theories of Society and Culture)
  • ANSO 301 (Methodologies in Sociology and Anthropology)
  • ART 342 (Interpreting Works of Art)
  • CS 317 (Artificial Intelligence)
  • CS 360 (Natural Language Processing)
  • ENG 124 (Introduction to Film)
  • ENG 200 (Ways of Reading)
  • ENG 334 (Literary Criticism)
  • HIST 285 (The Historian's Workshop)
  • PHIL 243 (Philosophies of Feminism)
  • THEA 379 (Dramatic Theory and Criticism)

Greek (minor)

This minor allows for intermediate study in Classics and Greek.

Courses Required for the Greek minor

5 credits:

• CLAS 202
• Three credits in Greek, at least one of which is at the 300-level and the rest at the 200-level
• One additional credit in Classics or Greek at the 200- or 300-level

Meeting the Competency Requirements

• Writing Requirement: CLAS 201
• Oral Requirement: All 200-level Greek and Latin courses, CLAS 399
• Information Literacy Requirement: Not specified