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Latin - B.A. Program Requirements

Type Legend: DD Diversity–Domestic; DG Diversity–Global; KAD Kent Core Additional; KBS Kent Core Basic Sciences; KCM Kent Core Composition; KFA Kent Core Fine Arts: KHU Kent Core Humanities; KMC Kent Core Mathematics and Critical Reasoning; KSS Kent Core Social Sciences; WIC Writing Intensive

Please read the sections in the University Catalog on Kent Core, diversity and writing-intensive requirements.

I.
DESTINATION KENT STATE: FIRST YEAR EXPERIENCE  (1 credit)
Type Course Title Credits
  US 10097 Destination Kent State: First Year Experience 1
II.
MAJOR PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS (44 credits)*  Courses count in major GPA 
Type Course Title Credits
  CLAS 21201 English Words from Classical Elements 3
    41006 Roman History (or HIST 41006) 3
  LAT 16201 Elementary Latin I 4
    16202 Elementary Latin II 4
    26201 Intermediate Latin I: Readings 3
    26202 Intermediate Latin II: Readings 3
    36170 Cicero 3
    36171 Virgil 3
  Choose from the following: Classics (CLAS) Culture Elective 9
KHU
DG
CLAS 21404 The Greek Achievement (3)  
KHU
DG
  21405 The Roman Achievement (3)  
    41097 Colloquium in Classics (3)  
    41301 Classical Mythology (3)  
    41402 Roman Archaeology and Art (3)  
WIC   41503 Greek Literature in Translation (3)**  
  Choose from the following: Latin Elective 9
  LAT 46095 Special Topics in Latin (3)***  
    46211 Latin Prose Composition (3)  
    46351 Latin Comedy (3)  
    46352 Elegiac Poets (3)  
    46372 Lyric Poetry (3)  
    46373 Advanced Prose Authors (3)*  
    46374 Juvenal and Martial (3)  
    46375 Lucretius (3)  
IV. ADDITIONAL PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS (76 credits)  
Type Course Title Credits
  Kent Core Additional (must be from two categories) 6
  Kent Core Basic Sciences (must include one laboratory) 6-7
  Kent Core Composition
6-8
  Kent Core Mathematics and Critical Reasoning 3-5
  College General Requirement (must be from Kent Core Basic Sciences)****
3
  College General Requirement (must be from Kent Core Social Sciences)***** 3
  General Electives (minimum 18 upper-division credit hours)
Credits required depends on meeting minimum 121 credit hours and minimum 42 upper-division credit hours
34
  Kent Core Humanities and Fine Arts (minimum one course from each)
the following courses are recommended:
9
KFA
ARTH 22006 Art History I: Ancient and Medieval Art (3)  
KFA   22007 Art History II: Renaissance to Modern Art (3)  
KHU
DG
HIST 11050 History of Civilization (3)  
KHU
DG
PHIL 11001 Introduction to Philosophy (3)  
  Kent Core Social Sciences (must be from two disciplines)
the following course are recommended
6
KSS
DG
ANTH 18420 Introduction to Archaeology (3)  
KSS
DG
GEOG 17063 World Geography (3)  
MINIMUM TOTAL  121

* All courses taken from the list of major program requirements are used in the calculation of the major GPA.

**A minimum C (2.0) grade must be earned to fulfill the writing-intensive requirement.

***May be repeated if different authors are read.

****One additional course taken from the Kent Core Basic Science courses in the following Arts and Sciences disciplines: Anthropology (ANTH), Biological Sciences (BSCI), Chemistry (CHEM), Geography (GEOG), Geology (GEOL) or Physics (PHY). Students may take the courses listed in the "introductory" sequences with the restrictions noted above in the Kent Core Basic Science section. The course may not be from the student's major.

*****One additional course taken from the Kent Core Social Sciences courses in the following Arts and Sciences disciplines: Anthropology (ANTH), Applied Conflict Management (CACM), Geography (GEOG), Criminology and Justice Studies (JUS), Political Science (POL), Psychology (PSYC) or Sociology (SOC). The course may not be from the student's major.