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Early action deadline: November 1; Regular Decision Deadline: June 15

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Scholarships for First-Year & Transfer Students

For additional information regarding tuition and fees, please visit the Bursar’s Office or send an email to Bursar@umb.edu.

Greek and Latin Courses (30 Credits): Take ten courses in Greek and/or Latin

Additional Course (3 Credits): Take one classical studies course or an additional classical languages course.

Capstone (3 Credits): Take one of the following (the research paper from either of these two courses may serve as the capstone paper).

• CLSICS 387 - The Golden Age of Athens 3 Credit(s)
  or
• CLSICS 388 - The Golden Age of Rome 3 Credit(s)

Note that five of the courses must be at or above the 300 level or above. (You can count the capstone course.) At least eight of the courses taken for the major must be taken in residency at UMass Boston. With prior departmental permission, courses taken in semester-abroad programs may count toward the residency requirement. No grade below a C- will count in the major. Courses taken P/F will not count in the major with the exception of one 100-level language course.

For more information on curriculum, including course descriptions and degree requirements, visit the Academic Catalog.

Upon completion of the BA, students will:

• be able to read primary sources in their original languages (Greek and Latin)
• have acquired broad and expansive comprehension of primary sources from Greek and Roman antiquity
• have acquired knowledge of the ancient cultures/histories/societies in the Greco-Roman Mediterranean world
• have learned field-specific research methods that include use of relevant secondary sources to analyze and interpret primary sources.

Degree Requirements

If this is the student’s only or primary major, the degree requirements below must be completed for graduation. See graduation requirements for more information.

University Requirements

College of Liberal Arts Requirements for Bachelor of Arts  

Major Requirements

Complete at least 36 credits from 12 courses including at least ten courses in Greek and/or Latin, one classical studies or classical language course, one capstone course, and a capstone paper.

Pass/fail: No more than one course taken pass/fail may be applied toward the major.
Residency: At least eight courses applied to the major must be completed at UMass Boston.
Course level: At least five courses taken for the major must be at the 300-level or higher.

Classical Languages Minor
Students majoring in another discipline may wish to deepen and enrich their understanding by minoring in a classical language (Latin or Greek). These students must take a total of six courses to complete the minor program of study.