Academic Assessment Materials

majors in Classical Civilization, Latin, and Greek

Student learning outcomes

Students in Classical Studies programs will

• integrate knowledge about and interest in the Classical world into their experience of contemporary life and culture
• pursue knowledge about the Classical world through academic research and demonstrate its attainment by writing formal research papers
• examine major literary texts or other significant cultural products of the Classical world in detail, draw connections between them, and evaluate the comparison, demonstrating the understanding formed by writing formal essays
  
  

E-portfolio

Undergraduate majors in Classical Studies programs will compile an e-portfolio of their best or favorite work fulfilling the Departmental Outcomes, as follows:

(1) Experiential Learning in Classical Studies: evidence of the student’s involvement with Classical culture in contemporary life. Upload a 300-500 word write-up reflecting in concrete terms on the way in which an experience showed you the role Classical Studies can play in the contemporary world relative to intellectual, personal, professional, and/or civic development. Also upload documentation of the experience, such as a theater program/ticket stub, photograph/selfie, title/flier; research paper (not already submitted to any other category). Options include but are not limited to:

• class assignment collecting or comparing Classical legacies
• attendance or presentation at extra-curricular lecture or conference
• attendance at extra-curricular artistic exhibit or performance
• creative production incorporating and reflecting on Classical elements 

• thoughtful engagement with relevant published scholarly work and primary sources
• critical analysis
• cogent argumentation, including use of evidence
• formally and grammatically correct writing

• definition and development of a topic for investigation
• thoughtful engagement with relevant primary sources, informed appropriately by published scholarly work
• critical analysis
• cogent argumentation, including use of evidence
• formally and grammatically correct writing

• Classical awards, honors, and competition-prizes
• membership in Eta Sigma Phi or other Classical honorary society
• Provost’s Fellowship or other support won for Classical projects