Two Majors Revised

Two academic departments have announced extensive revisions in their major requirements, together with the addition of a new major program.

The Department of Classics will offer a new major called Greek and Roman Studies. The program, according to Prof. Norman A. Doenges, chairman of the department, is designed for the student contemplating a career in any field from medicine to government. The new major consists of three courses in Greek, three in Latin, and three from courses in the fields of Roman and Greek history, archaeology, mythology, philosophy, drama, or ancient government.

It will be possible for those electing the new program to take a combined major, in which a modern language is substituted for one of the ancient languages. At the same time the Department of Classics will continue to offer its regular classics major, which places a heavy concentration on the reading of ancient authors in their original language.

Several changes have also been made in the Classical Civilization program, including the addition of five new courses.

The second department to announce a revision of its major program is the History Department. The major has been substantially revised in order to diversify and strengthen it.

Under the new requirements, which will go into effect next fall, a history major will take ten required courses instead of the present nine. Above the level of survey courses, students will have to take at least two courses in both American and European history. This is to prevent what the department terms one-sidedness. In the senior year, each major will be required to take a seminar course. For this reason the number of seminars available are being increased from six to eleven, with each member of the department instructing in his particular field. The senior thesis has been dropped as a requirement except for honors students. All candidates for departmental honors, high or highest distinction, will take part in the honors program under the new arrangement.