The senior independent work consists of a major studio project to be completed and exhibited by the end of the spring term. This program provides a broad background in classical archaeology and antiquity through interdisciplinary studies of the art, literature, history, and civilization of the classical world. It allows great flexibility for individual programs of study arranged with the advice and approval of the interdepartmental committee on classical archaeology. By the end of the senior year, students shall have taken eight departmental or cognate courses, of which at least three should normally be in art and archaeology and three in classics. Students must also have attained facility in one ancient language, as indicated by satisfactory completion of at least one 300-level course in Greek or Latin.
Foreign study can be a richly rewarding part of a concentration in art and archaeology.
A student contemplating study abroad is encouraged to speak with the departmental representative as early as possible and to take courses in the language of the country in which he or she wishes to study. Senior Departmental Examinations. The final examination is oral with three members of the faculty participating. Discussion is based principally on the subject of the senior thesis but may also touch on material covered in departmental courses taken by the student. The oral examination takes the form of a critical discussion of the thesis work.