学生将获得拉丁文（古罗马人的语言）的高级阅读能力，这是西方文化发展和我们理解的基础。除了拉丁语言课程，学生还将参加一系列的拉丁文学和罗马历史选修课程，并通过修读一年的古希腊语来补充他们对拉丁语的学习。学士学位课程要求至少120学分的课程工作，总GPA最低，主GPA最低2.0。但是，取决于主要研究领域，可能需要超过120个学分。
Students achieve advanced reading proficiency in Latin, the language of the ancient Romans, foundational to the development, and our understanding, of western culture. In addition to courses in the Latin language, students take a series of elective courses in Latin Literature and Roman History, and complement their study of Latin by taking one year of Ancient Greek. The Humanities Major critically examines the culture, ideas, and values of earlier cultures, Western and non-Western, both in their original time periods and as they have been appropriated and transformed by later ages. This program combines courses in our department with a breadth of courses offered in other departments (history, literature, philosophy, religious studies, art history, music history) thus providing students with a truly interdisciplinary and flexible major.