Undergraduate Advising

The Associate Chair for Undergraduate Studies, Diane Conlin, offers individualized advising for Classics majors, minors, and prospective majors and minors.

Those wishing to declare a major or minor must schedule an initial meeting with the advisor, at which they fill out the necessary paperwork and receive a copy of the Undergraduate Guide to Classics, which gives an overview of our three major tracks and two minor tracks, our courses and our faculty. (They will also receive their free Classics Department T-shirt!) She holds office hours twice a week and is also available by email at Diane.Conlin@colorado.edu and by phone at 303-492-0153.

Those continuing in the major or minor are invited each semester to schedule an individual advising appointment, at which they review the requirements remaining for both their BA in the College of Arts and Sciences and their major or minor in Classics, select courses for the following semester, and, where possible, chart out their plans for the longer-range future.

All classics majors and minors are encouraged to seek help from the advisor at any time with any difficulty they are experiencing in their academic work or life at the University. In most cases, the advisor will refer them to a more specialized source of help. But the departmental advisor can offer the first line of help for any problem that comes up for our majors and minors.

Those within seven months of anticipated graduation with a Classics major or minor must schedule a meeting with the advisor (contact Diane.Conlin@colorado.edu), at which they verify completion of the requirements for the major or minor in Classics and fill out the paperwork (either a Statement of Major Status or a Minor Completion Form) necessary for graduation. They must schedule a second meeting with Shirley Carnahan (contact shirley.carnahan@colorado.edu) of the Department of Humanities, a second-tier advisor for Classics and other humanities departments, to confirm their completion of the requirements for the BA and receive the Graduation Packet, which they then deliver to the Academic Advising Center in Woodbury 109. Deadlines for completed graduation packets are roughly SIX MONTHS before the commencement dates, that is:

† † ï for May Commencement............. November 15

† † ï for August Commencement......... April 15

† † ï for December Commencement.... July 15