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Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of the GLAM major, a student will be able to:

1. Demonstrate familiarity with and understanding of classical scholarship:
   • demonstrate knowledge of the tools used for research in classical studies
   • demonstrate knowledge of at least one research area
   • analyze texts, material culture, or other sorts of evidence appropriate to the research topic
   • engage with primary sources in Greek or Latin as appropriate to the research topic 
   • critique and evaluate secondary sources 
2. Execute a sustained research project:
   • choose and define a research topic from the major field or fields
   • develop a clear methodology appropriate to the research topic
   • independently investigate that topic with the support of an adviser
   • develop, critique, and evaluate a bibliography of primary and secondary sources appropriate to the research topic
   • produce original work
   • respond effectively to feedback
3. Communicate work done:
   • write a persuasive and coherent document that is substantially longer than a traditional research paper or project and produced and formatted in a style appropriate to the field 
   • present, discuss and defend their work orally 

Upon completion of the interdisciplinary Religion-Ancient Mediterranean Studies major, a student will be able to:

1. Demonstrate familiarity with and understanding of theory and method in the study of religion as well as classical scholarship:
   • engage with major trends of thought concerning theories and methods in the academic study of religion
   • demonstrate knowledge of the tools used for research in classical studies and religion
   • demonstrate knowledge of at least one research area
   • analyze texts, material culture, or other sorts of evidence appropriate to the research topic
   • engage with primary sources in Greek or Latin as appropriate to the research topic 
   • critique and evaluate theoretical work in the study of religion
   • critique and evaluate other secondary sources 
2. Execute a sustained research project:
   • choose and define a research topic that draws on the perspectives of both disciplines
   • develop a clear methodology appropriate to the research topic
   • independently investigate that topic with the support of an adviser
   • develop, critique, and evaluate a bibliography of primary and secondary sources appropriate to the research topic
   • produce original work that draws connections between the two disciplines
   • respond effectively to feedback
3. Communicate work done:
   • write a persuasive and coherent document that is substantially longer than a traditional research paper or project and produced and formatted in a style appropriate to the field 
   • present, discuss and defend their work orally 

The primary assessment tool for learning in the major at ¹û½´ÊÓƵ and the level of student achievement in the major area is the senior thesis. The junior qualifying examination, which assesses a student's readiness for thesis, provides a second assessment tool. For more information on the thesis and the qual, see information for current students as well as the thesis handbook and the junior qual handbook.