Variant of CIP 2000 - Primary groupings

03 - Humanities

16. - Aboriginal and Foreign Languages, Literatures and Linguistics

This series comprises instructional programs that focus on foreign languages and literatures, the humanistic and scientific study of linguistics, and the provision of professional interpretation and translation services.

16.12 - Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures and Linguistics

This subseries comprises instructional program classes 16.1200 to 16.1299.

16.1200 - Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures and Linguistics, General

This instructional program class comprises any general program that focuses on the literary culture of the ancient Graeco-Roman world and the Greek and Latin languages and literatures and their development prior to the fall of the Roman Empire.

  • Example Program Names:

    • Classical languages
    • Classics
  • Exclusion

    • Latin teacher education(13.1333)
    • Modern Greek(16.0601)
    • Classical Greek(16.1202)
    • Latin(16.1203)
    • Medieval studies(30.1301)
    • Renaissance studies(30.1301)
    • Classical studies(30.2202)
16.1202 - Ancient/Classical Greek Language and Literature

This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the Greek language and literature from its origins through the fall of the Byzantine (Eastern Roman) Empire, as a secular and/or theological subject. These programs include courses in Greek philology, Attic dialects, Hellenistic dialects, Koine (Biblical) Greek, and Medieval or Byzantine Greek.

  • Example Program Names:

    • Ancient Greek
    • Classical Greek
  • Exclusion

    • Modern Greek(16.0601)
    • Classical languages(16.1200)
    • Ancient Greek and Roman studies(30.2202)
    • Byzantine civilization(30.2202)
16.1203 - Latin Language and Literature

This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the Latin language and literature from its origins through its decline and its current ecclesiastical usage, as a secular and/or theological subject. These programs include courses in Latin philology, related Italic dialects, Late Roman and Medieval Latin, and modern Church Latin.

  • Example Program Names:

    • Latin
    • Latin studies
  • Exclusion

    • Latin teacher education(13.1333)
    • Classical languages(16.1200)
    • Medieval studies(30.1301)
    • Renaissance studies(30.1301)
    • Byzantine civilization(30.2202)
    • Religious studies(38.0201)
16.1299 - Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures and Linguistics, Other

This instructional program class comprises any program not listed above that relates to Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures and Linguistics.

  • Example Program Names:

    • Etruscan
    • Oscan
    • Samnian
  • Exclusion

    • Classical languages(16.1200)
    • Ancient Greek(16.1202)
    • Latin(16.1203)
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