Fall Term

Aug 26, 2024 | Monday
Academic Expo
The Academic Expo is an open house for first-year students to explore academic departments and programs at Princeton. This year's expo will be held in Frick Laboratory.
1:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Sep 12, 2024 | Thursday
Cookies & Classics
Come meet students and faculty in the Classics Department at Chancellor Green Courtyard and learn about opportunities to study the history, language, literature, and thought of ancient Greece and Rome. Treats to be offered.
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm

Oct 10, 2024 | Thursday
Senior Thesis Proposals
A 1000 word description accompanied by a 15-20 item bibliography is due to Eileen Robinson and Professor Feldherr, DUS. This prospectus must be approved by your advisor and will provide the basis for the conversations you will have with the Undergraduate Committee later this month when you meet to discuss your thesis proposal.

Oct 21, 2024 | Monday
Fall Junior Paper Topics
Focal point for first JP due by email to Professor Feldherr, Director of Undergraduate Studies (DUS), along with a list of possible advisors.

Oct 30, 2024 – Nov 1, 2024 | Wednesday - Friday
Senior Thesis Defense
Individual meetings with the Undergraduate Committee for feedback on senior thesis proposal, and guidance on moving forward.

Dec 2, 2024 | Monday
First Chapter Senior Thesis
First (draft) chapter of senior thesis due to advisor and Professor Feldherr, DUS (PDF format)
5:00 pm

Jan 13, 2025 | Friday
Fall Junior Paper Due
Fall JP due by email to advisor and Professor Feldherr, DUS. Please consult with your advisor on the preferred format (PDF or Word).
5:00 pm

 Spring Term

Jan 27, 2025 | Monday
Spring Junior Paper Topics
Spring JP topic due by email to Professor Feldherr, DUS, with list of possible advisors.

Mar 17, 2025 | Monday
Spring Junior Paper prospectus
Spring JP prospectus due to advisor and Professor Feldherr, DUS.
5:00 p.m.

Mar 19, 2025 | Wednesday
Sophomore Open House
All sophomores are welcome to the annual Department of Classics Sophomore Open House. Come learn about all the department has to offer and meet faculty and current majors in Prentice Library located in East Pyne.
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Apr 1, 2025 – May 5, 2025 | Tuesday - Monday
SAFE review
Review of summer funding applications through SAFE system begins. The deadline to submit applications via SAFE is May 5, 2025. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis until funds are disbursed.

Apr 18, 2025 | Friday
Senior Thesis Due
Senior Thesis Due: Electronic copy (PDF format) should be sent by 3pm to advisor, Eileen Robinson, and Professor Feldherr, DUS. One bound copy should be deposited with Eileen Robinson (141 East Pyne) the following week.
*Nota bene: late submissions will be penalized -3% per day.
3:00 pm

Apr 25, 2025 | Friday
Spring Junior Paper Due
Spring JP due by email to advisor and Professor Feldherr, DUS. Please consult with your advisor on the preferred format (PDF or Word).
5:00 pm

May 1, 2025 | Thursday
Stinnecke Exam
This prize, established at Princeton in 1870, is given to the sophomore or junior who passes the best examination based on the Odes of Horace, and Eclogues of Vergil, and the Latin Grammar and Prosody, as well as the Anabasis of Xenophon or Plato's Euthyphro, Crito, Apology and Phaedo and the Greek Grammar. The exam will be held in 161 East Pyne.
1:30 pm - 5:00 pm

May 2, 2025 | Friday
Minors Reflection Paper Due
Please submit by email as a word document to Professor Feldherr, DUS and Eileen Robinson.
5:00 pm

May 5, 2025 | Monday
Summer Funding Applications
Applications for summer funding are due May 5, 2025. All applications must be submitted via SAFE.

May 7, 2025 – May 8, 2025 | Wednesday - Thursday
Senior Departmental Exam
A thirty-minute oral comprehensive examination focusing on three topics related to courses completed while majoring in Classics is administered during Reading Period of the spring term by two faculty members, supervised by the DUS. Students are expected to submit a bibliography of three to five items on each of these three topics two weeks prior to the exam, to the undergraduate coordinator, Eileen Robinson and Professor Feldherr, DUS, for approval by the DUS.

May 16, 2025 | Friday
Provisional Senior Thesis Topics Due for Juniors
A brief description of the planned senior thesis topic is due to Professor Feldherr, DUS, along with a list of possible advisors.
4:00 pm

May 26, 2025 | Monday
Class Day
Upper Hyphen Chancellor Green - East Pyne
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm

May 27, 2025 | Tuesday
Commencement