The CLAM major requires 36 credit-hours of coursework, including at least 2 courses in each of three separate academic fields of study; 24 of these credit-hours must be at the 300 or 400 level. Students will design their individual programs of study in consultation with their adviser. Courses must be CLAM-designated classes selected from language courses, literature (English, Modern Languages), History, the arts (Art History, Dramatic Arts, Music), Religious Studies, Philosophy, and Classical and Medieval Studies. The CLAM major has no specific language requirement, but students are advised that most graduate programs in classics or medieval fields have language requirements for admittance. Students planning such graduate work are strongly encouraged to complete their CLASS foreign language requirement with a classical language (Arabic, Greek, Hebrew, or Latin).

The CLAM major student may undertake a senior thesis, to be completed within a four-hour independent study (CLM 498-499). The thesis is recommended for students who wish to continue on to graduate work. Students in the University Honors Program will use the senior thesis as part of their Honors requirements and the thesis may, upon consultation with the appropriate department, be cross-listed with another department if the student wishes to combine it with an independent study in a second major.