Classics The Classics program offers courses in English and beginning and advanced courses in Latin and Ancient Greek. In the Classics courses students learn about the literature and civilization of the ancient world as it is presented in the original writings of ancient poets, historians, orators, and philosophers.
All reading is done in translation.
The Greek and Latin courses provide students with a reading knowledge of the ancient languages. We offer a Classics major or minor, and majors in Ancient Greek and Latin. The Classics Major is a new Humanities program that incorporates courses from other departments in order to emphasize the culture of the Ancient Greek and Roman worlds. This proposal adds a track in Classical Studies in order to make a major program available to students interested in the culture of the ancient Greek and Roman worlds who do not wish, or are not able, to complete the programs in ancient languages. The new program will offer an opportunity to concentrate in this area to transfer students, education students, BALA or Journalism students, or any students who come to the subject after their freshman year or who wish to combine it with other, more professionally-oriented training, while providing a liberal arts concentration which is a useful background for careers in law, publishing and communication, creative work and the arts, or education.