The Department of Classical Studies offers courses in the languages, literatures, history, and archaeology of ancient Greece and ancient Rome, two cultures that are the intellectual, social, political, legal, scientific, and artistic origin of Western civilization. Along with the Hebrew Bible, the scholarly study of these cultures, which goes back to the death of Alexander the Great, is the original subject of university study. Their brilliance and beauty has not ceased to beguile and inform students for more than 2,000 years.
Classical studies offers the opportunity to learn about all aspects of life in Greece and Rome.
Concentration in classical studies also enhances preparation for a wide number of professional fields, including law and medicine, and the graduate study of literature, history, fine arts, archaeology, anthropology, philosophy, religion, and classics itself. The requirements for concentration are designed to be flexible, so that individual students can focus their program around a particular interest like art and archaeology, history, or literature. The Graduate School of Arts and Sciences website provides more details about graduate study.