Bachelor of Arts - Classics - Classical Languages

Classics is the interdisciplinary study of the ancient Greek and Roman peoples and their interactions with other populations and cultures in the Mediterranean and Middle East. It is an attempt to understand the origins of western society through study of Greek and Latin languages, literature, history, archaeology, art, religion, and philosophy. The program is fascinating and practical. Classics students are capable and successful. They are agile thinkers and articulate, persuasive citizens. They become outstanding teachers, lawyers, education/arts administrators, museum curators, doctors, information technology specialists, and businesspersons. Students may major in Classical Studies or Classical Languages and/or minor in Greek or Latin.

This major emphasizes the study of language in the ancient Mediterranean and literature in the original Greek and Latin. Here students explore pivotal works of poetry, history, prose fiction, philosophy, tragedy, comedy, rhetoric, biography, and epigraphy.