Undergraduate

Language Study

For students wishing to begin language study, the department provides elementary and intermediate courses in Latin and Greek. These courses aim at preparing a student for more advanced study of ancient literature in the original languages. Elementary and intermediate courses in Modern Greek are also available. All these courses may be counted towards satisfying the University's undergraduate language requirement.

Courses in Ancient Culture (no Greek or Latin required)

A number of courses are offered in the literature, history, and culture of the ancient world, taught through works in English translation rather than through works in the original languages. Some of these will satisfy the University's Core Curriculum requirement in literature. All of them are available to Classics majors, and they form especially the basis of the interdisciplinary minor in Ancient Civilization. But they are designed above all to make antiquity accessible to the undergraduate population at large. They are the most wide-ranging of our courses.

Advanced Study in Latin and Greek

At the advanced level, courses are offered on the major authors and genres of Greek and Roman literature. The emphasis here is on the close reading and appreciation of texts in the original languages. Typically these courses are taken by Classics majors and graduate students, but any student who has sufficient linguistic background to keep up with the class is welcome.

One particular attraction of the Classics major is the opportunity to study at the Intercollegiate Center for Classical Studies in Rome, or in Athens through the College Year in Athens program.