<p>I'm an international applicant...poor me!Until now do I realize my interest in Classics(lit,langua,lingu.etc) I happened to search for majors&careers profile @collegeboard and get an quite abstact yet wonderful cognition of this major!(always enjoy any information related to Classical world..for me they are faraway and fascinating)
I had never got an oppurtunity
(like you lucky guys had) to get acquaintance with Latin or AP:Virgil blahblah...My nation's educational system is like a stereotyped formula which simply means it aims at educating millions of similar students who are remote from personal interests.I searched CC today and see so many of you talking about your gained knowledge about Classics and your amazing capacity in Classical languages...How I admire you-yet I'm embarassed,for I don't even know the basic knowledge of this appealing major yet I insist on declaring my interest.
Anyone who are willing to help me out?I'm 2015er and will apply for US university now.Is there any online course or self-learning tool I can use?
I know universities\LACs require basic knowledge about classics when u taking relevant courses so what I wanna to know is how can I meet those requirements before attending universities\LACs?
~~~~(-w-)~~~~Thanks guys!</p>
<p>It’s a common misconception to think that you need prior knowledge of the classical languages to have success in classics. Many students begin a classics major without knowing anything about Latin and Greek; this is why elementary Latin and Greek courses exist at the University level.</p>
<p>Thanks!Pray is there any list for universities which offer elementary courses for Greek\Latin?</p>
<p>While I agree that one need not have a knowledge of Greek and Latin prior to arrival, it certainly helps. Often elementary language courses do not count for the major, so taking pre-requisites eats up electives. Many, if not most, of the classics majors I know came in with a basic knowledge of Latin. </p>
<p>That said, I took German in high school, so I can personally say that it’s very feasible to start both Greek and Latin in college. Here are two reasonably comprehensive lists of classics departments:</p>
<p>[Classics</a> Departments](<a href=“http://www.tlg.uci.edu/index/departments.html]Classics”>Electronic Resources for Classicists)</p>
<p>[Undergraduate</a> Programs in Classics](<a href=“http://users.drew.edu/jmuccigr/ug.html]Undergraduate”>Undergraduate Programs in Classics)</p>
<p>Thanks warblersrule86!
So what self-learning do you exactly recommand me to do before attending universities if I wanna to major\minor in Classics? Maybe take German courses like you?(I’ve never done that before and am not sure what’s relation between German&Classical languages)or study basic Classical languages online?</p>
<p>Texas Tech has a great classics program, but it’s very small. So far I’ve taken 2 semesters of Ancient Greek. I’m not a classics major, but I did think about it. I decided on Archaeology. 
Try to contact Dr. Donald Lavigne</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.rawlscmc.ba.ttu.edu/students/Majors/Majors/pdf/classics.pdfDr[/url]”>http://www.rawlscmc.ba.ttu.edu/students/Majors/Majors/pdf/classics.pdfDr</a>. </p>
<p>Tech is in Lubbock, Texas; I’m warning you that the town sucks!!</p>
<p>Be more fob plz.</p>