<p>Wondering if anyone could post a list of top undergrad classics dept's in the nation? Most of these lists only include national universities. If you could put some LAC's in there as well, that would be awesome. Any suggestions are great. Thanks.</p>
<p>Probably the LAC with the strongest reputation over time would be Bryn Mawr. All of the current and former northeast women's colleges are strong. Pomona is small, but with an excellent rep. Grinnell is also very fine.</p>
<p>Have you heard of the "Great Books" program? you might want to check that out if you are enthusiastic about classics programs. Great Books is hardcore classics, reading many original texts of renowned authors, not those flimsy modern interpretations.</p>
<p>LACs listed in Rugg's Recommendations for Classics:
Barnard
Bryn Mawr
Holy Cross
Kalamazoo
Macalester
Middlebury
Skidmore
Swarthmore
Trinity (TX)
Williams</p>
<p>You have many, many options, although mini and collegehelp listed great programs. Most top LACs will have good classics programs. Bowdoin and Davidson (and Dartmouth) have great classical archaeology programs. Pomona is great for ancient philosophy. Swat-Haverford-Bryn Mawr have an awesome classics program. Carleton is also good, as are Wesleyan, Beloit, and Reed. The list goes on. </p>
<p>Since you have so many options, I suggest you reconsider the traits you want your college to have. Do you want to be on the west coast or east coast? Small or relatively large school? Very academically oriented or a mix of work and play? Big city or rural? Once you have a good idea of what you want, then you can start examining their classics programs.</p>
<p>Don't forget about Brown! Brown's classics dept is beyond amazing. </p>
<p>I second the Haverford-Bryn Mawr program too. </p>
<p>If you have previous experience in Greek or Latin, make sure to look at the course catalogs (particularly for LACs) and check to see that you haven't exhausted the course offerings. My friend overlooked this at Macalester and no longer takes Greek because he'd have to go to the U of Minnesota to take it. That's one advantage of going to a school with a grad program.</p>
<p>St. Olaf has a nice Classics program, and you don't have to go to Univ. of Minnesota to take the Greek. They teach it right there.</p>
<p>from what i've heard Holy Cross has an exceptional program</p>
<p>St. John's College</p>
<p>Ah Kinglin you beat me to it! </p>
<p>Look up "Great Books Program" OP.</p>
<p>Among LAC's try Holy Cross very good program and Holy Cross offers some merit aid.</p>
<p>St. John's is NOT a good college for classics (unless you make the serious error of confusing Classical Studies with classics of literature). For one thing, you are basically done with Greek and Roman lit at the end of your freshman year. For another thing, barely any Roman authors are covered (except Plutarch, perhaps). The coverage of Greek lit is adequate at best, and the rest of a classics education is sorely lacking.</p>