<p>Where would be a good place to study the classics, especially Greek classics, along with economics. Professionally i want to pursue finance but classical language/culture is a passion of mine and i would like to double major in both. Im considering William and Marry college, Williams, Amherst, and Claremont, but im not sure how they rank in the classics. Would i be better off going to a larger University as opposed to a LAC? Thanks.</p>
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Depends on the LAC. Bryn Mawr (and therefore Haverford) has an extremely good Classics department. Holy Cross does as well. Many others do not.</p>
<p>If you’re coming in with a background in Greek and/or Latin, you may rapidly run out of courses at a LAC.</p>
<p>Particularly given your interest in finance, universities are perhaps preferable. You can find a list here:</p>
<p>[NRC</a> Rankings in Classics](<a href=“http://www.stat.tamu.edu/~jnewton/nrc_rankings/area2.html]NRC”>NRC Rankings in Classics)</p>
<p>[St</a>. John’s College](<a href=“http://www.stjohnscollege.edu/]St”>http://www.stjohnscollege.edu/)</p>
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People always suggest SJC in these threads, and every time it makes me shake my head. In fact, I should’ve added it to my list of common CC misconceptions.</p>
<p>SJC has three main problems:</p>
<p>– You’re done with the Classics section of the curriculum less than halfway through sophomore year.
– SJC offers only two years of very rudimentary Greek and no Latin.
– The focus is entirely on texts, particularly philosophy. No attention is given to classical art or civilization.</p>
<p>In other words, it sucks for potential Classics majors.</p>
<p>Thanks for the responses. At present i have a basic understanding of homeric greek, no knowledge at all of latin except for spanish, so if a LAC has enough classes to get my reading comprehension to an intermediate level, or at least a level where i can pursue the language on my own, it would be sufficient. With that said, what are your thoughts on the claremont consortium, they appear to have a reasonable classics dept, and an outstanding economics one. So if anyone knows about the Claremont classics dept it would be much appreciated.</p>
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That’s rather unusual. Most students learn Attic Greek and pick up Homeric only later. </p>
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The Claremont colleges are decent for Classics, but even all of them combined can’t really match some of the better Classics programs at LACs.</p>
<p>If you don’t plan to go into Classics for graduate study, though, you should be fine there.</p>
<p>How about University of Washington?</p>
<p>check out Shimer College.
It’s a lot like St. John’s but with electives and tutorials, so you could study Greek and Latin as much as you want, as well as classical art, civilization, or whatever you please.</p>
<p>For a person who’s planning on using finance for employment, any of the schools you mention will be fine to wonderful for Classical languages. I agree with the comment preferring a larger university for the finance side of things. </p>
<p>If you have a shot at admissions to Amherst or Williams, you might also take a look at Penn (my alma mater) it’s a wonderfully collegial Classics department, and I’ve heard the university has some expertise in finance too ;-)</p>