<p>Can anyone tell me anything about this department? I heard that it was weak...</p>
<p>I have two friends who are Classics majors and they're both really into it -- one just does Latin and the other will do both Latin and ancient Greek. They're both happy. I also know a professor in the department who teaches ancient Greek (he's one of my residential college's fellows), and he's really awesome.</p>
<p>That's all I know. As far as I know, it's a good program. :)</p>
<p>@ Alliesmom</p>
<p>When I was attending Northwestern, the Classics dept was small but gradally hired more tenure-track faculty in the dept. I took Latin my freshman year. There were many students interested in it. They hold events and visiting lectures annually. It's not the best dept in the country but it won't be eliminated like USC did to German.</p>
<p>I cannot offer any insight regarding the classics program at Northwestern, but some other schools to consider for classics study are Princeton University & St. Johns College--which has two interchangeable locations in Santa Fe, New Mexico & Annapolis, Maryland.</p>
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<p>definitely not. i just checked their website and it got 11 faculty members (not counting lecturers). USC got only 3 in their german dept. </p>
<p>Also check out this program: Kaplan</a> Humanities Scholars Program</p>
<p>I visited last spring with my son, a Classics major. He was suitably impressed with his visit to the department, the grand tour.</p>
<p>Cottonwood -- Is he there now or will he be a freshman next year? Or a transfer?</p>
<p>Alliesmom,</p>
<p>Is your S or D considering NU? If that's the case, what are his/her other options?</p>