<p>How strong is the classics dept @ Williams? Would you say that it's equal or better than the classics dept @ Amherst. From what we have gleaned from both schools websites, it seems that Williams has more to offer. Am I correct?</p>
<p>This sub forum seems to be so knowledgable about Williams! Any input would be fantastic.</p>
<p>Thank you in advance.</p>
<p>They’re roughly equal for Greek, but Williams has a slight edge for Latin. Adding the 5 Colleges gives a big advantage to Amherst. The offerings at Williams may or not be sufficient depending on his/her language background.</p>
<p>For details, you should probably do a search of the forums if you haven’t already. Mythmom has written about classics at Williams before. I am fairly certain there used to be a classics major from Amherst on here as well, but I don’t recall the username. </p>
<p>Haverford is generally the best bet for students who want a LAC but also a strong, rigorous classics program.</p>
<p>There are some amazing folks in the Classics Department at Williams including a young faculty member who does cross over work with Jewish Studies. I think one of my S’s favorite classes was “Theories of Kingship” across classical civilizations.</p>
<p>The strengths are the same as the rest of Williams: interdisciplinary and creative thinking. The weaknesses are the same too: lack of a good advisement program.</p>
<p>One particularly fun thing: The professor I spoke of was working on a project about the first sentence of THE AENEID. When S graduated two years ago it was already 25 pages long. I can’t wait until it’s published.</p>
<p>As my name indicates, I teach mythology. S teaches the AENEID unit, and I can’t touch his erudition in the area.</p>
<p>Thank you for your responses. We visited Haverford last April and DD wasn’t crazy about it.</p>
<p>Studying in Omrit might be of interest. [Omrit</a> Archaeological Excavations | Classics](<a href=“http://classics.williams.edu/omrit-israel-archeological-program/]Omrit”>http://classics.williams.edu/omrit-israel-archeological-program/) gives information on the program.</p>
<p>I saw that program on the Williams College website! But thanks for the link, it looks absolutely amazing!!!</p>