<p>Heya. I'm planning on on a Major in Classical Studies and at least a minor (I might possibly double major) in philosophy. I have a couple quick questions for you all:
1) Anyone else interested in Classical Studies?</p>
<p>2) Anyone know which schools have the best undergrad classics programs?</p>
<p>Thanks in adavance!</p>
<p>I think U of Chicago has got a great one</p>
<p>i dont know a lot about classical studies, or really know anyone who has pursued that as a major, but i would bet on UChicago having a good classics program. uchicago is known to be very good at their liberal arts & sciences programs.</p>
<p>uchicago is fairly difficult to get into though.</p>
<p>i would probably suggest some other LAS universities as well: swathmore, smith, williams, etc...</p>
<p>The top undergraduate programs are:
Brown University
Harvard University
Princeton University
University of California-Berkeley
University of Chicago
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
Yale University</p>
<p>Some other top undergraduate programs in the classics include:
Columbia University
Cornell University
Duke University
Stanford University
University of California-Los Angeles
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
University of Pennsylvania
University of Texas-Austin</p>
<p>Finally, many LACs are excellent in the classics.</p>
<p>i want to double major in the classics and philosophy as well (I thought I was the only person alive who would want to do so!)...one school that i've checked out quite a bit is Middlebury in Vermont. they offer a concentration where you study advanced Latin and Greek if you're interested in the languages road (which i am). Also Holy Cross in MA offers merit scholarships to students who major in the classics. a question of my own, anyone know anything about how difficult it would be to transfer into a classics program? by the end of this school year i'll have just about met the General Education requirements for most schools (i've compared course descriptions and what not). but my CC offers no classes in latin, greek or ancient lit/culture/civ...i'd be a sophmore transfer and i've self studied latin for the past two or so years.</p>
<p>I want to double major in classics and biology at Duke. Duke and UNC have a consortium that provides a great program. </p>
<p>For females, Bryn Mawr (or Haverford for anyone) is a great choice.</p>
<p>Cinders - A lot will depend on your language preparation and whether or not you want to go on to grad school in Classics. </p>
<p>The language track (as opposed to the "classical civilization" track which is more like history and literature) at Penn (where I am) requires at least 3 semesters of Latin and/or Greek beyond the intermediate level. Ideally you would have something like this:</p>
<p>Introductory Latin - 2 semesters
Intermediate Latin - 2 semesters
Advanced Latin - 3/4 semesters</p>
<p>Introductory Greek - 2 semesters
Intermediate Greek - 2 semesters
Advanced Greek - whatever you can fit in.</p>
<p>Most folks going into programs like this will have taken their college's language placement test and gotten out of at least the first year of Latin. So it's not as bad as it looks. </p>
<p>To get into grad school it appears that a realistic minimum will be 4 semesters of Latin and 2 of Greek at the advanced level (which means starting Greek no later than Fall of Sophmore year). I have been advised that picking up German before grad school is also a good idea.</p>
<p>hey..thanks alot for the advice. yea, i think if i transfer next year i'll be able to fit in the language requirements. i really hope to be able to test out of the beginning latin classes. i'm assuming (?) that you're a classics languages major...whats the program like at penn? i hadn't even really thought about that school at all....</p>
<p>I am indeed a language track Classics major...</p>
<p>The Penn Classics program...hmmm...</p>
<p>Well, there's the web page of course:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.classics.upenn.edu/index.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.classics.upenn.edu/index.html</a></p>
<p>Based on my experience (YMMV):</p>
<p>The program is very flexible. There are several upper level "non-language" requirements that are labelled "Classics" or Ancient History" that you can easily switch to pretty much anything so long as it meets the "upper level" designation.</p>
<p>Professors are very accessible. </p>
<p>Only a few classes are taught by TAs. Those would be the recitation sections of the two big survey classes (Greek and Roman history) and some of the elementary language sections. In the 9 Classics courses I've taken so far I've had only 2 that were taught by non-PhD's (Greek History recitation and Intermediate Latin Prose). So instruction is generally at a pretty high level.</p>
<p>The program is growing like crazy. My upper level Latin class this fall (Latin 309 - Propertius) has 31 people enrolled! (Even a couple years ago that would have been more like 8 - 12) And my Greek 101 class has its full complement of 20. Don't quote my on this, but I believe we have a net gain of 2 professors this year and there are a batch of instructor level PhDs that don't get listed on the faculty page.</p>
<p>Undergrad research is something of a speciality at Penn and Classics is no exception. I've got two projects "on the fire". Next year's Honors Thesis will look at Virgil's use of various words for "earth" (terra, tellus, etc.) and this spring I'm planning (not definite yet) a week at Pompeii to photograph and research a number of small rooms called "cellae meretriciae".</p>
<p>If Penn is an option for you I'd definitely suggest a look, especially if you're an "adult" student. We have something called CGS that basically gives you a 65% discount on your Penn tuition.</p>
<p>Wow! I'm interested in the same double major (classics and philosophy). I second Bryn Mawr if you're a girl.</p>
<p>You might find St. John's College or Thomas Aquinas College interesting.</p>
<p>Oh, this is nice. I want to major in Classics, possible double major with something like Biochem. My first choice school is UNC Chapel Hill, but as I'm out of state, we shall see . . .</p>
<p>At the undergraduate level, you'll find a number of schools that have Classics programs and offer specialized scholarships for Classics students. At the undergraduate level, Holy Cross in Worchester has the largest undergraduate program in Classics in the country, at least in terms of students -- it's a high profile department for them.</p>