<p>Which school is better for it, FSU or UF? I know UF is considered better overall, but they've always seemed less humanities focused to me.</p>
<p>For graduate study English programs in general, which may not mean much for undergraduate studies, UF is ranked at 46th (PA of 3.2), while FSU is ranked at 79th (PA of 2.7) nationally (USNews, 2005, latest available).</p>
<p>I'd give the edge to UF for classics. Their undergraduate program is one of the largest in the nation, and the department has a lot of depth in terms of course offerings and specialties. The Archeological institute at UF is a definite bonus as well.</p>
<p>I'd suggest visiting each and speaking with faculty. Some aspects of the FSU English Department are superb, like Creative Writing, and rank extremely high in the various services that focus in that area.</p>
<p>FSU has historically been much better in the Arts than UF.</p>
<p>He doesn't want to major in English, though. He wants to major in CLASSICS. Think Greek and Latin not English. :)</p>
<p>Good advice to talk to faculty at each school though, and, of course, ultimately the OP should go with the school where he feels most comfortable, not just the department.</p>
<p>That's obvious, Carolyn. ;) Though it could be all Greek to me :D. I was just rebutting rogracers cite regarding the English Departments...I think there's much more to the programs than what USNews has quantified. I hate the rating services yet I find find myself on both ends of them from time to time.</p>
<p>Interesting choice of major - I loved the Classics and spoke to a professor one time about such a major. He told me to study something in which I could find a decent job. I suspect he was speaking from experience; though this was some 25+ years ago.</p>
<p>Here's Florida State's Classics website - and states it is the oldest program in the state: <a href="http://www.fsu.edu/%7Eclassics/about1.htm%5B/url%5D">http://www.fsu.edu/~classics/about1.htm</a></p>
<p>It seems it has a substantial Archeology academic presence in several countries. </p>
<p>Here's some of their results from Italy: <a href="http://www.fsu.edu/%7Eclassics/cetamura/cetamura2006.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.fsu.edu/~classics/cetamura/cetamura2006.html</a></p>
<p>Thanks for all the good information (although I'm actually a she, not a he.)
I'm leaning toward FSU, but mainly because I visited UF's campus and didn't like it. Possibly not the best reason to choose a school, I know.</p>
<p>elvellon,
Go where your instinct tells you to go. You might, in fact, ask yourself this question: If I change my mind about majoring in classics, where would I prefer to be? </p>
<p>Best wishes!</p>