In Classics, you’re in an excellent position to take full advantage of an Augustana liberal arts education: Classics is a broad, interdisciplinary field focused on the study of ancient Greece and Rome, and encompassing everything from language and literature to history, religion, philosophy, art history, archaeology, mythology, drama, poetry, and much, much more.
Students can major or minor in Greek & Roman Studies to take advantage of this disciplinary breadth. We also offer a Classics major with a more intense focus on the Greek or Latin languages for students interested in going on to graduate school in Classics.
Many of our students add a second major or minor: programs focused on Greek and Roman antiquity pair well with almost any field, and are a practical background for careers in law, medicine, publishing, seminary, and library sciences, while providing benefits in more unexpected fields as well. Graduates with degrees in Classics and Greek and Roman Studies develop transferable skills in critical thinking and analysis, while getting a solid background in cultures that have had a profound influence on our own art, architecture, literature, political and legal systems, narratives, and ideologies.
Known for their superior problem-solving, graduates in Classics and Greek and Roman Studies catch the attention of employers. Recent Augustana grads entering positions in accounting, business, data analytics and health care have stood out for their major and for their skills. If your passion is purely Classics, you might pursue teaching or graduate study in Classics or archaeology, ancient history or philosophy, New Testament studies, museum studies, comparative literature, or art history.
In Classics, there is something for everyone.
“My Classics advisor Dr. Day made my Classics major a reality despite my initial disbelief.”Read More
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What can a story do? For this fall's Symposium Day, Augustana’s campus spent a day exploring that question from different angles.
As part of her Master of Public Health program at the University of Illinois Chicago, Kira Banks ’23 spent eight weeks in Morocco to study the feasibility of a screening program for toxoplasmosis. At Augustana, Banks triple-majored in public health, biology and Classics — a combination that proved more interconnected than it may seem.
Carly Davis's poem "Seattle Song" won the 24th annual Vázquez-Valarezo Poetry Award at Augustana.
This year's AIA lecture, “Ancient Coins in Modern Contexts," will be offered by Dr. Jane Sancinito, Associate Professor of History at the University of Massachusetts Lowell.
