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Upon graduation, those majoring in Classical Studies will find a variety of opportunities open to them (e.g., secondary school teaching, further study in graduate school, law school). By selecting their courses carefully, moreover, many students complete the requirements of two majors (Classical Studies and Archaeology, for example, or Classical Studies and History, or Classical Studies and Biology) in order to gain more flexibility in choosing a career. Thus students interested in law, medicine, or business can easily combine courses necessary for professional school preparation with courses broadly based in the humanities. Since many professional schools want students who have linguistic skills and a broad knowledge of our cultural traditions, a major in Classical Studies provides an ideal background for further study in various professional schools.

Careers related to a major in Classical Studies might be found in teaching, archaeology, museum work, publishing, or library science, all of which require graduate study. There are excellent employment opportunities for well-qualified secondary school teachers of Latin. Your professors in the Classics Program will be happy to discuss option for a Classical Studies major; to declare a major, consult one of the Classics faculty members, including Professors Cline, Fisher, Freedland, Harris Cline, Smith, and Wasdin.

Classical Studies encompasses the art, history, and literature of ancient Greece and Italy—in short, the study of classical civilization. This discipline is the oldest and most central of all the humanities and at one time comprised the basic liberal arts education. Some students may wish to pursue a career in Classics by attending graduate school in Classical Philology. For others, Classics is something they find interesting and that can help them learn analytic, linguistic and study skills to prepare them for professional schools or careers or graduate school in archaeology, journalism, publishing, teaching, philosophy, history, linguistics, political science library science or museum studies.

Students often double major in Classics and archaeology, history, philosophy, political science, biology, or even economics or business. Thus students interested in law, medicine, or business can easily combine courses necessary for professional school preparation with courses broadly based in the humanities. Since many professional schools want students who have linguistic skills and a broad knowledge of our cultural traditions, a major in Classical Studies provides an ideal background for further study in various professional schools.