Chair: Thomas N. Habinek, Ph.D.
Associate Professors: Carolyn Dewald, Ph.D.*; Vincent Farenga, Ph.D. (Comparative Literature); Frank Lewis, Ph.D. (Philosophy); Roger Woodard, Ph.D. (Linguistics)
Associate Professor Emerita: Jane Cody, Ph.D.
*Recipient of university-wide or college teaching award.
The curriculum of the Classics Department is designed to transmit a knowledge and an appreciation of the civilizations of the Greeks and the Romans -- their languages and literatures, myths, philosophies and political thought -- as well as to develop an understanding of the ways in which the classical heritage has manifested itself in later ages. Approximately one half of the department's classes are taught in English; these have to do with broad areas of civilization, including classical culture and literature. The remainder are courses in language and literature taught from the original Greek and Latin texts.
The Classics Department offers four undergraduate majors: Greek, Latin, classics (a combination of Greek and Latin) and classical civilization, a major which combines the study of languages with a spectrum of classes in ancient civilization. All the majors are designed as interdisciplinary programs.
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