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Why Classics? - Princeton Classics

The study of Classics develops skills of reading, interpretation, and communication that are essential for future life, and offers a knowledge of history and ...

Why Classics? | Department of Classics - Stanford Classics

Classics is a broad discipline, embracing more than 2,000 years of western language, literature, art, thought, history, and architecture. It constantly reveals ...

Why study classics? : r/classics - Reddit

The influence of Greek and Roman thought, literature, poetry, architecture...just everything is almost incalculable. Understand those roots provides brilliant ...

Why Study Classics? - UCI School of Humanities

Students who study Classics will increase their analytical and critical thinking skills as they examine and analyze ancient cultures. They will improve their ...

Why Classics matters | Faculty of Classics - University of Cambridge

LatinLatin was the language not only of the Romans, but of much literature and other writing until the sixteenth century. Without Latin no one can properly ...

Why Study Classics? - Department of Classics, UNC

There are three things that we think make our field distinctive: Classics is interdisciplinary, Classics is rigorous, and Classics provides perspective.

Why Classics? - University of Pittsburgh

The Department of Classics at the University of Pittsburgh is dedicated to studying and teaching the rich history of the ancient world including literature, ...

Why Classics? | Department of Classics - University of Maryland

Virtually everyone who attended a college or university was required to study Latin and Greek, not just to graduate but even to be admitted!

Why do people still major in classics? - Quora

Probably because they want to learn a lot more about ancient literature, Greco-Roman mythology and religion, learn ancient languages, ...

Why Classics? - The Classical Association

We explore why Classics is such a brilliant and wide-ranging subject. From the world of mythology and storytelling, to unlocking ancient history, politics, ...

Why Study Classics?

Becoming a Classics Major means opening a door not just to the Greeks and Romans themselves, but to all of Western Civilization since them.

Why Classical Studies?

We are especially interested in preparing Latin majors to teach Latin in high school. In addition to these fields and postgraduate study in classics, recent ...

Why Study Classics? | School of Liberal Arts at Tulane University

Studying Classics develops essential critical thinking, communication, and research skills that are valued by employers preparing them for a variety of ...

The Study of Classics Is Changing - Inside Higher Ed

Some classics scholars argue that we should refrain from an ongoing self-critique of historical problems around race and class.

Why Classics? - Department of Classics - Gustavus Adolphus College

MCAT (medical school exam): Classics majors scored the 2nd highest overall on the MCAT and had a 50% acceptance rate to medical school. LSAT ( ...

Why Classics? - University of Bristol

'Classics' refers to the study of the languages, literatures, material culture, and history of the societies of the ancient world.

Why Study Classics? - Carleton College

Classics students have among the highest scores on GREs of all undergraduate majors. Classics majors also have a very high success rate in ...

Benefits of a Degree in Classics

Classics majors get on well in life because they develop intellectual rigor, communication skills, analytical skills, the ability to handle complex information.

Why I chose to study classics - Prospect Magazine

But classics also offers a new perspective on the modern world; a different lens through which to see our own times. Encountering the literature ...

Why Classics? – Discentes - University of Pennsylvania

The captivating way that Graves narrates the fictional yet complex universe of Greek mythology—a whole world layered on top of the actual ...