Department Office: 2408 Boylan Hall
Phone: 718.951.5191
Full-Time Faculty
Professor(s): Van Sickle, Yarrow
Associate Professor(s): Schur, Sowers, Thibodeau
The diverse, interdisciplinary nature of classics makes it a perfect element in a liberal arts and sciences education. Its theoretical and practical analysis of ancient civilizations provides students with a fundamental background for understanding the modern world. The Brooklyn College Department of Classics introduces students to the cultures of ancient Greece and Rome. From a variety of perspectives, we examine the language and literature of these cultures as well as their history; their mythic, religious, political, and philosophical traditions; their ways of constructing gender and sexuality; and their architecture and art.
The department offers a bachelor of arts and a minor in classics. A major or minor in classics equips a student not only with important knowledge about the past, but also with many contemporary, marketable skills, in particular a rigorous approach to language. Our graduates have succeeded in a wide variety of careers in law, medicine, international relations, business and finance, government, publishing, social work, communications and information technologies, teaching, and the arts.
Students who major or minor in classics should meet with the department's student adviser, who will help them to develop a course of study suited to their desired career or the requirements for postgraduate study. A doctorate in classics is offered by the Graduate Center of the City University of New York.
Courses
Courses listed below are not counted toward the major or minor.
Independent work means not less than three additional hours each week of conference, research, independent reading, and writing as assigned by the instructor. The student's grade is determined in part by the successful completion of this independent work.
The following inactive course(s) will only be offered if there is sufficient demand:
CLAS. 1000 Special Topics
CLAS.1012 Medical and Scientific Terminology
LATN. 5085 Senior Research Essay