Classical Studies

Classical studies is not just ancient history - its language, drama, poetry, women's studies, comedy, science, philosophy, art, architecture, oratory, politics, and religion. Classical studies intersects with 90 percent of the academic disciplines in a modern liberal arts program, and because of that, can stand alone as a dynamic and challenging field of study, or can complement almost any other major providing a solid historical background. A Spanish student can examine the roots of many Indo-European languages in the study of Latin; a philosophy student can discover deeper meanings in Plato or Aristotle through Ancient Greek; an art history student can trace many of the forms of western architecture from their beginnings in Archaic Greece. The curriculum of the Hollins University classics department encourages these interconnections.

Greece and Rome
Studies in classics at Hollins concentrate on Greece and Rome, the source of western linguistic, cultural, and civic heritage. You may concentrate in either ancient studies or classical languages, or you may minor in Latin and Greek.

Learning Opportunities
Courses are taught in the manner of seminars instead of lectures. Students learn to recite poetry in language classes, give presentations in advanced literature and art classes, participate in field trips to museums, perform scenes from tragedies and comedies in theatre courses. Short Term courses take students abroad to important museums and sites in Greece and Italy. Independent studies and internships allow an experiential approach to learning and valuable hands-on participation in jobs where a classical studies background is an asset.

Hollins Goes to Greece - click here to read blogs from 16 students as they travel through Greece during Short Term 2007. Their leaders on the trip were Associate Professor of Classical Studies Tina Salowey and Associate Professor of Communication Studies Chris Richter.