From the epic poetry of Homer through the world of late antiquity, the field of classics explores the civilizations of ancient Greece and Rome.
The Canisius Advantage
In addition to a major in classics, the Canisius Classics Department offers two minors, either of which can be a valuable complement to whatever major you choose.
Classics has always been an integral part of a liberal-arts education in general and of Jesuit education in particular. Canisius College offers courses in classical art, literature, mythology, religion, philosophy, Roman law, history, and the Greek and Latin languages.
At Canisius, students enjoy intensive, personalized instruction in the translation Greek and Latin authors. Almost all of ancient Greek and Latin literature is available through the Classics Department's computer resources.
The Canisius College Translated Texts series affords some advanced students the opportunity to produce first-ever English translations of selected Greek or Latin texts and to have these translations published electronically on the scholarly website De Imperatoribus Romanis.
The acceptance rate of classics students into a variety of graduate programs and into schools of law and medicine consistently ranks very high. Many professions prize the combination of intelligence and discipline identified with classics.
Many classics courses satisfy requirements of the core curriculum, e.g., Field 1: courses dealing with religion in the Greco-Roman world; Field 2: courses dealing with Greek and Roman philosophy; Field 3: courses dealing with ancient art and with classical literature, drama, and myth; Field 4: courses dealing with Greek and Roman history; and Field 5: a course on Roman law and society. Various classics courses also fulfill the Global Awareness, Ethics, Justice, and Oral Communication attribute requirements of the core.
For a complete listing of classics curriculum and courses from the most current Canisius College catalog, click here.