Classical Studies

Address: 1104 Moore Humanities and Research Administration
Phone: 336.334.5214
Web site: www.uncg.edu/cla

Majors & Concentrations

• Classical Archaeology (BA) U352
• Classical Civilization (BA) U354
• Classical Language & Literature (BA) U357
• Latin (BA) (High Sch Lic) U129

What's unique about Classical Studies at UNCG?

Special focus on undergraduate students with many opportunities to interact with faculty inside and outside the classroom; students are able to get individual advising and career counseling.

• Undergraduate licensure program for students interested in becoming high school and middle school Latin teachers, with opportunities for undergraduates and current teachers to interact.
• Classical Studies library and study room for undergraduate majors.
• The faculty teaching and research interests cover a wide variety of areas, including Classical literature from archaic Greek poetry to Medieval Latin. Current areas of research include Aegean archaeology, Mythology, Greek Tragedy, Roman Law, Archaeology of the Roman Empire, Linguistics, Greek and Latin Pedagogy, and Classical Oratory.

Academic Clubs and Organizations

• Classics Club (open to all interested students) –recent activities include Game Night with the faculty and a trip to the NC Museum of Art in Raleigh for a special tour of the Egyptian Temples and Tombs exhibit with the curator, and to the exhibit on A Day in Pompeii at Discovery Place Museum in Charlotte.
• Department Tea Talks –informal presentations by faculty about their ongoing research, with refreshments!
• Lectures –sponsored jointly by the department and the Archaeological Institute of America and open to the public.

Student Opportunities

• Undergraduate research opportunities, including summer archaeological excavation in Greece
• Student teaching placements (in local middle and high schools)
• Museum internships
• Summer study abroad program in Rome, led by department faculty members

Graduates/Careers

• Sample careers of recent graduates: high school English teacher, elementary school teacher, Latin teacher (middle and high school), business sales (Automatic Data Processing, Inc.), retail store manager (Kate Spade), staff member (North Carolina Zoo), librarian (Chicago Public Library), computer programming consultant (Keane, Inc.), archaeologist (New World Archaeology, Inc.), Information Systems manager (Lazar Industries), staff reporter (The Dispatch), reference librarian (UNCG).
• Graduate schools of recent graduates: Maritime Studies (East Carolina University), Archaeological Heritage Management (Boston University), Egyptology (University of Memphis), Classics and MAT in Latin (Tufts University), MS/EdS in Education (UNCG), MFA in Drama (UNCG), PhD in Classical Archaeology (Stanford University), MFA in Creative Writing (UNCG), MA in Classical Archaeology (Florida State University), PhD in Classical Archaeology (Bryn Mawr College), PhD in Classics (UNC Chapel Hill), MLIS in Library and Information Studies (UNCG), PhD in Classical Archaeology (University of Cincinnati).

Professional Organizations and Accreditation

• Member of the American School of Classical Studies in Athens
• Member of the American Philological Association, the Classical Association of the Middle West and South, and the American Classical League
• Teacher education programs are accredited by the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education and the North Carolina State Department of Public Instruction

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