我们的部门提供经典，古代历史和梵文方面的研究生课程。已为攻读博士学位的学生提供了硕士学位。但是，在布朗的同类课程中，我们不直接录取硕士课程。古典学科需要几乎无与伦比的广度和深度。在攻读博士学位时，每个学生都有机会丰富他或她对希腊和拉丁文学，历史和文化以及相关领域（例如梵语，考古学，碑文学）的许多知识。但是，获得此知识的主要步骤因程序而异。该系的工作在正式课程，研讨会和指导性研究中进行，在学生的特殊兴趣和目标方面具有相当大的灵活性。重点放在对古希腊和罗马，或者就梵文而言，对古印度的语言，文学和历史的总体控制
Our department offers graduate work in Classics, Ancient History, and Sanskrit. A degree of M.A. is available for students already working toward the Ph.D. in cognate programs at Brown, however, we do not admit directly into a Master's program. The discipline of Classics entails a breadth --and depth-- of focus that is nearly unparalleled. In proceeding to the doctoral degree, each student has the opportunity to enrich his or her knowledge of many aspects of Greek and Latin literature, history, and culture, as well as related fields (e.g., Sanskrit, archeology, epigraphy). The major steps through which one attains this knowledge, however, vary from program to program. The work of the department is carried on in formal courses, seminars, and guided research, with considerable flexibility in regard to students' particular interests and objectives. Emphasis is placed on an overall command of the languages, literatures, and histories of ancient Greece and Rome or, in the case of Sanskrit, of ancient India. Students are also encouraged to consider courses outside of the Classics Department that are relevant to their areas of interest.