古典文学学士学位旨在为学生提供从青铜时代到中世纪黎明的古希腊和罗马文化，历史，文学和知识成就的全面基础。对这些文明的历史和文学进行研究，不仅可以帮助学生发展近距离的阅读，写作和批判性思维的技能，而且还可以帮助他们了解西方文明的基本概念，如理性主义和民主，是如何在上古时代首次出现的。经典学位分为两个方向：文学和语言方向传统上侧重于拉丁语和希腊语语言学（学生选择拉丁语或希腊语来专门研究，但鼓励他们同时选择两者），旨在使学生阅读和阅读。享受原始语言的经典古典作品（荷马，希罗多德，修昔底德，利维，塔西图斯，新约等
The BA in Classics is designed to give students a thorough grounding in the culture, history, literature, and intellectual accomplishments of Ancient Greece and Rome from the Bronze Age to the dawn of the Middle Ages.<br><br>Studying the history and literature of these civilizations will not only help students to develop skills in close reading, writing, and critical thinking, but will also help them to see how fundamental concepts of Western Civilization such as rationalism and democracy first arose in Classical Antiquity.<br><br>The Literature and Language track has a traditional focus on Latin and Greek philology (students choose either Latin or Ancient Greek to specialize in, but are encouraged to take both) and is intended to enable students to read and enjoy the great texts of Classical Antiquity (Homer, Herodotus, Thucydides, Livy, Tacitus, the New Testament, etc.) in the original languages.<br><br>A major in Classics signals a commitment to serious intellectual enquiry and is an excellent basis for careers in law, business, consulting, public service, and teaching. Those intending to pursue careers in medicine or finance will also find that a major in Classics can be easily combined with undergraduate courses required for those fields.