Augustana College offers both a major and minor in classics (study in Greek and Latin, along with Greek and Roman history and classical literature) as well as in classical studies (including either Greek or Latin, plus history and literature). In addition, the department offers a major for teaching classics (in conjunction with the college’s professional teacher’s education sequence); a minor in classical studies with an interdisciplinary emphasis, which in addition to Greek or Latin includes courses from art history, English, philosophy, religion and speech communication; and a minor in Greek for New Testament studies. Augustana has a strong academic tradition in the liberal arts, and so the college’s broad range of classics majors and minors is fitting. As classics is the foundation for the liberal arts, classical studies is the height of a liberal arts education. Classics provides an excellent choice for building a double major, and recent majors have combined their studies with majors in art history, biology/pre-medicine, computer science, English, French, geology, German, history, music, philosophy and religion. The three full-time classics faculty all hold the Ph.D. and have a wide range of complementary specializations: Greek and Roman history and historiography, Greek and Roman religion and early Christianity, women in classical antiquity, and classics and pop culture. Seven additional faculty from the fields of ancient philosophy, medieval history and literature, New Testament studies and art history also teach courses in the department.

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